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Article D4021-4-3 of the French Public Health Code

The activities of a National Professional Council respect the requirements of scientific ethics and the independence of expertise, in accordance with the principles defined by the Health Expertise Charter referred to in article L. 1452-2. The members of the National Professional Councils only pursue objectives that are directly related to their missions. Neither the Assembly, nor the Board of Directors, nor the Executive Committee, nor any of the members of…

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Article D4021-5 of the French Public Health Code

In the absence of a National Professional Council bringing together the various components of the same profession, the professional organisations represented on the High Council for the Paramedical Professions mentioned in Decree no. 2007-974 of 15 May 2007, on the commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants mentioned in Articles L. 4241-5 and L. 4241-14, representative of the profession within the meaning of Articles L. 162-33 of the Social…

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Article R4021-4 of the French Public Health Code

I.-Subject to the provisions of article L. 4021-3-1, for each profession or speciality, a continuing professional development pathway is defined, in application of article L. 4021-3, by the competent national professional council. This pathway : 1° Describes the sequence of continuing training, analysis, evaluation and improvement of practices and risk management actions deemed necessary by the profession in order to maintain and update knowledge and skills and improve practices ;…

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Article R4021-5 of the French Public Health Code

I.-An electronic traceability document is made available to all healthcare professionals, regardless of their status or mode of practice, on the website of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu (National Agency for Continuing Professional Development). This will enable them to keep a single personal record throughout their professional activity of the evidence of their commitment to continuing professional development as part of their three-year obligation. The traceability document includes,…

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Article R4021-6 of the French Public Health Code

The National Agency for Continuing Professional Development (ANDPC) referred to in Article L. 4021-6 is set up by means of an agreement between the State and the National Union of Health Insurance Funds, in the form of a public interest grouping governed by Articles 98 to 117 of Law No. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of the law.

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Article R4021-7 of the French Public Health Code

The tasks of the National Agency for Continuing Professional Development are as follows: 1° To steer the system of continuing professional development for healthcare professionals, whatever their status or conditions of practice: a) Assessing the organisations and structures that wish to present initiatives in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 4021-1 to L. 4021-2 ; b) Evaluate, in conjunction with the Haute Autorité de santé, the implementation of continuing…

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Article R4021-8 of the French Public Health Code

The president of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu is the president of the general meeting of the founding members of the public interest grouping referred to in article R. 4021-6, appointed under the conditions laid down in the grouping’s constituent agreement. He chairs the Management Board provided for in article R. 4021-14. He appoints the Chairman and members of the Ethics Committee provided for in article R. 4021-12.

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Article R4021-9 of the French Public Health Code

The Director General of the National Agency for Continuing Professional Development is appointed for a renewable term of three years by order of the ministers responsible for health and social security. The Director General manages the Agency’s affairs, with the exception of those reserved for other bodies. He prepares the decisions of the General Meeting of the founding members of the public interest grouping and of the Management Board and…

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Article R4021-10 of the French Public Health Code

In addition to the general meeting of the founding members of the public interest grouping, the chairman and the chief executive, the bodies of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu are : 1° The High Council for Continuing Professional Development of the Health Professions; 2° The Ethics Committee ; 3° Independent scientific commissions; 4° The Management Board; 5° Professional sections.

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Article R4021-11 of the French Public Health Code

I. – The Haut Conseil du développement professionnel continu des professions de santé (High Council for Continuing Professional Development in the Healthcare Professions) has the following missions: 1° To identify the state of scientific knowledge and national and international experience in the field of continuing professional development; 2° To encourage the adoption of continuing professional development methods devised by the Haute Autorité de santé for the design of continuing professional…

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