Chapter III: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Failure to communicate or false communication exposes the person making the communication to the penalties provided for in article L. 4124-6. The Bar Council may refuse to register candidates who have entered into commitments incompatible with the rules of the profession or likely to deprive the practitioner of the necessary professional independence.

The doctors, dental surgeons and midwives mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 4113-9 may submit to the Association Council the draft contracts mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of the said article. The Association Council must make its observations known within one month.

Members of the medical professions who have links with companies and establishments producing or exploiting healthcare products or with consultancy bodies working on these products are required to make these links known to the public when they give their opinion on the said products at a public event, during university teaching or continuing education or therapeutic education activities, in the written or audiovisual press or via any written or online…

In urgent cases, where the continued practice of a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife exposes his or her patients to serious danger, the Director General of the regional health agency responsible for the professional’s place of practice shall order the immediate suspension of the right to practise for a maximum period of five months. The Director General will hear the professional concerned within three days of the suspension decision. The…