Tissues, cells and products of the human body, removed during surgery carried out in the interests of the person operated on, with the exception of cord blood and placental blood cells and cord and placental cells, may be used for therapeutic or scientific purposes, unless he or she objects after being informed of the purposes of such use.
Where this person is a minor or an adult subject to a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person, the subsequent use of the elements or products thus taken is subject to the absence of opposition which may be expressed by any means by the holders of parental authority or by the person responsible for the legal protection measure, duly informed of the purposes of this use. The refusal of the minor or protected adult shall constitute an obstacle to such use.
Tissues, cells, products of the human body and placenta removed in this way are subject to the provisions of Title I, with the exception of the first paragraph of article L. 1211-2, and to those of Chapter III of this Title.