Part Three: Combating disease and addiction

When it is necessary because of the transmissible nature of the infections of the persons accommodated, cared for or transported, or because of the risk factors for the acquisition of infections by the persons admitted to these premises or transported in these vehicles, disinfection must be carried out using biocidal products: 1° Premises where patients have been admitted or accommodated and those where medical, paramedical or veterinary care is provided;…

The provisions of Chapter VII of Title V of Book V of the Environment Code relating to pressure vessels are applicable to disinfection equipment.

The use of toxic gases appearing on a prohibition list established by order of the Minister for Health, made on the advice of the High Council for Public Health, in the destruction of insects and rats in premises used for residential or other purposes, or in the disinfection of the said premises, is prohibited.

An order by the Minister for Health establishes and updates the list of departments where conditions have been identified which give rise to a risk of development of human diseases transmitted by insects and which constitute a threat to the health of the population. In these departments, the State is responsible for defining the necessary control measures. A decree, issued after consultation with the High Council for Public Health, determines…

Healthcare professionals and the biologist-responsible and biologist-co-responsible for medical biology mentioned in Book II of Part Six of this Code, practising outside healthcare establishments, are responsible for preventing all infections linked to their preventive, diagnostic and care activities. Where necessary, decrees will lay down the rules they must follow.

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat: 1° The conditions for the organisation and operation of the disinfection service provided for in article L. 3114-1 ; 2° In departments where the existence of conditions leading to the development of human diseases transmitted by insects and constituting a threat to the health of the population has been observed, the nature of the measures that may be taken in…