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Article L4163-9 of the French Public Health Code

The creation and use for commercial canvassing or promotional purposes of files composed from data derived directly or indirectly from medical prescriptions or medical information mentioned in article L. 161-29 of the Social Security Code, where these files enable the prescribing professional to be identified directly or indirectly, are punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

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Article L4163-11 of the French Public Health Code

Giving consultations or prescribing treatment while claiming to be able to modify or repress a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, whether true or assumed, is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros. The offence provided for in the first paragraph is not constituted when the health professional simply invites a person to reflect and exercise caution, particularly in view of their young age, if they…

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Article L4211-1 of the French Public Health Code

The following are reserved for pharmacists, with the exception of the derogations provided for in the articles of this Code: 1° The preparation of medicinal products intended for use in human medicine; 2° The preparation of dressings and all articles presented as complying with the pharmacopoeia; 3° The preparation of generators, kits or precursors mentioned in article L. 5121-1 ; 4° Wholesale and retail sales, including over the Internet, and…

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Article L4211-2 of the French Public Health Code

Pharmacy dispensaries and pharmacies for internal use are required to collect, free of charge, unused medicinal products for human use from private individuals who are in possession of them. Unused medicines may not be distributed or made available. These medicines are destroyed under secure conditions. A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall specify the conditions for the application of this article, and in particular : – the conditions for the…

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Article L4211-2-1 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The following are subject to the principle of extended producer responsibility pursuant to Article L. 541-10 of the Environmental Code , operators or importers of medicinal products, manufacturers or their agents, distributors or importers of devices mentioned respectively in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and…

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Article L4211-3 of the French Public Health Code

Doctors established in a commune where there is no pharmacy may be authorised by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who will inform the State representative in the département, to keep a stock of medicines on their premises, and to dispense to the people for whom they provide care, the reimbursable and non-reimbursable medicines, as well as the medical devices necessary to continue the treatment they have prescribed,…

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Article L4211-5 of the French Public Health Code

Notwithstanding the provisions of 4° of article L. 4211-1, legal entities complying with good distribution practices defined by order of the Minister for Health may be authorised to dispense gases for medical use at home, under the responsibility of a pharmacist registered with the Ordre des pharmaciens in sections A, D and E. Authorisation is granted by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, after consulting the relevant bodies…

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Article L4211-6 of the French Public Health Code

Any person who has obtained authorisation from the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, after obtaining the opinion of the Académie nationale de médecine, may prepare and dispense allergens when they are specially prepared for a single individual. Authorisation is granted for a period of five years, renewable thereafter for five-year periods. It may be subject to appropriate conditions. A Conseil d’Etat decree sets the…

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