I. – The master of a vessel who observes a risk to public health on board immediately informs the competent regional surveillance and rescue operational centre when the vessel is at sea or the harbour master’s office when the vessel is within the administrative boundaries of the port. When the ship is in the maritime part of the maritime and river regulation area, the ship’s captain alerts the harbour master’s office and the regional operational surveillance and rescue centre for the area in question. The information is transmitted without delay to the maritime medical consultation centre.
The maritime medical consultation centre immediately forwards to the regional health agencies any information relating to a health event meeting the criteria defined in article R. 3115-68.
II. – When a maritime rescue operation, carried out under the conditions set out in article R. 742-11 of the Internal Security Code, results in the entry into national territory of persons from a ship sailing off the French coast, even though this ship and these persons did not have a French port of origin or destination, and in the event of a public health risk within the meaning of Article 1 of the 2005 International Health Regulations, warning measures having been distributed nationally, the competent regional surveillance and rescue operational centre, or failing that the body exercising its functions, coordinates the maritime rescue operation in liaison with the maritime medical consultation centre. The latter entrusts the competent local emergency medical service with organising the medical evacuation on land and informing the director general of the regional health agency.
The regional operational surveillance and rescue centre informs the representative of the State at sea. It also informs the prefect of the department and the prefect of the defence and security zone responsible for the point of entry into the territory to which these people will be transported by the operational rescue resources.
The prefect of the département, after consulting the prefect of the defence and security zone, sets the land landing point and, on the basis of a proposal from the director general of the regional health agency, determines the emergency health measures.
When the planned land landing point is located on a right of way used by the Ministry of Defence, the departmental prefect obtains the opinion of the competent military authority beforehand.
The regional surveillance and rescue operational centre is kept informed of the decisions taken by the competent authorities.