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Article D6124-26-8 of the French Public Health Code

When it is not authorised to carry out psychiatric care activities, the establishment authorised to operate an emergency facility and one or more establishments mentioned in 1° of article L. 3221-1 operating in the emergency medicine health territory shall enter into an agreement with each other.

This agreement specifies the conditions for implementing the provisions of articles D. 6124-26-6 and D. 6124-26-7.

This agreement also specifies the conditions under which the emergency structure ensures or arranges, if necessary, the transfer of patients whose condition requires them to be cared for by a health establishment authorised to carry out psychiatric care activities, in compliance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 3211-1 and article L. 3222-1.

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Article D6124-26-8

Lorsqu’il n’est pas autorisé à exercer l’activité de soins de psychiatrie, l’établissement autorisé à faire fonctionner une structure des urgences et un ou plusieurs établissements mentionnés au 1° de l’article L. 3221-1 intervenant dans le territoire de santé de médecine d’urgence concluent entre eux une convention.

Cette convention précise les conditions de mise en oeuvre des dispositions des articles D. 6124-26-6 et D. 6124-26-7.

Cette convention indique également les modalités selon lesquelles la structure des urgences assure ou fait assurer, s’il y a lieu, le transfert des patients dont l’état exige qu’ils soient pris en charge par un établissement de santé autorisé à exercer l’activité de soins de psychiatrie, dans le respect des dispositions du second alinéa de l’article L. 3211-1 et de l’article L. 3222-1.

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