French Public Health Code
In forceThe national council sets the amount of the membership fee paid to each order by any person registered on the roll, whether an individual or a legal entity.
It shall also determine the proportion of these fees to be allocated to each council, specifying the proportion devoted to the operation of the disciplinary chambers attached to these bodies.
Membership fees are compulsory. However, membership fees are not payable by doctors, dental surgeons or midwives who are reservists in the health service or who come under the provisions of article L. 4143-1 of the Defence Code, provided that they are only practising their profession in this capacity. The contribution is also not payable by a retired doctor or midwife employed as a volunteer fireman, provided that they only practise the profession in this capacity.
The membership fee must be paid during the first quarter of the current calendar year.
The National Council manages the Order's assets, defines its property policy and monitors its implementation. It may set up or subsidise organisations of interest to the medical profession, as well as self-help organisations.
It validates and controls the management of the councils. It receives their budgetary and accounting documents. The National Council may request any other document it deems necessary.
The procedures for this validation and control are set out in the treasury regulations drawn up by the National Council and applicable to all ordinal bodies.
The councils must inform the National Council in advance of the creation of any bodies dependent on them and report to it on their management.
It pays the councils a sum intended to ensure harmonisation of their costs at national level.
An auditor certifies the combined national accounts of the councils annually.
