Part four: Health professions

The suspension decision issued pursuant to article L. 4221-18 is notified to the pharmacist by the competent administrative authority by hand-delivered letter against a receipt. The decision shall specify the date on which the hearing of the interested party provided for in the same article is to take place. Reasons shall be given for the decision. The suspension measure is automatically terminated when the decision of the professional body is…

A pharmacist whose right to practise is suspended pursuant to article L. 4221-18 may be assisted by one or more persons of his choice when he is heard by the administrative authority that imposed the suspension.

When the pharmacist suspended in application of article L. 4221-18 works in one or more health establishments, the administrative authority which pronounced the suspension immediately informs of its decision the person in charge of the establishment or establishments where the person concerned works and, in the case of public sector employees, the appointing authority where this is different from the person in charge.

If the pharmacist suspended in application of article L. 4221-18 is a civil servant, the hierarchical authority shall maintain his salary, residence allowance, family salary supplement and compulsory family benefits and, if he is not a civil servant, his monthly emoluments. If the pharmacist suspended in application of article L. 4221-18 is an employee subject to the Labour Code, the employer will maintain his salary during the period of precautionary…