Before undertaking any expert examination, the medical expert must inform the person he is to examine of his mission and the legal framework in which his opinion is sought.
In drafting his report, the medical expert must only reveal information that is likely to provide an answer to the questions asked. Outside these limits, he must not reveal anything that he may have learnt in the course of this expertise. He must certify that he has carried out his mission personally.
All doctors, when they are entered on the roll, must affirm before the Conseil Départemental de l’Ordre that they are aware of this Code of Deontology and undertake under oath and in writing to comply with it.
Any deliberately inaccurate or incomplete declaration made to the Medical Council by a doctor may give rise to disciplinary proceedings.
Any doctor who changes his or her conditions of practice or ceases to practise must notify the departmental council. The latter takes note of these changes and informs the national council.
Reasons must be given for all decisions taken by the Ordre des Médecins in application of this Code of Deontology. Any such decisions taken by the departmental councils may be amended or annulled by the national council either on its own initiative or at the request of the interested parties, which must be submitted within two months of notification of the decision.
The provisions of this code of ethics apply to all dental surgeons registered on the roll of the Association, to all dental surgeons performing a professional act under the conditions provided for in article L. 4112-7 or by an international agreement, whatever the form in which the profession is practised. They also apply to the dental surgery students mentioned in article L. 4141-4. Infringements of these provisions are subject to…
The dental surgeon, in the service of the individual and of public health, carries out his mission with respect for life and the human person. It is his duty to assist the competent authorities in their efforts to protect health.
All dental surgeons must refrain, even outside the practice of their profession, from any act likely to bring it into disrepute. Dental surgeons are prohibited from practising, at the same time as dentistry, any other activity incompatible with their professional dignity.
Dental surgeons must under no circumstances practise their profession in conditions likely to compromise the quality of the care and procedures provided or the safety of patients. In particular, he must take, and ensure that his assistants take, all appropriate measures to avoid the transmission of any pathology whatsoever. Save in exceptional circumstances, he must not perform procedures, give care or formulate prescriptions in areas that exceed his professional competence…
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