Paragraph 3: Paid practice of medicine.

The fact that a doctor is bound in his professional practice by a contract or statute to another doctor, an administration, a local authority or any other public or private body in no way detracts from his professional duties and in particular his obligations concerning professional confidentiality and the independence of his decisions. Under no circumstances may a doctor accept restrictions on his independence in his medical practice from the…

Subject to the provisions applicable to health establishments, medical records are kept under the responsibility of the doctor who drew them up.

Under no circumstances may a salaried doctor accept remuneration based on standards of productivity, hourly output or any other arrangement that would result in the limitation or relinquishment of his or her independence or impair the quality of care.

Doctors working in a private or public healthcare or prevention service may not use their position to increase their clientele.

Except in emergencies or in cases provided for by law, a doctor providing a preventive medicine service on behalf of a local authority is not entitled to provide curative care. He must refer the person he has recognised as ill to the attending physician or to any other physician designated by the latter.