Part Three: Combating disease and addiction

I.-In the event of a serious health threat requiring emergency measures, particularly in the event of a threatened epidemic, the Minister for Health may, by means of a reasoned order, in the interests of public health and for the sole purpose of preventing and limiting the consequences of this threat on the health of the population, prescribe: 1° Any regulatory or individual measure relating to the organisation and operation of…

The appropriateness of the measures taken in application of article L. 3131-1 is periodically reviewed by the Haut Conseil de la santé publique. Such measures shall be terminated immediately if they are no longer necessary.

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 1142-1, healthcare professionals may not be held liable for any damage resulting from the prescription or administration of a medicinal product outside the therapeutic indications or normal conditions of use provided for by its marketing authorisation or temporary use authorisation, or of a medicinal product not covered by either of these authorisations, when their intervention was made necessary by the existence of a serious…

Without prejudice to any actions that may be brought in accordance with ordinary law, full compensation for medical accidents, iatrogenic conditions and nosocomial infections attributable to preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic activities carried out in application of measures taken in accordance with articles L. 3131-1 or L. 3134-1 is provided by the Office national d’indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales (National Office for Compensation for Medical…

A fund shall finance the actions required to preserve the health of the population in the event of a serious health threat, in particular those prescribed in article L. 3131-1, as well as the financial compensation to which they may give rise, excluding those provided for by other legislative and regulatory provisions. The conditions for setting up the fund are laid down by the Finance Act or the Social Security…

Each health care institution has a plan detailing the measures to be implemented in the event of an event that disrupts the organisation of care, particularly during exceptional health situations. This plan enables it to mobilise the response resources appropriate to the nature and scale of the event and to ensure that patients receive optimum care. The provisions of this article apply to army hospitals.