French Public Health Code
In forceI.-The nominative lists referred to in Article L. 4311-15 include nurses who hold a training qualification or authorisation to practise required to practise the profession, and who are employed by public or private structures.
These lists are made up of the following identification data:
1° The surname and forenames of the professional concerned;
2° The last personal correspondence address of the professional held by the establishment or structure;
3° The date and place of birth of the professional;
4° The title, date and place of issue of the evidence of formal qualifications or authorisation to practise issued to the professional;
5° The electronic address at which the professional wishes to be contacted by the ordre for the transmission of the information provided for in the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs of II of this article and to meet the requirements of article L. 4001-2 of the Public Health Code.
This data is sent by the public or private organisations employing nurses to the National Council of the Order of Nurses by electronic means, to an address provided by the National Council, no later than the 15th of the first month of each calendar quarter. They are sent to the national council under conditions that guarantee the confidentiality of the data collected.
The format of the file containing this information is determined by the public interest group mentioned inarticle L. 1111-24 of the public health code.
The first transmission of this identification data is subject to prior information of the professional concerned by his or her employer.
II.-On the basis of the information provided by the national council to each departmental or interdepartmental council of the professional body concerned, this council will identify those nurses who are not registered on the roll and will proceed with their provisional registration pending the provision of the documents required to examine the case.
The departmental or interdepartmental council will immediately inform the professional and the structure employing him/her of this provisional registration and will provide the nurse concerned with the list of documents to be provided, in application of articles R. 4112-1 and R. 4311-52, within a period of four months, with a view to registration on the roll.
If the complete file is not sent within four months, the departmental or interdepartmental council of the professional body will inform the professional, by any means, that it is unable to verify the conditions necessary for definitive registration on the roll of the professional body and that, in the absence of communication from the professional body of the documents requested within a period of one month, provisional registration will automatically be terminated. The departmental or interdepartmental council of the professional body will also inform the public or private body employing the nurse, as well as the national council. The departmental or interdepartmental council will no longer be able to implement this provisional registration procedure for the professional concerned.
III.-On receipt of the documents within the required timeframe, the departmental or interdepartmental council will examine the case and take a decision under the conditions set and in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 4112-2.
The decision taken by the departmental or interdepartmental council is notified to the nurse under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in article R. 4112-4. It is also notified to the public or private organisation that employs the nurse concerned.
