Section 3: Commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants.

The commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants referred to in articles L. 4241-6 and L. 4241-14 is chaired by a decentralised authority designated by order of the Minister for Health.

In addition to the decentralised authority mentioned in article D. 4241-20 who chairs it, this commission comprises: 1° Seven full members and seven alternate members representing pharmacists, proposed by : a) The Fédération des syndicats pharmaceutiques de France; b) The Union nationale des pharmacies de France; c) The Association de pharmacie rurale; d) The Syndicat national des pharmaciens praticiens et résidents des établissements français d’hospitalisation publics; e) The Syndicat national…

The chairman of the committee may call in experts, who sit in an advisory capacity.

Files may be examined by rapporteurs from outside the committee, appointed by decision of the ministers responsible for education and health. These rapporteurs may be asked to sit on the committee in an advisory capacity.

The secretariat of the commission is provided by the decentralised authority mentioned in article D. 4241-20.

The competent authority’s assessment of the applicant’s command of the French language results in a decision that may be appealed to the administrative court with territorial jurisdiction.