Part One: General health protection

An order of the Minister for Health sets out : 1° The nature of and conditions for carrying out medical biology tests to detect infection markers; 2° Where technically possible, the nature and conditions for carrying out medical biology analyses to detect infectivity markers; 3° The nature of the analysis consisting of searching for the virus genome; 4° The procedures for using the results of the analyses defined in this…

One or more samples of the biological product used to carry out the medical biology analyses provided for in articles R. 1211-14 to R. 1211-16 are kept under conditions set by order of the Minister for Health.

I.-In order to be used for therapeutic purposes, any element or product of the human body removed or collected must be accompanied by information relating in particular to the clinical and biological selection of donors, labelling and traceability of the element or product, the content of which is specified by order of the Minister for Health. II – The user doctor or dental surgeon is obliged to take note of…

I. – The purpose of traceability of elements and products of the human body is to establish the link between the donor and the recipient, from the time of removal to the time of therapeutic use or destruction, and vice versa. This traceability is established : 1° By information, the nature and content of which are laid down by order of the Minister for Health; 2° And, as far as…

When the nature of the element or product of the human body removed or collected and the uses envisaged for it allow this without impairing the effectiveness of these uses, treatments, in particular physical or chemical treatments, to eliminate or inactivate infectious agents that reduce the risks of transmission are carried out.

The doctor may waive the prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-14 when, despite the risk of transmission of a virus by the donor, the therapeutic alternatives to the transplant or to the use of human body products for therapeutic purposes are inappropriate and the prognosis is life-threatening. An order of the Minister for Health specifies the cases in which, despite the risk of transmission of a…

In situations of vital urgency and in the absence of therapeutic alternatives, the doctor may also waive the prohibition mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1211-14. An order by the Minister for Health specifies the cases in which, despite the risk of transmission of a virus by the donor, the graft or the use of products of the human body for therapeutic purposes may take place in the…