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Article L4231-4 of the French Public Health Code

The Conseil national de l’ordre des pharmaciens is composed of twenty-six members: 1° Two professors or senior lecturers from pharmacy training and research units who are active pharmacists, appointed by the Minister for Health, on the recommendation of the Minister for Higher Education; 2° A representative of the Director General of Healthcare; 3° A representative of the Director General of Health; 4° A representative of the central director of the…

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Article L4231-5 of the French Public Health Code

The national council elects a nine-member bureau from among its members, comprising a president, a vice-president, a treasurer and six councillors. These nine members include at least two pharmacists who are dispensing chemists, one pharmacist from each of the other sections of the Order and one of the professors or senior lecturers from the pharmacy training and research units appointed by the Minister for Health. Board members are elected for…

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Article L4231-7 of the French Public Health Code

After receiving the opinion of the central councils, the National Council approves the general budget of the Order, which is intended to cover the costs of setting up and running the various ordinal councils and delegations, as well as their joint costs. The National Council sets the amount of the compulsory annual fee charged to each natural person or legal entity registered on the Rolls according to category. It collects…

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Article L4231-8 of the French Public Health Code

Contracts concluded for valuable consideration by the national council with one or more economic operators to meet its needs for supplies or services shall comply with the principles of freedom of access to contracts, equal treatment of candidates and transparency of procedures defined in Article 1 of Order No 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 on public contracts. The national councils of the orders may set up among themselves a central…

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Article L4232-1 of the French Public Health Code

The Ordre National des Pharmaciens comprises seven sections into which pharmacists are divided as follows: Section A: pharmacists who own a pharmacy ; Section B: pharmacists in charge, as well as their temporary staff, delegates, temporary delegates and assistants working in companies and establishments engaged in the manufacture, import or use of medicinal products or products mentioned in article L. 5124-1 ; Section C: pharmacists in charge and their interim,…

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Article L4232-2 of the French Public Health Code

Each of these sections is administered by a central council, the head office of which is in Paris, composed of appointed members and elected members, in accordance with the procedures laid down in this chapter, whose term of office is six years. Subject to the provisions of article L. 4232-13, pharmacists who are registered on the roll for each section and who have been practising for at least three years…

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Article L4232-3 of the French Public Health Code

The Central Council of dispensing pharmacists, which manages section A of the Ordre des pharmaciens, draws up and updates the national register of dispensing pharmacists. It coordinates the actions of the regional councils and forwards their wishes and decisions to the National Council of the Order of Pharmacists. It may propose any measures relating to professional morality and ethics.

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Article L4232-4 of the French Public Health Code

The central council of dispensing pharmacists comprises : 1° The presidents of the regional councils; 2° Six dispensing pharmacists and their alternates, who provide additional representation for the six regions with the largest number of pharmacists, elected by and from among the members of these regional councils in a first-past-the-post ballot; 3° A pharmacist public health inspector representing the Minister for Health in an advisory capacity; 4° A pharmacist professor…

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