Section 3: Provisions specific to different types of practice

A pharmacist-biologist may not open a medical biology analysis laboratory in a building where another medical biology analysis laboratory is already located without the agreement of the director(s) and deputy director(s) and, failing this, without the authorisation of the council of the competent section of the Ordre des pharmaciens. Authorisation may only be refused on the grounds of a risk of confusion for the public or the interests of patients.

The pharmacist entrusted with the management of a laboratory after the death of the proprietor must, while taking account of the legitimate interests of the successors, require them to respect his professional independence.