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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-5-1

Except with the authorisation of the court, it is forbidden, on pain of nullity, for anyone holding an office or employment in an establishment providing psychiatric care to acquire property or transf…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-5-1

…ime order the psychiatric assessment of persons subject to a psychiatric care measure ordered in application of this chapter or chapter IV of this title or ordered in application of article 706-135 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-5-1

Decisions of the Disciplinary Board are made by a panel, subject to exceptions, specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, relating to the subject matter of the referral or dispute or the nature of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Regional Councils

Article L4312-5-1

The nurses of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon are subject to the jurisdiction of the regional council and the disciplinary chamber of first instance of the Ordre des infirmiers de Normandie.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-18-5

Councils are elected by a majority of the members present or having voted by post or electronically.A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will determine the composition of the various councils and disciplina…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-5

The masseur-physiotherapists of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy are subject to the jurisdiction of the departmental council of the order of masseur-physiotherapists of Guadeloupe.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Procedural obligations and rights of appeal

Article L613-58-1

The annulment of measures taken in application of sub-sections 9 and 10 does not affect the validity of the acts taken for their application when the calling into question of these acts is likely to p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-5

It is punishable by the penalties laid down in Article 226-13 of the Criminal Code for the directors or officers of the persons mentioned in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European P…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Integration companies.

Article L5132-5-1

Integration companies may enter into open-ended contracts with people aged at least 57 who are experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in accordance with procedures defined by de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-5

The dispensing of certain medicinal products by pharmacists or veterinary surgeons, where their pharmaceutical form so permits, may be by the unit, provided that the integrity of the immediate packagi…

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