#2020-672Decree on Healthcare Professional Licensing and Temporary Exercise for Non-Citizens
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This French decree eases the process for non-citizens and those without typical qualifications to work in healthcare professions such as doctors and pharmacists. It outlines pathways for temporary practice permissions, mandatory training programs, and a structure for evaluating the competence of these professionals. Healthcare facilities, both public and private, can be involved in these training and adaptation programs, which also cater to refugees and expatriates returning to France. Compliance with these new rules will be necessary for affected facilities and individuals.
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Key Changes
- Simplifies entry for non-citizens into medical professions
- Introduces temporary practice permissions
- Establishes training and evaluation structures
Obligations
What this law requires
Healthcare professionals must complete a competency consolidation path of two years for physicians and one year for dental surgeons and midwives to practice in France.
Foreign-qualified healthcare professionals must complete a skills consolidation period of two years for doctors and one year for midwives and dental surgeons in designated healthcare facilities.
Candidates for temporary practice must submit a file including a commitment to host in an authorized training structure in their request for exercise authorization.
Agencies regional de santé must propose structures for the consolidation of skills to the Minister of Health.
Candidates for authorization must submit a request for postponement of their skills consolidation period no later than one month before its start under specific circumstances, such as pregnancy or health issues.