Foreign-born physicians may practice medicine in France provided they have received a degree from a French university and have served as French army volunteers, combatants or took part in the resistance movement, according to a new decree. The law also applies to dentists.
Many Jewish doctors who were born in Eastern Europe but who completed their studies here will benefit under the new law. Previously they were forbidden to pratice even though they were French army veterans or served in the resistance movement.
Licenses are renewable bi-annually on the recommendation of local Health and Administrative Boards and are restricted to these who have applied for French naturalization. The decree, however, also stipulates that licenses to practice may be granted to those who did not apply for naturalization provided they are in localities where French doctors are unavailable.
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