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Article R5211-71 of the French Public Health Code

When the prescription includes the information provided for in 1°, subject to adaptation of the country information, to 3° of Article R. 5211-70, persons legally authorised to supply medical devices may refuse to supply these products, prescribed in another Member State of the European Union by a healthcare professional legally authorised or empowered to prescribe medical devices in that State, only if it appears to them that the interests of the patient’s health so require or if they have legitimate and justified doubts as to the authenticity, content or intelligibility of the prescription, or the quality of the healthcare professional who drew it up.
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Article R5211-71
Lorsque la prescription comporte les mentions prévues aux 1°, sous réserve de l’adaptation de la mention du pays, à 3° de l’article R. 5211-70, les personnes légalement habilitées à délivrer des dispositifs médicaux ne peuvent refuser de délivrer ces produits, prescrits dans un autre Etat membre de l’Union européenne par un professionnel de santé légalement autorisé ou habilité à prescrire des dispositifs médicaux dans cet Etat, que si l’intérêt de la santé du patient leur paraît l’exiger ou s’ils ont des doutes légitimes et justifiés quant à l’authenticité, au contenu ou à l’intelligibilité de la prescription, ou à la qualité du professionnel de santé qui l’a établie.

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