Autovaccines are prepared under the responsibility of a qualified person, who has obtained the authorisation provided for in article L. 5141-12, in facilities which may, where appropriate, be made available by an organisation or company in which this person has technical responsibilities.
The qualified person is a pharmacist or a veterinarian. They are registered, depending on the case, in section B or E of the national order of pharmacists or with the regional council of the order of veterinarians on which the facility depends.
The qualified person must have training or professional experience in the field of immunology or the manufacture of medicinal products. They carry out their duties personally. He/she supervises the preparation, storage, transport and monitoring of autovaccines for veterinary use in accordance with the good practices defined by order of the Ministers of Agriculture and Health, issued on the recommendation of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail.