French Public Health Code
In forceThe operation of a pharmacy is incompatible with the practice of another profession, in particular that of doctor, veterinary surgeon, midwife or dentist, even if the person concerned holds the corresponding qualifications.
However, doctors who qualified before 31 December 1952, veterinary surgeons and dentists who qualified before 31 July 1950, and midwives who qualified before 31 July 1948 are permitted to practise their art concurrently with pharmacy, if they obtained the diploma of pharmacist before 31 July 1950, provided that they were duly enrolled before 11 September 1941 at the dental school or midwifery school, in the pharmacy training course or with a view to obtaining the certificate of studies in physics, chemistry and biology, or in the fourth year of pharmacy for doctors who have used the pharmacist's diploma as the equivalent of the certificate of studies in physics, chemistry and biology.
The interested parties must also prove that they were prevented from continuing their studies because they were mobilised, prisoners, refractory to compulsory labour service or deported, or because they belonged to a resistance organisation. This paragraph will be the subject of implementing measures laid down by the decrees of the Council of State published for the application of this book.
