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Article R5126-21 of the French Public Health Code

An internal-use pharmacy may have some of its control operations relating to the preparations mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article L. 5121-1 carried out by a subcontracted laboratory under the terms of a written contract. In this case, the managing pharmacist must ensure that the subcontracted laboratory has the necessary skills and resources to carry out the services. He shall inform the Director General of the regional health…

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Article R5126-22 of the French Public Health Code

The categories of preparations referred to in 2° of Article L. 5126-5 which an internal-use pharmacy of a health care establishment may entrust by written contract to a pharmaceutical establishment authorised to manufacture medicinal products are: 1° Hospital preparations; 2° Magistral preparations; 3° Preparations of radiopharmaceutical medicinal products; 4° Reconstitutions of proprietary medicinal products.

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Article R5126-23 of the French Public Health Code

Internal-use pharmacies operate in accordance with the good practices provided for in article L. 5121-5 and the good hospital pharmacy practices, the principles of which are laid down by order of the Minister for Health. The conditions under which the medicinal products, products or objects mentioned in articles L. 5121-1 and L. 5137-2, other than those concerned by the order provided for in article R. 5132-42, are held, prescribed and…

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Article R5126-24 of the French Public Health Code

When prisons or administrative detention centres cannot be supplied on a daily basis by the in-house pharmacy of the health establishment designated in application of article R. 6111-27 to provide public hospital service, the in-house pharmacy has premises located within the prison health unit or the medical unit of the administrative detention centre.

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Article R5126-25 of the French Public Health Code

For advanced therapy medicinal products, including those prepared on an ad hoc basis as referred to in 4° and 5° of the I of Article R. 5126-9, the in-house pharmacy may organise, on the basis of an agreement, with an establishment or body authorised in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 1243-2, L. 4211-9-1 or L. 4211-9-2, the storage, reconstitution or packaging in an appropriate form in accordance with…

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Article R5126-26 of the French Public Health Code

The pharmacist responsible for managing the in-house pharmacy is the recipient of all prescriptions drawn up in the context of home care provided to patients by the health care establishment. He organises for each patient, on the advice of the coordinating doctor, the circuit of medicines, products, objects or medical devices prescribed, using: 1° either the in-house pharmacy where he works ; 2° a dispensing pharmacy under the conditions set…

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Article R5126-27 of the French Public Health Code

The application for authorisation to create or transfer an in-house pharmacy, as provided for in article L. 5126-4, is submitted by the natural person holding the authorisation to operate the establishment or by the legal representative of the legal entity concerned. It is accompanied by a file containing the following information: 1° The number of patients to be cared for daily by the pharmacy, broken down by activity or discipline…

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Article R5126-28 of the French Public Health Code

I.-For the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° or 4° of article R. 5126-1, with the exception of army hospitals and the Institution nationale des invalides, the application provided for in article R. 5126-27 is sent, by any means that provides a date certain upon receipt of the application, to the director general of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction. The authorisation is issued by the…

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Article R5126-29 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The application for authorisation provided for in article L. 5126-4 is sent by the head of the organisation concerned to the Minister for Defence in the case of army hospitals and to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs in the case of the National Invalids Institution. II.-The authorisation is issued after informing the Director General of the regional health agency concerned, by the Minister for Defence in the case of army…

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Article R5126-30 of the French Public Health Code

I. Silence on the part of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency on the expiry of a period of four months from the date of receipt of the application for authorisation accompanied by a complete file, will be deemed to constitute tacit authorisation. In the event of an incomplete file, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may ask the applicant for the additional information required to…

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