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Showing 15911600 of 58927 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-6-2010 n° 09-65.482

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common rules

Article R4312-61

Embezzlement and attempted embezzlement are prohibited.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common rules

Article R4312-60

Nurses are free to provide care free of charge.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General duties

Article R4312-68

A nurse may not move into a building where another nurse is practising without the latter's agreement or, failing that, without the authorisation of the Conseil Départemental de l'Ordre. Such authoris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts

Article R4321-6

The masseur-physiotherapist is authorised to carry out all assessments required for the treatments mentioned in article R. 4321-5, and to adapt and monitor the equipment and means of assistance.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General duties

Article R4312-67

At the place where they practise, nurses have suitable facilities and appropriate technical means to ensure that they are received, that care is properly provided, that patients are safe and that prof…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-6

Orthoptists are authorised, on medical prescription or within the framework of an organisational protocol defined in this section, to perform the following professional acts: 1° Non-contact corneal pa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Individual authorisation

Article R7124-6

For applications for individual authorisations submitted in Ile-de-France, the medical examination provided for in 3° of article R. 7124-5 is carried out by an occupational physician from the interpro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-6

The inspectors of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé are authorised by the Minister for Defence to work in the pharmaceutical establishments of the central pharmac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-6

After receiving the opinion of the establishment's medical commission or, in the case of establishments that are part of a regional hospital grouping, the medical college or the grouping medical commi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Due diligence

Article D8254-6

Any enforcement officer who observes the recruitment or employment of a foreign national who does not hold a permit authorising him or her to work as an employee in France by the co-contractor referre…

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