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Title II: Continuing professional development for healthcare professionals

Article R4021-1 of the French Public Health Code

Healthcare professionals, with the exception of those covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code, whatever their mode of practice, are organised within the framework of national professional councils. Where appropriate, these councils may be grouped into federative structures. The national professional councils may not carry out activities as a body or structure for continuing training or continuing professional development. In the absence of national professional…

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Article D4021-1-1 of the French Public Health Code

In order to be recognised as a National Professional Council within the meaning of Article L. 4021-3, bodies set up on the initiative of healthcare professionals, by profession or speciality, must meet the conditions laid down by the provisions of this section. Each profession or speciality may be represented by only one National Professional Council. The term speciality is understood to refer to health professionals who have validated diplomas and…

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Article D4021-2 of the French Public Health Code

I. – Subject to the provisions of article L. 4021-3-1, for each profession or, where applicable, for each speciality, the national professional councils shall propose : 1° The priority guidelines for continuing professional development provided for in article L. 4021-2 ; 2° The multi-annual continuing professional development pathway defined in Article L. 4021-3; 3° A traceability document enabling each professional to trace the continuing professional development actions carried out as…

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Article D4021-2-1 of the French Public Health Code

In addition to the tasks defined in article D. 4021-2, and with the aim of improving care processes, the quality and safety of care and the competence of healthcare professionals, the National Professional Councils also have the following missions: 1° Contribute, in particular by proposing professionals who may be appointed as experts, in the scientific and operational fields relating to the organisation and practice of the profession or speciality; 2°…

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Article D4021-2-2 of the French Public Health Code

When a federative structure is created on the initiative of several national professional councils, its mission, in order to be recognised by the State, is to : 1° To coordinate discussions and work on subjects of common interest, as well as methodological sharing, in order to encourage cross-disciplinary approaches and synergies between professions or specialities, to advance common knowledge and to develop consensus on professional practices. To this end, it…

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Article D4021-4-1 of the French Public Health Code

Each National Professional Council and each federative structure adopts its own rules of procedure. These rules of procedure stipulate, in particular, where this information is not included in the articles of association, the composition and operating procedures of the bodies mentioned in article D. 4021-4, the procedures relating to the budget cycle, the conditions for concluding agreements, the procedures for identifying professionals likely to be appointed as experts and the…

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Article D4021-4-2 of the French Public Health Code

For professions with an Order, a representative of that Order may, by right, attend meetings of the Board of Directors of the National Professional Council or the federative structure in an advisory capacity. For professions or specialities with a section or sub-section(s) of the National Universities Council governed by decree no. 92-70 of 16 January 1992, a representative of the section or sub-section(s) corresponding to the speciality may, in an…

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