The captain of an aircraft shall, through the air carrier or air traffic control, inform the operator of the airport of arrival of the presence of a risk to public health on board as soon as he is aware of it. He shall record these elements in the part of the general aircraft declaration relating to health matters, in accordance with the model provided by the World Health Organisation, and shall forward it without delay to the competent medical service.
The pilot-in-command shall also provide the medical service with the information it is able to provide on the state of health of the passengers on board the aircraft and, where appropriate, on the health measures taken.
The medical service shall immediately forward to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency any information relating to an event meeting the criteria defined in Article R. 3115-68 and shall forward to him without delay the part of the general aircraft declaration relating to health matters. When the airport of arrival is a military aerodrome, this transmission is carried out by the armed forces medical service.
The medical service shall inform the pilot-in-command of the procedures for dealing with a patient who may present a risk to public health, after consultation with the Director General of the regional health agency in the cases provided for in the third paragraph of this article.