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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-8

…a pair of candidates or one of the members of a pair of candidates of their candidacy for a council may only occur in the interval between the submission of their candidacy and the date of dispatch of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between doctors and with members of other health professions.

Article R4127-60

…any legally qualified consultant. If he does not feel he should agree with the patient's choice, he may recuse himself. He may also advise that another consultant be used, as he must do if the patient…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between doctors and with members of other health professions.

Article R4127-65

A doctor may only be replaced in his practice on a temporary basis by a colleague registered on the roll of the ordre or by a student meeting the conditions laid down in article L. 4131-2. A doctor wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Private practice.

Article R4127-342

…eriod of more than three months must not, for a period of two years, set up in a practice where she may enter into direct competition with the midwife whom she has replaced and, possibly, with midwive…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice of the profession by students.

Article D4151-16

…s issued under the conditions set out in article L. 4151-6 for a maximum period of three months. It may be renewed in accordance with the same procedure and for the same period. No authorisation or re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4153-9

…initiatives. They implement the continuing professional development of the midwives they employ and may have recourse, for this purpose, to an approved joint collecting body for their professional bra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-15

…ed, will receive the pleadings and documents produced by the parties. The President of this Council may submit observations in the number and within the time required in the communication. These are c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-10-1

The agreement referred to in article L. 5132-2 may provide for the signatory integration enterprise to set up periods of work experience for its employees recruited under contracts concluded in applic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-26-1

The agreement referred to in article L. 5132-2 may provide for the intermediary association to set up periods of work experience for its employees recruited under contracts concluded in application of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4381-51

…remuneration paid on shares representing the contributions provided for in 1° of Article R. 4381-34 may not exceed the rate on securities advances from the Banque de France less two points. The remune…

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