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Article D6124-55 of the French Public Health Code

If the neonatology unit provides neonatology intensive care as mentioned in article R. 6123-44, it meets the following additional conditions:

1° It must be located in the same building, in the immediate vicinity of and with rapid access to the obstetrics unit;

2° It must have the resources required for ventilation in the first few hours and for transferring the newborn to a neonatal intensive care unit if the child’s condition does not improve or worsens;

3° Be equipped with medical devices defined by order of the Minister for Health.

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Article D6124-55

Si l’unité de néonatologie assure des soins intensifs de néonatologie mentionnés à l’article R. 6123-44, elle remplit les conditions supplémentaires suivantes :

1° Etre située dans le même bâtiment, à proximité immédiate et d’accès rapide à l’unité d’obstétrique ;

2° Disposer des moyens nécessaires à la ventilation des premières heures et au transfert du nouveau-né vers une unité de réanimation néonatale en cas d’absence d’amélioration ou d’aggravation de l’état de l’enfant ;

3° Etre dotée de dispositifs médicaux définis par arrêté du ministre chargé de la santé.

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