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Article L5124-4 of the French Public Health Code

The pharmacist in charge and the delegated pharmacists must practise their profession personally.

They must be assisted and, in the event of temporary absence or if they are banned from practising, they must be replaced.

In the event of the death of the pharmacist who owns a pharmaceutical establishment, the period during which his spouse or heirs may have the establishment managed by a pharmacist authorised for this purpose by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may not exceed two years.

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Article L5124-4

Le pharmacien responsable et les pharmaciens délégués doivent exercer personnellement leur profession.

Ils doivent se faire assister et, en cas d’absence temporaire ou s’ils font l’objet d’une interdiction d’exercer, se faire remplacer.

En cas de décès du pharmacien propriétaire d’un établissement pharmaceutique, le délai pendant lequel son conjoint ou ses héritiers peuvent faire gérer l’établissement par un pharmacien autorisé à cet effet par le directeur général de l’agence régionale de santé ne peut excéder deux ans.

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