Book IV: Mayotte, Wallis and Futuna Islands and French Southern and Antarctic Territories, New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Disciplinary proceedings against a doctor may only be brought before the disciplinary chamber by one of the following persons or authorities: 1° The Conseil national or the body of the Medical Council of New Caledonia or that of French Polynesia, acting on their own initiative or following complaints lodged in particular by patients, compulsory social security bodies, medical officers in charge or responsible for the medical control department attached to…

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 4124-2 reads as follows: “Art. L. 4124-2. – Doctors entrusted with a public service and registered on the register of New Caledonia or that of French Polynesia may only be brought before the disciplinary chamber of first instance, in respect of acts performed in their public capacity, by the representative of the State, the public prosecutor, the Conseil national…

In article L. 4124-6, the words “the départements” are replaced by the words “New Caledonia and its provinces and French Polynesia”.

For the application of Article L. 4126-1 in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the words: “Articles 643 and 644 of the Code of Civil Procedure” are replaced by the words: “locally applicable rules of civil procedure relating to the computation of time limits”.

In article L. 4126-5, the words: “social laws” are replaced by the words: “social regulations or laws in force in New Caledonia or French Polynesia”.

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 4124-6 reads as follows: “The disciplinary penalties that the disciplinary chamber may impose are as follows: 1° A warning ; 2° a reprimand 3° A temporary ban, with or without a suspended sentence, or a permanent ban from exercising one, several or all of the functions of doctor, dental surgeon or midwife, conferred or remunerated by the State, departments,…

In article L. 4124-8, the words “of the departmental council” are replaced by the words “of the body of New Caledonia or French Polynesia”.

For the application of article L. 4132-5, the words: “and L. 145-2-1 of the Social Security Code” are replaced by the words: “and sentences handed down by the courts responsible for disputes relating to the technical supervision of social security leading to permanent or partial disqualification from membership of a professional body”.

For its application to New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the following is added to article L. 4142-1: “An agreement between the national council of the order and the body of the order of New Caledonia, on the one hand, and that of French Polynesia, on the other hand, sets out the conditions under which the body of the order is represented on the national council and the procedures for coordination…

In New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the court of first instance of the dental surgeons’ association is made up of a disciplinary chamber made up of full assessors and an equal number of alternates elected by the body of the dental surgeons’ association of New Caledonia or that of French Polynesia, or, failing this, by the National Council.