Book I: Health establishments

The centre has resuscitation and emergency equipment, the list of which is set by order of the Minister for Health. The same centre also has a resuscitation department, a medical biology analysis laboratory and imaging equipment or, failing that, has an agreement with other establishments that do.

The centre may only admit children aged over 8, provided that it has the appropriate equipment and that the child is accommodated in a treatment room separate from that for adults or in an isolated cubicle, and that he or she remains under the care, outside the centre, of a paediatrician with expertise in nephrology.

The haemodialysis centre for children welcomes patients from birth to the age of 18; it may also provide care for young adults when their state of health requires technical management by a paediatric centre. The centre must be able to accommodate children travelling or on holiday on haemodialysis machines that can be reserved for this purpose. The centre must be located within a healthcare establishment with a paediatric department that…

A seasonal haemodialysis unit caters for adults and children aged 8 and over, when they are travelling or on holiday. It does not care for patients living nearby. The authorisation sets out the periods when the seasonal haemodialysis unit is open and its operating characteristics. If the establishment is authorised to carry out haemodialysis in a self-dialysis unit, the seasonal unit may only receive patients who are usually given home…

The medical dialysis unit receives patients who require a non-continuous medical presence during the treatment session or who cannot or do not wish to be cared for at home or in a self-care dialysis unit.

Haemodialysis techniques based on the intravenous reinjection of a replacement fluid produced extemporaneously from the dialysate may only be used in haemodialysis centres and medical dialysis units.

Haemodialysis in a self-dialysis unit can be either simple self-dialysis or assisted self-dialysis. Simple self-dialysis is offered to patients who have been trained in haemodialysis and are able to carry out all the procedures required for their treatment themselves. Assisted self-dialysis is offered to patients trained in haemodialysis, but who require the assistance of a nurse for certain procedures. The self-dialysis unit can accommodate patients who are travelling or on…

Home haemodialysis is offered to patients who have been trained in haemodialysis and are able to carry out all the procedures necessary for their treatment, in the presence of a family member who can provide assistance.

Peritoneal dialysis is carried out at home or in the place where the patient resides, even temporarily. For the purposes of this provision, a long-term care facility or retirement home is considered to be the patient’s place of residence. Whether manual or automated, this technique is performed by the patient himself, with or without the assistance of a third party. For children, peritoneal dialysis is carried out at home, after…

The provisions of this section do not apply to the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.