Renewal of the practitioner’s accreditation is issued by the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine. Renewal is subject to assessment of the practitioner’s activity, in accordance with the following criteria:
1° Participation by the practitioner in continuing education in the field of genetic characteristics testing ;
2° Obtaining qualifications, carrying out work and publishing during the period of validity of the approval.
These criteria are specified by the Director General of the Agency, after obtaining the opinion of its Steering Committee.
The application for renewal of accreditation must be submitted by the practitioner to the Agence de la biomédecine at least six months before the expiry date of this accreditation.
If renewal is refused, the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine will inform the practitioner, the competent regional health agency and the establishment or organisation holding the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1131-13 in which the practitioner works of this decision.