Two or more pharmacies are authorised to group together if their original location is situated in a municipality with a number of pharmacies in excess of the thresholds provided for in article L. 5125-4. The place where these pharmacies are grouped together is the location of one of them or any other location on national territory. If the grouping takes place in a new location, the new pharmacy may not…
Any restructuring of the pharmacy network within the same municipality or neighbouring municipalities at the initiative of one or more pharmacists or pharmacists’ associations and giving rise to compensation for the permanent cessation of activity of one or more pharmacies must be subject to the prior approval of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. The permanent cessation of activity of the pharmacy or pharmacies concerned is recorded under…
I.-The Director General of the Regional Health Agency assesses the drug supply needs of the population in the territory for which he is responsible as part of the regional health plan provided for in 2° of article L. 1434-2. It determines by decree the territories in which access to medicines for the population is not guaranteed in a satisfactory manner. A decree determines the conditions under which these territories are…
In the territories defined in article L. 5125-6, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will draw up an order, after consulting the relevant local council of the Ordre des pharmaciens and the regional representative appointed by each trade union representing the profession within the meaning ofarticle L. 162-33 of the Social Security Code, listing contiguous municipalities without a pharmacy, one of which has a population of at least…
By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 5125-3-2, within the territories referred to in Article L. 5125-6, the optimum response to the population’s need for medicinal products is assessed solely with regard to the conditions set out in 1° and 2° of Article L. 5125-3-2. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may, within these territories, authorise the opening of a pharmacy by means of transfer…
By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 5125-4, for the opening of a pharmacy by way of transfer or grouping within an airport, the number of inhabitants counted is replaced by the annual number of passengers at the airport. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may authorise the opening of a pharmacy where the annual number of passengers at the airport is at least 3,000,000….
When one or more pharmacies are located within an airport in the airside zone or in the landside zone within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing common rules in the field of civil aviation security, only one annex is authorised per pharmacy in the zone in which this pharmacy is not located. The conditions for the…
Where several pharmacies are located within the airport, an on-call and emergency service is organised between the pharmacies to meet passengers’ medication needs during the days and hours when the airport is open. The organisation of the on-call and emergency service set up in each airport is communicated by the pharmacies concerned to the regional representative of each representative union of pharmacists referred to inarticle L. 162-33 of the Social…
In order to be the proprietor of a pharmacy open to the public, to become the manager of a pharmacy after death, or of a mutualist or miner’s aid pharmacy, the pharmacist must provide proof of at least six months’ additional experience as an assistant pharmacist or as a replacement pharmacist in a pharmacy if he has not completed the six-month end-of-studies placement in a pharmacy or an internal-use pharmacy…
Any pharmacist or company intending to operate a pharmacy must make a declaration to the local Association of Pharmacists. In the event of cessation of operation, transfer or regrouping of a pharmacy, or any change affecting the ownership of the pharmacy, the pharmacist or company must inform the local pharmacists’ association. The local pharmacists’ association will forward information concerning the opening, changes and closure of pharmacies to the regional health…
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