French Public Health Code
In forceThe Disciplinary Board may only rule when all its members and its Chairman are present. If the quorum is not reached, the Chairman shall (1) reconvene the members of the Disciplinary Board, which shall then sit validly regardless of the number of members present. In the event of a tie, the Chairman shall have the casting vote.
Practitioners called to appear before the Disciplinary Board may be assisted by a colleague of their choice or by a lawyer registered with the Bar.
Where appropriate, the Disciplinary Board shall impose one of the following penalties:
1° A warning ;
2° A reprimand with an entry in the file;
3° Prohibition, for a maximum of five years, from practising pharmacy;
4° A permanent ban on practising pharmacy.
The last two penalties include a permanent ban on being a member of a regional or central council, the national council, a body or a disciplinary chamber of the Ordre des pharmaciens.
An appeal may be lodged with the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens against the penalties imposed pursuant to this article. The appeal has suspensive effect. It may be lodged by the representative of the State, by the executive authorities of New Caledonia or French Polynesia, by the body of the Order and by any interested party.
The disciplinary chamber shall inform the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens of the penalties and bans imposed in application of this article.
Penalties that have become final are enforceable. The disciplinary chamber shall set the starting date of the prohibition it pronounces pursuant to 3° or 4° of this article.
