Book I: Medical professions

No person may practise the profession of doctor, dental surgeon or midwife unless he or she is : 1° The holder of a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications mentioned in articles L. 4131-1, L. 4141-3 or L. 4151-5 ; 2° A French national, an Andorran citizen or a national of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic…

As part of their training and by way of derogation from 1° of article L. 4111-1, persons enrolled in the third cycle of medical studies in France may practise the profession of doctor if they meet the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat relating to the duration, conditions and places of practice as well as the theoretical and practical courses that must be validated.

Notwithstanding 1° of article L. 4111-1, they may be individually authorised by the Minister for Health or, by delegation, by the Director General of the National Management Centre, after obtaining the opinion of the competent National Council of the Order, to practise medicine or dental surgery on a temporary basis as part of specialised training carried out in France in approved training centres for interns in public or private not-for-profit…

I.-The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, following the opinion of a committee comprising, in particular, delegates from the national councils of the professional associations and national organisations of the professions concerned, chosen by these bodies, individually authorise to practise persons who hold a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications allowing them to practise, in the country where…

When a foreign State grants doctors, dental surgeons or midwives, French nationals or French citizens, the right to practise their profession on its territory, the national of this State may be authorised to practise his or her art in France by order of the Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the National Management Centre, if agreements have been concluded to this effect with this State and…

Where the province of Quebec grants the right to practise their profession on its territory to doctors, dental surgeons or midwives holding evidence of formal qualifications allowing them to practise in France, holders of evidence of formal qualifications obtained in the province of Quebec may be authorised to practise their profession in France by the Minister responsible for health if arrangements for the recognition of qualifications have been made to…

When a health establishment, set up on French territory by a foreign body, was recognised as being in the public interest before 10 June 1949, the Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the National Management Centre may authorise, by individual order, certain practitioners attached to this establishment to practise their art in France, after consultation with the national trade union organisations concerned. These practitioners must be…

A doctor, dental practitioner or midwife may use his evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. They must indicate the place and establishment where they obtained them. The person concerned shall bear the professional title of doctor, dental surgeon or midwife. In the event that the evidence of formal qualifications from the State of origin, whether a member or a party, is likely to…

Nationals of a State which belonged to the French Union and which has not entered into an undertaking with France as referred to in article L. 4111-3 who, on 14 July 1972, can prove that they were duly registered with the Order of Physicians, Dental Surgeons or Midwives, are authorised to continue practising their profession, provided that they have not been struck off the Register following a disciplinary sanction.

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat: 1° The time limit within which the commission mentioned in I and I bis of article L. 4111-2 must give its opinion ; 2° The composition and operation of the commission mentioned in II of article L. 4111-2 and the conditions under which the person concerned is subject to a compensation measure.