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Showing 51715180 of 47859 articles for Art. 151 septies · CE plén. 13 June 2018 n° 401942 · CE 17 May 1995 · CE 26 September 2018 · CE 28 April 2006 · CAA Paris 9 November 2011 · BOI-BIC-PVMV-40-10-10-10 et -20

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R7111-26

The chairman of the Professional Journalists Identity Card Committee is alternately a representative of the employers and a representative of the professional journalists. It is decided by lot who cha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation and operation

Article R5126-26

…re provided to patients by the health care establishment. He organises for each patient, on the advice of the coordinating doctor, the circuit of medicines, products, objects or medical devices prescr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-26

…e is to be submitted for expert examination and informs him that he has three clear days to state whether he intends to exercise his right to appoint an expert. If this right is exercised, the two exp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Detention.

Article R5132-26

List I medicinal products are kept in locked cabinets or premises containing nothing else, with the exception of dangerous substances classified as very toxic or toxic, in application of article L. 51…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-26

Where the undertaking is operated by a company, the competent corporate body of that undertaking shall appoint, at the same time as the pharmacist or veterinary surgeon in charge and in order to repla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Emergency care network

Article R6123-26

The establishment authorised to carry out the activity mentioned in 3° of article R. 6123-1 sets up or participates in a network with other public and private health establishments. This network contr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Specific rights and duties linked to the exercise of control functions

Article R8124-26

Officers shall at all times treat all persons present at the workplace or in the accommodation of the workers under their supervision with courtesy.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to the "Child and adolescent psychiatry" modality

Article D6124-261

Each site providing inpatient care has indoor and outdoor living and play areas.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to the "Child and adolescent psychiatry" modality

Article D6124-262

The authorisation holder organises patient stays according to the age groups being cared for.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisions specific to "Care without consent".

Article D6124-265

…2° One or more individual isolation rooms. Each isolation room has natural light, ventilation, an accessible call device, sanitary facilities that respect the patient's privacy and dignity, a water po…

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