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Article R5125-30 of the French Public Health Code

In the event of the temporary or permanent closure of a pharmacy, pursuant to articles L. 4212-8, L. 4223-3, L. 5423-7 or L. 5424-19, the proprietor of the pharmacy shall hand over the prescription book to a pharmacist whom he designates to the regional council of the order to which he belongs. In the absence of this designation, the prescription book is entrusted, when the pharmacy closes, to the nearest…

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Article R5125-33-1 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The authorisation to carry out preparations which may present a risk to health mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 5125-1-1 is requested by the pharmacist holding the dispensary concerned from the Director General of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction. Where the application is submitted by a company or by several pharmacists in joint ownership, it is signed by each partner or joint owner practising in the…

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Article R5125-33-2 of the French Public Health Code

I.- Authorisation to carry out the subcontracting activity referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 5125-1 is requested by the pharmacist owning the pharmacy from the Director General of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction. When the application is submitted by a company or by several pharmacists in joint ownership, it is signed by each partner or joint owner practising in the pharmacy. The application is accompanied…

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Article R5125-33-3 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The categories of magistral preparations that may be subcontracted by a dispensing pharmacy to a pharmaceutical establishment authorised to manufacture medicinal products are : 1° Preparations obtained from homeopathic strains, according to a homeopathic manufacturing process described by the European pharmacopoeia, the French pharmacopoeia or, failing that, by the pharmacopoeias officially used in another Member State of the European Union; 2° Preparations that may present a health risk, as mentioned…

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Article R5125-33-5 of the French Public Health Code

I.-In application of 7° of article L. 5125-1-1 A, the patient may designate a pharmacist who holds a dispensary or who manages a mutualist or miner’s aid pharmacy, participating in the same coordinated practice within the systems mentioned in articles L. 1411-11, L. 1434-12, L. 6323-1-10 and L. 6323-3 as the patient’s attending doctor, as the corresponding pharmacist for the health insurance scheme, with the pharmacist’s agreement. The pharmacist so…

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Article R5125-33-6 of the French Public Health Code

For the application of 8° of article L. 5125-1-1 A, the dispensing pharmacist may: 1° Implement pharmaceutical monitoring and support measures. They shall prevent iatrogenic medication use. They guarantee the correct use of medicinal products and monitor compliance by analysing information relating to the patient and all his/her treatments. Unless the patient objects, the resulting recommendations are formalised and forwarded to the patient’s doctor; 2° Implementing preventive and health promotion…

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Article D5125-33-6-1 of the French Public Health Code

The conditions under which dispensing pharmacists may supply medicinal products for certain pathologies pursuant to 10° of Article L. 5125-1-1 A are determined in cooperation protocols drawn up under the conditions provided for in Articles R. 4011-1, D. 4011-3 and D. 4011-4. The conditions for the prior training of pharmacists mentioned inArticle 30 of Law 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system, required…

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Article R5125-33-7 of the French Public Health Code

For the application of the provisions mentioned in article R. 5125-33-6, the pharmacist shall respect the confidentiality of discussions with the patient. To this end, he must have at his disposal premises where he can receive patients individually. They shall train themselves and update their knowledge to ensure that the actions provided for in article R. 5125-33-6 are properly implemented. He/she integrates the information into the patient’s shared medical file…

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Article R5125-33-8 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The pharmacist working in a dispensary, a mutualist pharmacy or a dispensing chemist may prescribe and administer the vaccines mentioned in the decrees provided for respectively by 9° and 9° bis of article L. 5125-1-1 A to persons whose age conditions and, where applicable, pathologies are specified by these same decrees. He declares his activity of administering or prescribing and administering vaccines, by any means that provides a date certain…

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Article R5125-33-9 of the French Public Health Code

The pharmacist referred to in I of article R. 5125-33-8 registers the vaccine he administers, including when it is not included in lists I and II referred to in 4° of article L. 5132-1, under the conditions set out in articles R. 5132-9 and R. 5132-10, adding the information relating to the date of administration of the vaccine and its batch number. If no record is made, the pharmacist shall…

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