Title II: Organisation of the medical professions

At least thirty days before the day of the election, candidates shall hand in their signed declaration of candidacy to the Chairman of the Organising Council, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or to the Chairman of the Organising Council, against a receipt. Any candidacy received after this deadline shall be inadmissible. The last day for the receipt of candidatures closes at 4pm. If this day is a Saturday,…

Each candidate completes a declaration of candidacy in which he indicates his full name, date of birth, address, qualifications, method of practice, professional qualifications and, where applicable, his current and, where applicable, past membership of professional bodies. Except in the case of a single-member constituency election, he shall mention the other candidate with whom he is standing in the same pairing and produce his acceptance. Candidates standing in pairs may…

Withdrawal by a candidate, a pair of candidates or one of the members of a pair of candidates of their candidacy for a council may only occur in the interval between the submission of their candidacy and the date of dispatch of the voting instruments provided for in article R. 4125-10. Withdrawal of the candidacy of one of the members of the two-member team shall entail the withdrawal of the…

No later than two months before the date of the elections to the departmental councils, the president of the organising council, or failing that the president of the National Council, sends an individual notice to each elector. This notice shall indicate: 1° The number of pairs of candidates or candidates to be elected, titulars and, where applicable, substitutes; 2° The place and date of the election, the procedures and the…

The president of the organising council or, failing that, the president of the National Council, shall send to all the electors within the jurisdiction of the body concerned, at least fifteen days before the date of the election, the list of pairs of candidates or candidates, printed from the name of the candidate making up the most advanced pair, in alphabetical order, starting from a letter drawn by lot, of…

Where votes are cast by post, they must be sent to or deposited with the head office of the relevant organising council. Voting closes on election day at the time specified when the elections are announced. No votes may be received after the closing declaration.

The ballot paper may not contain, on pain of nullity, a number of names greater than the number of titular seats and, where applicable, substitutes, pairs of candidates or candidates to be filled, nor any sign of recognition. Subject to these reservations, the elector may vote on plain paper. Where the elector uses as a ballot paper the copy of the list of candidates sent to him in accordance with…

Postal votes are kept in a box, sealed in the presence of the relevant Council office. The surnames, first names and addresses of postal voters are recorded in the order in which they are received.

Postal votes received after the opening of the ballot will not be counted. Voters who have voted by post may not take part in the vote at the meeting.

In the event of an on-the-spot vote, the electors are brought together to vote. The Chairman of the Council concerned, or one of his duly authorised representatives, opens the meeting and invites the assembly to elect a polling station consisting of a chairman and two assessors, who then appoint as many scrutineers as necessary. Each teller has a list of voters and a list of voters who have voted by…