Part One: General health protection

Where it proves necessary to prevent or control serious risks to human health : 1° Any natural person or legal entity is required, at the Agency’s request, to provide it with any information it holds relating to such risks; 2° Any public or private medical biology laboratory, as well as any laboratory approved or recognised in application of articles L. 202-1 to L. 202-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing…

I.-The Agency is administered by a Board of Directors, made up of the following members in addition to its Chairman, appointed by decree: 1° Representatives of : a) The State ; b) Compulsory health insurance schemes ; c) Institutional partners of the Agency ; d) Health professionals ; e) Associations of users of the healthcare system approved in application of article L. 1114-1, approved associations active in the field of…

The Agency is headed by a Director General, appointed by decree. The Director General issues opinions and recommendations falling within the remit of the Agency and, on behalf of the State, takes decisions at the request of the Minister for Health pursuant to article L. 1413-4. Subject to the powers of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency exercises the powers referred to in articles L….

A Scientific Advisory Board ensures the quality and consistency of the Agency’s scientific policy. An Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, in conjunction with the compliance officer referred to in article L. 1451-4, ensures compliance with the ethical and professional conduct rules applicable to the Agency, the members of its bodies, its staff and its occasional collaborators. A Steering and Dialogue Committee contributes to the development of public debate and collective…

The Agency shall be subject to an administrative, budgetary, financial and accounting system and to State control adapted to the specific nature of its mission and defined in this chapter. The Agency’s resources are made up of : 1° Subsidies from the State, local authorities, their public bodies, the European Union or international organisations; 2° A contribution from compulsory health insurance schemes, paid and distributed in accordance with conditions laid…

The agency employs the agents mentioned in articles L. 5323-1 to L. 5323-3. These agents are governed by the provisions of article L. 5323-4.

I.-The rules of professional conduct applicable to members of the Agency’s Boards and Committees, its employees, health reservists and persons who occasionally provide assistance to the Agency or its bodies, and guaranteeing compliance with the obligations of confidentiality, professional secrecy and impartiality, are specified by the Board of Directors, after consulting the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, in compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 1451-1 to L. 1452-3. These…

The terms and conditions for the application of this section shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, which shall specify in particular: 1° The conditions under which the National Public Health Agency or, where applicable, other members of the national public health network have access to information covered by medical confidentiality, professional confidentiality or business confidentiality. This decree specifies the conditions under which the confidentiality with regard…