Part four: Health professions

The State representative draws up and posts the electoral list. Voters are pharmacists who, on the date of closure of the electoral list provided for in article D. 4443-21, are duly registered with the Association and are not subject to a final and currently enforceable decision prohibiting them from practising or providing services to the socially insured.

To be eligible for election as a member of the Disciplinary Board, a pharmacist must on the closing date for the submission of candidacies: 1° Be a voter under the Order of Pharmacists of New Caledonia or French Polynesia; 2° Be a pharmacist of French nationality practising pharmacy and have been registered with the Order for at least three years, including at least one year with the local Order; 3°…

The date on which the electoral list is drawn up, the opening and closing dates for the submission of candidacies, the date of the election and the deadline for the receipt of postal votes are set, on a proposal from the body of the order of pharmacists of New Caledonia or French Polynesia, by order of the representative of the State. The president of the body of the order of…

At least two months before the date of the election, the State representative shall issue a call for candidates for the seats of the members to be elected. This call shall inform the electing pharmacists of : 1° The date of the election ; 2° The number of full and alternate members to be elected; 3° The voting procedures set out in article D. 4443-15 ; 4° The rules relating…

The declaration of candidacy is made jointly by the titular candidate and the substitute candidate using a form laid down by order of the representative of the State. The declaration of candidacy shall specify in particular the surnames, first names, personal addresses and business addresses of each of the candidates.

The declaration of candidacy is sent to the State representative by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The application may also be received by the State representative in return for a receipt. A declaration received after the closing date for the submission of candidatures mentioned in article D. 4233-21 is inadmissible. No withdrawal of candidacy is possible after the closing date for the submission of candidacies mentioned in article D….

The State representative checks that the declaration of candidacy is in order, pursuant to articles D. 4443-23 and D. 4443-24. He checks that the candidates meet the conditions defined in article D. 4443-20. A registration receipt is issued to each of the candidates in the regular application. The State representative notifies each of the candidates in the irregular application pair of his refusal to register by registered letter with acknowledgement…

Each pair of candidates may draw up a circular and have it sent to the electorate, provided that the following conditions are met: 1° Each pair of candidates may have only one circular sent to the electorate on a sheet of paper no larger than 210 x 297 mm ; 2° This circular, written in French, may only be devoted to the presentation of the tandem of candidates on whose…

Voting takes place by post. At least fifteen days before the election, the representative of the State shall send the electors : 1° The dates and times of the opening and closing of the ballot ; 2° Voting instructions and materials; 3° The list of pairs of candidates drawn up in alphabetical order of the names of the titular candidates, based on a letter drawn by lot; 4° Where applicable,…

I. – After indicating on the ballot paper the tandems he chooses, the voter sends his sealed vote in the special envelope provided. The envelope shall be marked “Election of the Pharmacists’ Disciplinary Board”. II. – Voters must not, on pain of invalidity of their vote : 1° Carry any other wording or sign whatsoever on the ballot paper or envelope ; 2° Separate or change a pair of candidates,…