Title III: The medical profession

The evidence of formal qualifications required in application of 1° of article L. 4111-1 is, for the practice of the profession of doctor : 1° Either the French State diploma of doctor of medicine ; When this diploma has been obtained under the conditions defined in article L. 632-4 of the Education Code, it is supplemented by the document mentioned in the second paragraph of the said article. 2° Or,…

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, following the opinion of a commission composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of doctor, in the speciality concerned, nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who hold basic and specialist training qualifications issued…

Persons meeting the following conditions may be authorised to practise medicine as a replacement for a doctor: 1° have completed and validated the entire second cycle of medical studies in France or hold a qualification certifying equivalent basic medical training, issued by a Member State of the European Union or a party to the agreement on the European Economic Area ; 2° have completed a number of semesters in the…

Persons fulfilling the conditions defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 4131-2 may be authorised to practise medicine as an assistant to a doctor: 1° In areas characterised by insufficient healthcare provision or by difficulties in access to healthcare, as determined by order of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency pursuant to 1° of article L. 1434-4; 2° In the event of a seasonal or exceptional influx…

The provisions of Chapters I of Titles I and III of this Book are without prejudice to the transitional provisions contained in Order no. 45-1748 of 6 August 1945 relating to the practice of medicine by foreign doctors.

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 4111-1, persons of French or foreign nationality who do not meet the conditions defined by this article may, with a view to carrying out teaching and research duties, be individually authorised by the Minister for Health to practise medicine temporarily either in a university hospital centre, or in a health establishment or in an army hospital that has entered into…

Persons authorised to practise medicine temporarily in application of article L. 4131-4 may apply for authorisation to practise in a specialty at the earliest at the end of the first year of practice and at the latest in the year following the last period of temporary authorisation to practise granted. They are deemed to have passed the knowledge verification tests provided for in article L. 4111-2. The Minister in charge…

By way of derogation from Article L. 4111-1 and until 31 December 2025, the Directors General of the Regional Health Agencies of Guadeloupe, Guyana and Martinique and the State Representative in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may authorise a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife who is a national of a country other than those mentioned in 2° of the same Article L. 4111-1 or holder of a degree in medicine, dentistry or midwifery, regardless…