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Article L1461-4 of the French Public Health Code

The national health data system does not contain the surnames and forenames of individuals, nor their registration number in the national register for the identification of natural persons, nor their address. The identification numbers of healthcare professionals are kept and managed separately from other data.

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Article L1461-5 of the French Public Health Code

Access to health data other than that mentioned in Article L. 1461-2 is free of charge for : 1° The processing of data concerning health requested by the public authorities ; 2° Research carried out exclusively for the needs of public administrative services.

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Article L1461-6 of the French Public Health Code

For the processing mentioned in articles 65 and 72 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, the provision of data from the components of the national health data system mentioned in 1° to 11° of I of article L. 1461-1 is governed by this chapter.

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Article L1461-7 of the French Public Health Code

A decree in the Council of State, issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés : 1° Designates the bodies responsible for managing the actual provision of data from the national health data system and determines their respective responsibilities; 2° Lists the categories of data collected within the national health data system and the procedures for supplying the national health data system, including by complementary health…

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Article L1462-1 of the French Public Health Code

A public interest grouping, called the “Health Data Platform”, is set up by the State, organisations representing patients and users of the healthcare system, producers of health data and public and private users of health data, including health research organisations. In particular, it is responsible for: 1° Collecting, organising and making available data from the national health data system referred to in Article L. 1461-1 and promoting innovation in the…

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Article L1462-2 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The public interest group mentioned in article L. 1462-1 may recruit staff under private law contracts. It may also employ permanent staff from the three public services on secondment or secondment and employ or recruit non-permanent public-sector staff on fixed-term or open-ended contracts. II.-The public interest grouping is subject to the rules applicable to industrial and commercial companies in terms of financial management and accounting. Notwithstanding these rules, it may…

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Article L1470-1 of the French Public Health Code

The digital health services governed by this Title are information systems or digital services or tools implemented by natural or legal persons governed by public or private law, including health insurance organisations, offered by electronic means, which contribute to preventive, diagnostic, care or medical or medico-social monitoring activities, or to interventions necessary for the coordination of several of these activities. The users of digital health services are: 1° Health professionals…

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Article L1470-2 of the French Public Health Code

The use of digital health services requires electronic identification of their users. This electronic identification is based on a means, whether tangible or intangible, which guarantees an appropriate level of security and protection for the personal data processed by the digital health service concerned. A set of standards, drawn up by order of the ministers responsible for health and social action, determines the categories of digital health services based in…

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Article L1470-3 of the French Public Health Code

The ministers responsible for health and social action, or where applicable the minister responsible for defence, shall make available to professionals, both natural and legal persons, working in the health, social and medico-social sectors the means of electronic identification, whether tangible or intangible, enabling the use of digital health services. The characteristics of these means of electronic identification and the procedures for making them available and using them shall be…

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Article L1470-4 of the French Public Health Code

The provision of electronic means of identification is subject to the prior registration of professionals in the sector reference directory of natural persons or in the sector reference directory of legal entities administered by the public interest group mentioned in article L. 1111-24. The ministers responsible for health, social action and defence define by decree the conditions for implementing the sectorial reference directory of natural persons and the sectorial reference…

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