The application must be accompanied, on pain of inadmissibility, by a detailed certificate drawn up by a doctor chosen from a list drawn up by the public prosecutor. This doctor may seek the opinion of the doctor treating the person who should be protected.
The cost of this certificate is set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
When a matter is referred to the public prosecutor by a person other than one of the relatives of the person of full age listed in the first paragraph of article 430, the request sent to the guardianship judge must also include, on pain of inadmissibility, the information available to that person on the social and financial situation of the person who should be protected and an assessment of his autonomy as well as, where applicable, an assessment of the personalised actions carried out with him. The nature and procedures for gathering information are defined by regulation. The public prosecutor may request additional information from the third party who referred the matter to him or her.
The public prosecutor may also request additional information from the third party who referred the matter to him or her.