French Public Health Code
In forceI.-An application for a European professional card, accompanied by supporting documents, must be submitted by a nurse to the competent authority of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, with a view to practising the profession of nurse in France or providing services there. The competent authority of the applicant's Member State or Party of origin sends the application electronically to the regional directorate mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 4311-41-4.
II.The regional directorate mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 4311-41-4, which receives a nurse's application for a European professional card from a competent authority in a Member State or a Party, accompanied by the necessary supporting documents, sends the individual electronic file created in the internal market information system:
1° Either, where the provisions of article L. 4311-3 are applicable, to the national council of the professional body, with a view to issuing the card within one month of receipt of the application;
2° Or, where the nurse wishes to provide services and his or her evidence of formal qualifications does not meet the conditions laid down in articles L. 4311-3, to the national council of the professional body, which may, where appropriate, subject the person concerned to an aptitude test within two months of receipt of the application.
In the event of an application to practise the profession in France, the regional directorate may, if the evidence of formal qualifications as a nurse does not meet the conditions laid down in article L. 4311-3, subject the person concerned to a compensatory measure within two months of receipt of the application.
The Conseil national de l'ordre or the regional directorate may request additional information from the applicant's Member State or State of origin.
They may refuse to issue the card if they do not receive the information required to examine the application. Reasons shall be given for any such refusal.
III - The time limits laid down in 1°, 2° and the fourth paragraph of II may be extended for a period of fifteen days, renewable once, on public health grounds. Reasons are given for the extension decision and the applicant is notified.
In the absence of a decision within the time limits laid down in 1°, 2° and the fourth paragraph of II, the European professional card is deemed to have been issued and sent electronically to the nurse.
