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Title III: The medical profession

Article D4131-1 of the French Public Health Code

In order to be authorised to practise medicine under the conditions laid down in articles L. 4131-2 and L. 4131-2-1, postgraduate medical students, including those who have been placed on leave of absence under article R. 6153-26, must meet the educational requirements set out in appendix 41-1.

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Article D4131-2 of the French Public Health Code

Authorisation is granted for a maximum period of three months by the Departmental Council of the Medical Association to which the doctor whom the postgraduate student is replacing or whose assistant he is, including when he is on leave of absence, belongs. It is renewable under the same conditions and for the same maximum period. No authorisation or renewal of authorisation may be issued beyond the third year following expiry…

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Article D4131-3 of the French Public Health Code

The Conseil départemental de l’ordre may only grant authorisation if the postgraduate student concerned, including those placed on leave of absence, has attained the level of study set out in Appendix 41-1, offers the necessary guarantees of good character and does not have any infirmity or medical condition incompatible with the practice of the profession. The departmental council may request a copy of bulletin no. 2 of the applicant’s criminal…

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Article D4131-3-1 of the French Public Health Code

The Departmental Council of the Medical Council will immediately notify the decision to authorise or refuse authorisation to practise to the doctor being replaced or seconded, who will inform the intern concerned, including when he is placed on leave of absence. When the replacement takes place in a health establishment, the decision is notified to the director of the establishment concerned. This notification may be made by registered letter with…

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Article D4131-3-2 of the French Public Health Code

Postgraduate students may submit an application for registration on the roll of the Association to the relevant departmental council within four months of the date on which they obtain their medical degree. The departmental council may examine the application even if it is incomplete.

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Article R4131-10 of the French Public Health Code

Subject to compliance with the rules of the Code of Medical Ethics, cooperative non-trading companies may be formed either between specialist doctors or between general practitioners, duly registered with the Medical Register, governed by articles 1832 et seq. of the Civil Code, law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and the present section. Where it is stipulated in the Articles of Association that the share…

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Article R4131-11 of the French Public Health Code

The articles of association of doctors’ cooperatives are drawn up either by a notarial deed or by a private document signed by all the founding members. Within one month of the formation of the cooperative, a copy of the articles of association drawn up by authenticated deed or an original of the articles of association drawn up by private deed is filed with the clerk of the judicial court at…

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Article R4131-12 of the French Public Health Code

The exclusive purpose of doctors’ cooperatives is to facilitate the practice of their members’ profession by pooling all resources useful to that practice. Each member presents himself to the clientele under his own name. They practise their profession independently and under their own responsibility, and receive their fees in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Ethics.

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Article R4131-13 of the French Public Health Code

The name of the cooperative must not include the name of any town, district, street or, in general, any proper name of a geographical nature. It must be followed by the words: “société civile coopérative de médecins”, completed, where applicable, by the words: “à capital variable”.

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Article R4131-14 of the French Public Health Code

The shares are registered and indivisible with regard to the company. A register shall be kept at the registered office, which shall be listed and initialled by the judge of the judicial court, and in which the members’ subscriptions and the number of shares subscribed by each of them shall be recorded in chronological order.

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