French Public Health Code
In forceI.-The doctor or midwife carrying out voluntary interruptions of pregnancy by medication, within the framework of the agreement mentioned in 1° of article R. 2212-9, provides proof of appropriate professional competence, which consists of :
1° For the doctor :
a) A university qualification in medical gynaecology or obstetric gynaecology ;
b) Or by sufficient and regular practice of voluntary interruption of pregnancy by medication in a health establishment, certified by the director of this establishment on presentation of documentary evidence by the medical manager concerned;
2° For midwives, by the practice mentioned in b of 1°.
II - The doctor performing voluntary terminations of pregnancy by instrumental methods within the framework of the agreement mentioned in 2° of article R. 2212-9 must provide evidence of appropriate professional competence, which consists of :
a university qualification in gynaecology-obstetrics;
-or a university qualification in medical gynaecology, supplemented by regular practice of voluntary interruption of pregnancy by instrumental method in a health establishment, certified by the director of the establishment, on presentation of documentary evidence by the medical manager concerned;
-in the absence of these qualifications, by theoretical and practical training in the voluntary interruption of pregnancy by instrumental method under local anaesthetic, in the management of complications linked to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy and in the pharmacology of local anaesthetics.
The practical training provided for in the fourth paragraph of this II is carried out within a health establishment providing voluntary termination of pregnancy and is validated by the medical manager concerned within the establishment.
Doctors regularly update their knowledge, as part of ongoing training and sufficient practice of voluntary interruption of pregnancy by instrumental method in a health establishment, certified by the director of this establishment, on presentation of proof by the medical manager concerned.
