French Public Health Code
In forceI.-The Director General of the Centre National de Gestion, on behalf of the Minister for Health, may, after receiving the opinion of the commission for authorisation to practice mentioned in articles L. 4221-14-1 and L. 4221-14-2 and on the basis of a file, individually authorise nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who have successfully completed training as a pharmacist in accordance with the requirements of Article 44 of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications and who, without holding one of the diplomas mentioned in Article R. 5126-2, hold :
1° Evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or more Member States or Parties and required by the competent authority of those Member States or Parties, which regulates access to this profession within a structure equivalent to a pharmacy for internal use or the practice thereof, and which permits the legal exercise of these functions in those States ;
2° Or, where the persons concerned have practised in one or more Member States or Parties which do not regulate training for, or access to, this profession within a structure equivalent to a pharmacy for internal use or the practice thereof, evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or more Member States or Parties, attesting to preparation for the practice of the profession of pharmacist within a structure equivalent to a pharmacy for internal use, accompanied by evidence, in those States, of full-time practice for one year or part-time practice for an equivalent total period over the last ten years ;
3° Or evidence of formal qualifications issued by a third country and recognised in a Member State or Party other than France, and required by the competent authority of a Member State or Party which regulates access to the profession of pharmacist within a structure equivalent to an in-house pharmacy or the practice thereof, and enabling this professional activity to be legally pursued there. The person concerned must provide proof of having practised the profession for three years on a full-time basis or on a part-time basis for an equivalent total period in that Member State or Party.
These licences are issued under the conditions set out in articles R. 4221-13-5 and R. 4221-13-6.
II.The Director General of the Centre national de gestion, on behalf of the Minister for Health, may, after receiving the opinion of the practice authorisation committee referred to in article L. 4221-9 and on the basis of a file, individually authorise nationals of a State other than the Member States of the European Union or the States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who hold evidence of training enabling them to practise within a structure equivalent to an in-house pharmacy, obtained in one of these States, and whose professional experience is attested to by any means, to practise the profession of pharmacist within an in-house pharmacy.
III - The dispensing authorisations referred to in I and II of this article are published in the Journal officiel de la République française.
The issue of an authorisation to practise allows the beneficiary to practise in an in-house pharmacy under the same conditions as holders of a diploma mentioned in Article R. 5126-2.
