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Article D6141-44 of the French Public Health Code

Each poison control centre operates under the responsibility of a university professor – hospital practitioner, or a university lecturer – hospital practitioner or a hospital practitioner with experience in clinical toxicology.

The head of the centre devotes all of his or her time to hospital work. He/she is responsible for the general running of the centre, personally assumes the technical and scientific management of the centre and ensures the ongoing training of the staff assigned to the centre, particularly with regard to the clinical competence of the medical staff; he/she also ensures that medical confidentiality is respected and that the provisions of article R. 1341-8 are applied.

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Article D6141-44

Chaque centre antipoison fonctionne sous la responsabilité d’un professeur des universités – praticien hospitalier, ou d’un maître de conférences des universités – praticien hospitalier ou d’un praticien hospitalier, justifiant d’une expérience en toxicologie clinique.

Le responsable du centre consacre à celui-ci la totalité de son temps d’activité hospitalière. Il en assure la conduite générale, en assume personnellement la direction technique et scientifique et veille à la formation permanente du personnel affecté au centre, notamment en ce qui concerne la compétence clinique du personnel médical ; il veille également au respect du secret médical et à l’application des dispositions de l’article R. 1341-8.

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