Subsection 3: Managing pharmacists

A pharmacist covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Code de la Défense, appointed by the Minister for Defence, manages the pharmacy for internal use of the pharmacie centrale des armées. This pharmacist personally carries out his duties in one of the locations of the pharmacy for internal use.

Where the premises of the pharmacy for internal use of the central armed forces pharmacy are on the same site as a pharmaceutical establishment of the central armed forces pharmacy or of a medical supply establishment of the armed forces health service, the same pharmacist covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code may simultaneously manage this pharmacy for internal use and act as the pharmacist…

Whatever the cause and duration of the absence of the pharmacist in charge of the pharmacy for internal use, his replacement may not exceed one year. This replacement is carried out by a pharmacist covered by the provisions of article L. 4138-2 of the Defence Code, subject to the same service obligations and the same responsibilities as the pharmacist being replaced.