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Article R4126-1 of the French Public Health Code

Disciplinary proceedings against a doctor, dental surgeon or midwife may only be brought before the Disciplinary Chamber of first instance by one of the following persons or authorities: 1° The national council or the departmental council of the professional body on whose roll the practitioner in question is registered on the date the matter is referred to the court, acting on their own initiative or following complaints, made in particular…

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Article R4126-1-1 of the French Public Health Code

Disciplinary decisions taken by the hierarchical authority on the basis of statutory or contractual provisions against practitioners working in health establishments are forwarded by the director of the establishment to the director general of the regional health agency concerned.

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Article R4126-2 of the French Public Health Code

Any doctor, dental surgeon or midwife who performs professional acts in France without being registered with the ordre, under the conditions provided for in article L. 4112-7, is subject to the disciplinary chamber of first instance in whose jurisdiction he performs the professional acts. The national council of the order of the profession concerned will be notified of the pleadings and documents produced by the parties. This council may submit…

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Article R4126-3 of the French Public Health Code

The competent authority of the Member State of the European Union or of the State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in which the service provider is established shall immediately be informed of the sanction imposed on the service provider.

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Article R4126-5 of the French Public Health Code

In all proceedings, the President of the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance and the President of the National Disciplinary Chamber may, by reasoned order, without prior inquiry: 1° take note of withdrawals ; 2° Reject complaints or applications that clearly do not fall within the jurisdiction of the court; 3° Declare that there is no need to rule on a complaint or application; 4° Rejecting complaints or claims that are…

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Article R4126-6 of the French Public Health Code

At the seat of each disciplinary chamber of first instance, one or more registrars appointed by the secretary general of the regional or inter-regional council after consultation with the president of the chamber shall perform the duties of the registry. One or more registrars, charged with the same duties at the registry of the national disciplinary chamber, are appointed by the secretary general of the national council of the Bar…

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Article R4126-7 of the French Public Health Code

The same magistrate may be appointed to preside over several Disciplinary Boards, either as a full member or as an alternate member. The orders of the ministers responsible for the budget and health setting the allowances payable to the chairmen or deputy chairmen of the disciplinary chambers, as provided for in the third paragraph of II of article L. 4122-3 and the second paragraph of II of article L. 4124-7,…

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Article R4126-8 of the French Public Health Code

The competent Disciplinary Chamber of first instance is the one within whose jurisdiction the practitioner or professional partnership being sued is entered on the roll at the date the matter is brought before the court. If the practitioner is not entered on the roll, but was at the date of the facts, the competent disciplinary chamber of first instance is the one within whose jurisdiction the practitioner being prosecuted was…

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