Part Six: Health facilities and services

In application of article L. 6111-1-5, the establishments holding an authorisation mentioned in 3° of article R. 6122-25 offer temporary non-medical accommodation to pregnant women who request it, in order to monitor their pregnancy in good conditions, provided that they live more than forty-five minutes away from the nearest establishment by motorised transport under normal conditions, corresponding to their health situation and in line with the gradation of care defined…

The accommodation referred to in this section is for a maximum of five consecutive nights prior to the expected date of delivery, as assessed by a doctor or midwife The period referred to in the previous paragraph may, if medically necessary, be extended until the actual date of delivery. In the event of a pathological pregnancy, accommodation may be offered at any time during the pregnancy, without the five-night limit…

Upon medical assessment of the need to derogate from the maximum periods of non-medical accommodation provided for in article R. 6111-56, the limitations provided for in this article are not applicable to pregnant women residing in French Guyana, as long as they have a continuous and main residence in French Guyana of more than six months on the date of delivery, located more than forty-five minutes from a gynaecology and…

The accommodation referred to in this section is not medicalised. No care may be provided in this accommodation, subject to articles L. 6316-1 to L. 6316-2 and emergency care provided in accordance with the provisions of article R. 6123-1.

Persons accommodated under this section may share their room with one or more accompanying persons, subject to the accommodation facility’s capacity.

The accommodation service referred to in this section may be provided by the establishment referred to in article R. 6111-55 or may be delegated to a third party under an agreement. The third party delegatee, who is chosen by this establishment, may be another healthcare establishment or any other public or private legal entity. Accommodation may be provided within the establishment referred to in article R. 6111-55, in premises that…

The provisions of article R. 6111-53 apply to the arrangements for informing and obtaining the consent of pregnant women who are offered the accommodation referred to in this section.

I.-The establishments mentioned in this section receive funding from the health insurance scheme, in the form of a lump sum per night for temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women under this section, if their healthcare costs are covered under: 1° Article L. 160-1 of the Social Security Code; 2° II ofArticle 19 of Ordinance no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, invalidity…

When the Director General of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction becomes aware of facts that may be considered likely to compromise the health and safety of the persons accommodated, the public and the staff, he may order the suspension of the provision of the accommodation referred to in this section on the premises in question, after notifying the establishment referred to in article R. 6111-55 of his intention,…

In order to be transported from her place of residence to the temporary non-medical accommodation mentioned in article R. 6111-55 or to the obstetrics and gynaecology unit where she is being cared for, the pregnant woman concerned may, at her request, be transported either by a company approved under article L. 6312-1 or by a taxi company that has signed an agreement with a local health insurance organisation under the…