For each profession or speciality, the national professional councils propose a multi-annual programme of continuing professional development to enable each professional to fulfil his or her obligation. This pathway includes, in particular, actions in line with the priorities defined in article L. 4021-2. Each professional chooses which actions to enrol in. In the case of salaried professionals, this choice is made in conjunction with the employer.
All of the actions carried out by professionals as part of their continuing professional development obligation are recorded in a document, the content and conditions of use of which are defined by the competent national professional council for their profession or speciality.
The national professional councils shall select the methods they consider most appropriate for implementing continuing professional development, in particular on the basis of the methods developed by the Haute Autorité de santé.
The national professional councils shall bring together the learned societies and professional bodies for each healthcare profession or, where appropriate, for each speciality. The national professional councils and their umbrella organisations are eligible for funding from the fund referred to in article L. 221-1-2 of the Social Security Code. Their tasks, as well as the general principles relating to their composition, funding and operation, are laid down by decree. They will be the subject of an agreement between the various councils or their federating body, the Caisse nationale de l’assurance maladie and the State.
In the absence of national professional councils, representatives of the profession or speciality will be asked to carry out the tasks defined in this article.