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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Duties of confraternity.

Article R4127-356

…he midwife has been sent to the patient by another midwife who is temporarily unable to attend, she may under no circumstances consider the patient as her client. In the cases provided for in 2° and 3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation

Article R4211-42

…this section and which are intended to be used in biomedical research, the sponsor of this research may either terminate or continue it. If he decides to continue it, he shall put in place agreements…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-14

…s agreement, the prescribing doctor.If the patient is incapable of expressing his wishes, the nurse may not intervene unless the trusted support person provided for in article L. 1111-6, or the family…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients

Article R4321-84

…the prescribing doctor.If the patient is unable to express his or her wishes, the physiotherapist may not intervene unless the designated trusted support person or the patient's relatives have been…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-321

…the web page is protected from indexing by search engines. Within eight days of publication, voters may check their entries and, where appropriate, submit applications for registration. Within the sam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6162-5

The minimum number of meetings, which may not be less than four per year, and, subject to the following provisions, the procedures for convening meetings and the rules governing the operation of the B…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…f the Agence nationale de la sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may impose financial penalties on natural or legal persons producing or marketing veterinary medicin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-8

…mL. 214-24-24 to L. 214-24-28Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-24-29 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 214-24-30 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 214-24-31 order no. 2016-325 of 17 March…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prevention

Article L232-2-1

…erapeutic Use Exemption takes effect on the date on which it is notified. However, an authorisation may take effect on an earlier date, which it mentions: 1° In an emergency or in the case of urgent a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-3

No person may be discriminated against in access to prevention or care.A healthcare professional may not refuse to treat a person, including refusing to provide emergency contraception, on one of the…

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