The practice of the profession of midwife in any form whatsoever within a company, local authority or institution governed by private law must, in all cases, be the subject of a written contract.
Any draft contract may be communicated to the departmental council, which must make its observations known within one month.
Any contract, renewal of contract or amendment to a contract with one of the bodies referred to in the first paragraph must be communicated to the relevant departmental council. The latter shall check that it complies with the provisions of this Code of Ethics and, where applicable, with the clauses of standard contracts drawn up either by agreement between the national council and the authorities or institutions concerned, or in accordance with legislative or regulatory provisions.
The midwife must sign and submit to the Departmental Council a declaration in which she swears on her honour that she has not entered into any counter-letter relating to the contract, its renewal or an amendment submitted for examination by the Council.