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Article L4161-4 of the French Public Health Code

With specific regard to the illegal practice of medicine, dentistry or the profession of midwife, doctors, dental surgeons and midwives and the trade unions concerned may bring cases before the courts by way of direct summons, issued under the terms of article 388 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, without prejudice to the right to bring a civil action, if appropriate, in any proceedings brought by the Public Prosecutor.

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Article L4161-4

En ce qui concerne spécialement l’exercice illégal de la médecine, de l’art dentaire ou de la profession de sage-femme, les médecins, les chirurgiens-dentistes et les sages-femmes et les syndicats intéressés peuvent saisir les tribunaux par voie de citations directes, données dans les termes de l’article 388 du code de procédure pénale, sans préjudice de la faculté de se porter, s’il y a lieu, partie civile dans toute poursuite intentée par le ministère public.

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