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Article D5134-4 of the French Public Health Code

Before 1 December each year at the latest, the Caisse nationale de l’assurance maladie will notify the Minister responsible for social security of the number of boxes of the medicinal products mentioned in article D. 5134-1 dispensed to minors and invoiced to the health insurance funds between 1 September of the previous year and 31 August of the current year.

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Article R5134-4-1 of the French Public Health Code

In order to allow contraceptive treatment to continue when all the contraceptives prescribed have been dispensed, the pharmacist may dispense, for a period not exceeding six months, the oral contraceptives mentioned on the prescription, if : 1° The contraceptive in question is not on the list referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 5125-23-1; 2° The prescription is less than one year old. The additional dispensing period carried…

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Article R5134-4-2 of the French Public Health Code

Where the pharmacist dispenses contraceptives pursuant to article R. 5134-4-1 : 1° He may not, in application of article R. 5132-12 and under the conditions set out in paragraph 1 of article R. 5132-14, dispense on a single occasion a quantity of medicinal products corresponding to a treatment period of more than three months ; 2° It must register this dispensing under the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of…

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Article D5134-5 of the French Public Health Code

The conditions under which emergency contraception not subject to compulsory prescription may be administered to day and boarding pupils in secondary education establishments, in application of the provisions of the second paragraph of I of article L. 5134-1, are set out in this section. In order to comply with these provisions, it is up to these establishments to adapt their operating methods accordingly.

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Article D5134-7 of the French Public Health Code

The decision to administer emergency contraception is preceded by an interview with the student, whether she is a minor or an adult. The purpose of this interview is to enable the nurse to assess whether the student’s situation corresponds to the cases of emergency mentioned in the third paragraph of I of article L. 5134-1. The medicinal product is administered in accordance with the conditions of use laid down in…

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Article D5134-8 of the French Public Health Code

The nurse will seek out the most appropriate methods, depending on the age and personality of the pupil, in order to inform her of the various possibilities for emergency contraception and to point her in the direction of existing facilities for obtaining such medication: pharmacy, planning centre or family education centre. The nurse may administer emergency contraception to the student concerned in order to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. The nurse…

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Article D5134-9 of the French Public Health Code

The administration of this medication is recorded in writing by the nurse, dated and signed in the “nurse’s notebook” or another document provided for this purpose in the school. At the end of each school year, the nurse, regardless of the school in which he or she works, will draw up and send a report to the technical adviser to the education inspector for schools under the authority of the…

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Article D5134-10 of the French Public Health Code

The nurse will organise follow-up for each pupil to whom emergency contraception has been administered. In all cases, it is the nurse’s responsibility to ensure that the pupil receives psychological support and medical follow-up from a planning or family education centre, or from a general practitioner or specialist, in order to : 1° Ensuring that emergency contraception is effective, in particular by recommending a pregnancy test when periods are late;…

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