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Article D2323-3 of the French Public Health Code

Lactariums for indoor and outdoor use may have either a single site providing all the activities mentioned in article D. 2323-2, or a main site and one or more branches. The main site is responsible for preparing, qualifying, processing, storing, distributing and issuing breast milk. The branches collect anonymous milk and any personalised milk. They also store the milk before it is sent to the main site of the lactarium….

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Article D2323-4 of the French Public Health Code

The internal use lactarium is responsible for: 1° Collecting breast milk collected by mothers at home or at the lactarium site; 2° Preparing, qualifying and processing breast milk; 3° Preserving breast milk; 4° Delivering breast milk on medical prescription. These tasks are carried out solely on the basis of personalised milk donations for the benefit of newborns hospitalised in a health establishment where the lactarium is located. Exceptionally, in the…

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Article D2323-6 of the French Public Health Code

The lactarium is authorised for a period of five years by the director general of the regional health agency for the region in which the lactarium is located, after obtaining the opinion of the director general of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The authorisation is notified within a maximum of two months from the date of receipt of the application. The authorisation is…

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Article D2323-7 of the French Public Health Code

The authorisation holder appoints a doctor responsible for the organisation and operation of the lactarium for the main site and its branches. The doctor will be assisted by a midwife, a health executive or a childcare nurse, who will be responsible for coordinating the collection activity and liaising with the health establishments where the mother’s milk collection centres are located, particularly for indoor and outdoor lactariums.

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Article D2323-9 of the French Public Health Code

Lactariums carry out their activities of collecting, qualifying, processing, preserving, distributing and issuing breast milk on medical prescription, in compliance with the rules of good practice mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 2323-1.

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Article D2323-11 of the French Public Health Code

The collection of breast milk includes: 1° Informing the prospective donor in advance of the conditions required for donating milk; 2° Interviewing the prospective donor in advance with a doctor, midwife or nurse; 3° Informing the donor of the hygienic and aseptic conditions under which the milk is collected and stored; 4° Checking the storage conditions of the milk before collection; 5° The collection of breast milk.

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Article D2323-12 of the French Public Health Code

Candidates for anonymous donations and personalised donations of breast milk are subject to compulsory blood screening tests for transmissible diseases. These screening tests and the conditions under which they are carried out are set by order of the Minister for Health.

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