The organisations and services responsible for paying family benefits are required to send the doctor in charge of the departmental maternal and child protection service the certificate of the first prenatal medical examination of their beneficiaries within a week. This information must be transmitted in compliance with professional confidentiality.
Unless otherwise provided, the conditions of application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.
Each regional health agency is setting up a pathway bringing together medical professionals and hospital and private psychologists, as part of a multidisciplinary approach designed to provide better support for women and, where appropriate, their partners faced with a spontaneous termination of pregnancy. The aims of this pathway are to develop training for medical professionals in the psychological consequences of spontaneous termination of pregnancy, to improve guidance for women and,…
Tubal or vas deferens ligation for contraceptive purposes may not be performed on a minor. It may only be performed if the adult concerned has expressed a free, reasoned and deliberate wish in the light of clear and full information about its consequences. This surgical procedure may only be carried out in a health establishment and after consultation with a doctor. During the initial consultation, the doctor must : –…
Tubal or vas deferens ligation for contraceptive purposes may not be performed on a minor. It may only be performed on an adult whose impaired mental faculties have justified the introduction of a legal protection measure where there is an absolute medical contraindication to contraceptive methods or a proven impossibility of using them effectively. The intervention must be authorised by the guardianship judge to whom the matter has been referred…
I.- Foetal medicine refers to medical practices, in particular clinical, biological and imaging practices, aimed at the diagnosis and prognostic evaluation and, where appropriate, the treatment, including surgery, of a particularly serious condition or one likely to have an impact on the future of the foetus or unborn child. II-Any pregnant woman receives, during a medical consultation, fair, clear and appropriate information about the possibility of having recourse, at her…
The Minister responsible for health shall determine: 1° By order issued on a proposal from the Agence de la biomédecine, the recommendations of good practice relating to the methods of access, care for pregnant women and couples, organisation and operation of the multidisciplinary centres for prenatal diagnosis mentioned in VIII ofArticle L. 2131-1 and the recommendations of good practice relating to prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis as well as the…
Any establishment or laboratory authorised to carry out medical biology examinations intended to establish a prenatal diagnosis, and any multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre is required to submit an annual activity report to the regional health agency and the Agence de la biomédecine instituted in article L. 1418-1, in accordance with the procedures determined by order of the Minister for Health.
Any breach of the legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to prenatal diagnosis observed in an establishment or laboratory, and caused by it, shall result in the temporary or permanent withdrawal of the authorisations provided for in Article L. 2131-1. The authorisation of an establishment or laboratory may also be withdrawn in the event of a breach of the requirements laid down in the authorisation or if the volume of activity…
Preimplantation diagnosis is the biological diagnosis carried out using cells taken from the embryo in vitro. Preimplantation diagnosis is only authorised in exceptional cases under the following conditions: A doctor practising in a multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre as defined by article L. 2131-1 must certify that the couple or the unmarried woman, due to her family situation, has a high probability of giving birth to a child suffering from a…
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