Before any donation, and as part of the general obligations mentioned in article R. 1211-13, tissue or cell donors must meet selection criteria.
The general criteria and situations on which the contraindications to tissue and cell donation are based are set by order of the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine.
Unless justified by a documented analysis of the risks associated with the use of the donor’s tissues and cells, approved by the responsible person mentioned in article R. 1243-12, living or deceased persons who present a contraindication are excluded from donation.