When the sampling for a medical biology examination cannot be carried out in the medical biology laboratory within a timeframe compatible with the patient’s state of health, it may be carried out in a health establishment, in an army hospital, at the patient’s home or in places where this is possible, by an authorised health professional in accordance with procedures determined with the biologist in charge of the laboratory referred to in article L. 6211-11.
The categories of healthcare professionals authorised to carry out the sampling, as well as the places and conditions in which it may be carried out, are laid down by order of the Minister for Health.