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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Exemptions

Article D3335-17

For each derogation requested, the application must specify the operating conditions of the public house, the desired opening hours and the categories of drinks concerned. These points are set out in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to regional unions of health professionals whose members are appointed

Article D4031-17

An order of the ministers responsible for health and social security sets the allocation of seats in each union between the trade union organisations. This distribution is established by proportional…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Employment of future teachers

Article D5134-178

The tutoring of students recruited on jobs for the future as teachers is provided by a teacher appointed by the academy rector. In agricultural education, the regional director of food, agriculture an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: Employment of future teachers

Article D5134-177

In order to benefit from the recruitment priority set out in III of article L. 5134-120, students must have lived for at least two years in one of the areas mentioned or have completed at least two ye…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Status of employees.

Article D5424-17

Hours worked to replace hours lost due to bad weather are paid in accordance with the regulations without taking into account the compensation to which they gave rise under Articles L. 5424-6 to L. 54…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of a State nursing diploma.

Article D4311-17

The duration of the preparatory studies for the diploma is set at three years. The conditions under which partial or total exemption from teaching may be granted are set by order of the Minister for H…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-17

Exemptions from attending and validating some of the teaching units or work placements may be granted to students by the director of the physiotherapy training institute, on the recommendation of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article D4364-17

An orthopaedic surgeon, a chiropodist-orthotist, an ocularist, an epithesist or an orthopaedic surgeon-orthotist may be registered in only one department or only in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. In the ev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Rules governing the practice of the profession of optician-mutician

Article D4362-17

The first issue of multifocal corrective lenses incorporating presbyopia correction is subject to a medical prescription.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-17

In the event of a vacancy, the seat of a full member is filled by the alternate member. In particular, a vacancy is established when the full members cease to hold office or when they no longer meet t…

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