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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Punishment of public drunkenness.

Article R3353-1

Being in a state of obvious intoxication in the places mentioned in article L. 3341-1 is punishable by a 2nd class fine.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-10

…of his liberty or to provide him with care may not, directly or indirectly, even by his mere presence, encourage or condone an attack on the physical or mental integrity of this person or on his dign…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-12

…alth education. He shall participate in health monitoring activities. The collection, recording, processing and transmission of nominative or indirectly nominative information are authorised under the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-14

Physicians must not divulge in medical circles a new diagnostic or treatment procedure that has not been sufficiently tested without accompanying their communication with the appropriate reservations.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-13

…s of dissemination, he or she will only report confirmed data, will exercise caution and will be concerned about the repercussions of his or her comments on the public. They do not intend to profit fr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-15

Doctors may only take part in biomedical research on individuals under the conditions laid down by law; they must ensure that such research is regular and relevant and that its conclusions are objecti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-1

…rticle L. 4112-7 or by an international agreement, as well as to medical students performing a replacement or assisting a doctor in the case provided for in article R. 4127-88. In accordance with arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-19

Medicine should not be practised like a business.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-17

Doctors may only carry out medically assisted procreation in the cases and under the conditions laid down by law.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-18

…ditions laid down by law; he or she is always free to refuse to do so and must inform the person concerned of this under the conditions and within the time limits laid down by law.

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