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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives.

Article L5312-3

…nd L. 5312-2, and in the event of suspension or withdrawal of authorisation or registration of a product or group of products referred to in Article L. 5311-1, the Agency may order the natural or lega…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-3

…althcare, all public and private healthcare establishments must undergo an external assessment procedure known as certification.This procedure, carried out by the Haute Autorité de santé (French Natio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-3

…tion of the previous paragraph must meet the operating and care conditions and comply with the procedural rules set out in the aforementioned code. Health establishments may set up and manage the heal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-3

…bodies; they are required to enter into agreements to specify the strategic guidelines and the procedures for implementing the university hospital policy between the university and the regional hospit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-3

Public health institutions may manage facilities for drug addicts, financed under the conditions set out in Article L. 3411-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-3

The accounts certified by the statutory auditor of private health establishments and those of their management bodies are sent to the authority responsible for the pricing of these establishments for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Students in medicine, dentistry, midwifery and pharmacy.

Article L6153-3

The regime for the students mentioned in 2° of article L. 6153-1 is determined by regulation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-3

…atically authorise payment of an item of expenditure or recovery of a revenue that should have been duly entered in the initial statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure and any amending decis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-3

The Minister for Health draws up the list of cancer centres.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-3

Sociétés coopératives hospitalières de médecins are variable-capital companies set up as limited liability companies, public limited companies or simplified joint-stock companies.

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