French Public Health Code
In forceI. - All contracts or amendments thereto relating to the practice of the profession shall be drawn up in writing. Any professional association or company shall be the subject of a written contract.
These contracts must respect the independence of each nurse.
II. - The contracts and amendments referred to in I are communicated to the departmental council of the professional body to which the nurse belongs. This council shall check that they comply with the principles of this code of professional conduct and, where they exist, with the essential clauses of the standard contracts drawn up by the national council.
The Conseil départemental de l'ordre may, if it deems it useful, forward contracts or amendments thereto, or the articles of association or company statutes, to the Conseil national for its opinion.
III. - Any contract of association or partnership with a professional purpose between one or more nurses on the one hand, and one or more members of the health professions or any other person, on the other hand, is communicated to the Conseil Départemental de l'Ordre. The latter forwards it with its opinion to the national council, which examines whether the contract is compatible with the laws in force, with the code of ethics and in particular with the independence of nurses.
IV. - Draft agreements or contracts drawn up with a view to the application of this article may be communicated to the Conseil départemental de l'ordre, which will make its observations known within one month.
V. - The nurse shall sign and submit to the departmental council a declaration in which he or she swears on his or her honour that he or she has not entered into any counter-letter relating to the contract or amendment submitted for the council's consideration.
