Practitioners with foreign diplomas from outside the European Union are authorised to issue death certificates from the second year of their skills consolidation course, by delegation and under the responsibility of the practitioner to whom they report.
I. – Subject to the exceptions provided for in article R. 2213-1-4, the doctor, student or practitioner who recorded the death shall, as soon as possible, draw up a certificate on an electronic medium in compliance with the provisions of article L. 1110-4-1 of the Public Health Code and transmit the sections of this certificate without delay under the conditions set out in II, III and IV. II. – The…
The Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale is responsible for managing the database made up of all the information appearing on the medical sections and additional medical sections of the death certificates sent to it. It implements physical and logical protection measures in order to preserve the security of the processing and of the information, to prevent it from being distorted, damaged or communicated to unauthorised…
I.-Exceptionally, when the death has not occurred in a public or private health establishment or in an accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people mentioned in the article L. 313-12 of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles, the death certificate may be drawn up on paper and sent, as soon as possible, in accordance with the following procedures: The doctor, student or practitioner who recorded the death completes and…
In all places, the operator participating in the external funeral service mentioned in article L. 2223-23 shall, without delay, provide the body of the person whose death has been ascertained with a non-removable plastic bracelet bearing the surname, first name and date of death or, failing this, any information enabling the deceased to be identified. However, when the death occurs in a public or private health, social or medico-social establishment,…
I. – An order of the Minister responsible for health, made after consultation with the High Council for Public Health, sets: a) The list of transmissible infections that require immediate coffining in a sealed coffin, meeting the characteristics defined in Article R. 2213-27, and its closure; b) The list of transmissible infections that require immediate coffining in a simple coffin, meeting the characteristics defined in article R. 2213-25, and its…
The conservation care mentioned in 3° of article L. 2223-19, without a prior written declaration having been made, by any means, to the mayor of the commune where the conservation care is performed. The declaration referred to in the previous paragraph indicates the place and time of the conservation treatments, the time limit for their performance after death when they take place at home, the name and address of the…
Any biocidal product intended for the conservation care of the body of a deceased person is authorised by the Agence nationale chargée de la sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail, a competent authority within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of 22 May 2012. The authorisation specifies the conditions for diluting the product for use. The vials comply with the packaging and labelling requirements for hazardous…
A sealed bottle, which contains at least fifty millilitres of the liquid used and bears all indications enabling its identification, is fixed to the body of the person who has undergone the conservation care, preferably at the ankle.
Except in the case provided for in Article R. 2213-6, it is forbidden to cast a corpse: – before the expiry of a period of twenty-four hours from the declaration of death to the town hall; – and without a prior written declaration made, by any means, to the mayor of the commune where the operation is carried out.
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