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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Consent to adoption

Article 350

The court may order the adoption, if it is in the interests of the adopted person, of a minor over the age of thirteen or of a protected adult of full age, both of whom are unable to give their person…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The adopted person

Article 344

…mily council for wards of the State has consented to the adoption;3° Children judicially declared abandoned under the conditions provided for in articles 381-1 and 381-2;4° Adults, in the simple form…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6152-334

The provisions of this section specify the rules for the recruitment and employment as contractual practitioners of doctors, pharmacists and odontologists by public health establishments, in applicati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6152-335

Contractual practitioners carry out the medical acts of diagnosis, treatment and emergency care provided by public health establishments and participate in the missions defined in articles L. 6111-1 a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Professional inadequacy

Article R6152-372

…rtain of the opening of professional incompetence proceedings. He shall be given access to his file and shall be given the opportunity to present his observations orally and in writing and to be assis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Professional inadequacy

Article R6152-373

In the interests of the service, a practitioner who is the subject of the procedure provided for in article R. 6152-372 may be suspended pending a decision on his case, after obtaining the opinion of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Professional inadequacy

Article R6152-374

In the event of dismissal for professional incompetence, the employee concerned will receive compensation equal to half the last monthly salary received prior to dismissal, multiplied by the number of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-2

The legal administrator may not, even with authorisation:1° Alienate the property or rights of the minor free of charge;2° Acquire from a third party a right or claim against the minor;3° Exercise tra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-1

…f the minor;4° Waive for the minor a right, compromise or compromise on his behalf;5° Accept purely and simply a succession reverting to the minor;6° Buying the minor's property, taking it on lease; f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Intervention by the guardianship judge

Article 387-5

…tered, which he forwards to the judge. The judge rules on the conformity of the account.If the size and composition of the minor's assets justify it, the judge may decide that the verification and app…

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