Periodic certification of healthcare professionals is a procedure designed to guarantee: 1° the maintenance of skills; 2° the quality of professional practices; 3° the updating and level of knowledge.
I.- As part of the certification defined in article L. 4022-1, healthcare professionals must establish, over a period of six years, that they have carried out a minimum programme of actions aimed at: 1° Updating their knowledge and skills; 2° Reinforcing the quality of their professional practices; 3° Improving their relationship with their patients; 4° Taking better account of their personal health. II.-Actions carried out in the context of continuing…
The professions of doctor, dental surgeon, midwife, pharmacist, nurse, masseur-physiotherapist and chiropodist are required to undergo periodic certification.
A Conseil d’Etat decree defines: 1° The conditions under which certain categories of professionals, within each of the professions mentioned in Article L. 4022-3, may be wholly or partially exempt from the obligation defined in I of Article L. 4022-2 when these professionals do not work directly with patients, are subject to specific training obligations or are not registered with their professional association; 2° The conditions and procedures for determining,…
The National Periodic Certification Board is responsible to the Minister for Health for defining the strategy, deployment and promotion of periodic certification. In this capacity: 1° It sets the scientific guidelines for periodic certification and issues opinions which are made public; 2° It ensures that the players involved in the periodic certification procedure are independent of any ties of interest; 3° It ensures that the actions taken into account for…
The council referred to in article L. 4022-5 is chaired by a qualified person appointed by joint order of the Minister for Health and the Minister for Higher Education. The composition of this council and its operating procedures are set by decree.
Periodic certification standards define, for each profession or speciality, the actions mentioned in I of article L. 4022-2.
I.- On a proposal from the Haute Autorité de santé and after obtaining the opinion of the Conseil national de la certification périodique, the Minister for Health shall determine the method for drawing up the periodic certification reference frameworks provided for in article L. 4022-7. II.- After obtaining the opinion of the competent national professional council, the Minister for Health shall determine the periodic certification reference framework for each profession…
I.-The competent professional bodies shall monitor compliance by healthcare professionals with their obligation to undergo periodic certification. Failure by a healthcare professional referred to in article L. 4022-3 to comply with this obligation shall constitute misconduct liable to result in disciplinary action as provided for in Part Four of this Code. Disciplinary proceedings shall not prevent the application, where applicable, of the procedure for temporary suspension from practice for professional…
The actions carried out by healthcare professionals as part of their obligation to undergo periodic certification are recorded in an individual account, the content, terms of use and access to which are defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. Individual accounts are managed by an administrative authority designated by decree.
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