Subsection 1: General duties.

All professional acts must be carried out with care and attention, in accordance with the rules of good practice appropriate to the activity in question. Dispensaries, pharmacies for internal use, pharmaceutical establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories must be located in specific premises, adapted to the activities carried out there and suitably equipped and maintained. In the event of a disagreement between a pharmacist and a management or supervisory body…

The personal practice to which pharmacists are required to adhere consists of carrying out professional acts themselves, or closely supervising their performance if they do not carry them out themselves.

All pharmacists must define in writing the responsibilities of the pharmacists who assist them or to whom they delegate.

All pharmacists must ensure that their assistants, delegates or deputy directors are registered with the ordre. Any pharmacist who is replaced in his functions must ensure that his replacement satisfies the conditions required to do so.

The Association’s disciplinary bodies assess the extent to which a pharmacist is liable under disciplinary law for the professional actions of another pharmacist under his authority. The respective disciplinary responsibilities of one and the other may be engaged simultaneously.

Any cessation of professional activity, any transfer of professional premises or any change in the ownership, pharmaceutical management or corporate structure of a pharmacy, a pharmaceutical company, the management of a pharmacy for internal use or a medical biology analysis laboratory must be declared to the competent council of the Association.

The pharmacist must not be subject to any financial, commercial, technical or moral constraint, of any nature whatsoever, which could affect his independence in the practice of his profession, in particular when concluding contracts, agreements or endorsements with a professional purpose.

It is forbidden for any pharmacist to accept, or to propose to a colleague, remuneration that is not proportionate, in the light of custom, to the duties and responsibilities undertaken.

Pharmacists must ensure that they maintain trusting relations with the administrative authorities. They must give the members of the competent inspection bodies every opportunity to carry out their duties.