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Article R5126-36 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The provisions of the first paragraph of article R. 5126-27 and those of articles R. 5126-28 and R. 5126-30 relating to requests for the creation and transfer of a pharmacy are applicable to requests for the closure of an in-house pharmacy. These requests must include all evidence to show that the existence of an in-house pharmacy is no longer justified and must specify the means envisaged to meet the pharmaceutical…

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Article R5126-37 of the French Public Health Code

For the application of II of article L. 5126-4, the authorisation may only be suspended, except in the event of an immediate danger to public health, or withdrawn once the administrative authority competent to issue the authorisation has informed, as appropriate, the natural person holding the authorisation to operate the establishment or the legal representative of the legal entity concerned of the nature of the infringements observed and has given…

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Article R5126-38 of the French Public Health Code

The pharmacist in charge of managing the internal-use pharmacy is responsible for the tasks and activities authorised for that pharmacy. The staff assigned to the pharmacy perform their duties under the technical authority of the pharmacist in charge of managing the internal-use pharmacy and the assistant pharmacists of that internal-use pharmacy. The pharmacist in charge of managing the pharmacy for internal use directs and, in liaison with the other pharmacists,…

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Article R5126-39 of the French Public Health Code

The time spent by the pharmacist in charge of managing an in-house pharmacy in an establishment may not be less than the equivalent of five half-days per week. However, in medico-social establishments, this attendance time may be reduced to the equivalent of two half-days per week, taking into account the needs of the people cared for.

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Article R5126-40 of the French Public Health Code

Whatever the cause and duration of his absence, the pharmacist responsible for managing the pharmacy for internal use shall be replaced under the conditions defined by the statutory provisions applicable to him or by the contract binding him to the employer. The replacement pharmacist is subject to the same service obligations as the pharmacist he is replacing. The replacement is carried out by a pharmacist who fulfils the conditions of…

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Article R5126-41 of the French Public Health Code

Provided that he fulfils the conditions of designation required for each of them, the same pharmacist may manage two pharmacies for internal use belonging to different managers. This number may be increased to three where the pharmacies belong to medico-social establishments. Such management may be exercised provided that the pharmacist concerned is able to complete the time he is required to be present in each pharmacy and carry out his…

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Article R5126-42 of the French Public Health Code

The management of an internal-use pharmacy in a public health institution is carried out by a pharmacist performing one of the following functions: 1° Head of a unit in an institution or head of an inter-institutional unit, in exclusively pharmaceutical areas of activity which do not include internal structures or which only include functional units; 2° Head of an internal pharmacy structure in other areas of activity. The provisions of…

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Article R5126-43 of the French Public Health Code

In the absence of an organisation based on poles of activity, the internal use pharmacy of a public health establishment may be managed by a pharmacist belonging to another health establishment or to an army hospital with which the public health establishment enters into an agreement for this purpose.

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Article R5126-44 of the French Public Health Code

In the public medico-social establishments mentioned in 3° of article R. 5126-1, the internal use pharmacy is managed by a pharmacist belonging to one of the categories of practitioners mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1 or by a pharmacist recruited for this purpose under a public law contract.

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