When a foreign State grants doctors, dental surgeons or midwives, French nationals or French citizens, the right to practise their profession on its territory, the national of this State may be authorised to practise his or her art in France by order of the Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the National Management Centre, if agreements have been concluded to this effect with this State and if the equivalence of the scientific value of the diploma is recognised by the Minister for Higher Education.
These agreements, concluded with the approval of the minister responsible for health, must include effective parity and stipulate the number of foreign practitioners that each of the two countries authorises to practise on its territory.
Authorisations are granted individually, after consultation with the national trade unions and associations concerned, to practitioners who have demonstrated an adequate knowledge of the French language under conditions laid down by regulation. They may be withdrawn at any time.