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Title V: Prevention of risks associated with certain diagnostic, therapeutic or non-medical activities

Article L1151-1 of the French Public Health Code

The practice of diagnostic or therapeutic acts, procedures, techniques and methods, as well as the prescription of certain medical devices and their accessories, and the use of medicinal products requiring specific supervision for public health reasons or likely to result in unjustified expenditure, may be subject to rules relating to: – the training and qualifications of professionals who may prescribe, practice, use or implement them, without prejudice, where applicable, to…

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Article L1151-2 of the French Public Health Code

The practice of acts, procedures, techniques and methods relating to the groups of products mentioned in Annex XVI of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC or the practice of other aesthetic acts, procedures, techniques and methods other than those…

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Article L1151-4 of the French Public Health Code

Acts, procedures, techniques, methods and equipment having the effect of modifying cerebral activity and presenting a serious danger or a suspected serious danger to human health may be banned by decree, after receiving the opinion of the Haute Autorité de santé. Any decision to lift the ban is taken in the same form.

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Article L1152-1 of the French Public Health Code

In the event of the practice of an aesthetic activity in breach of the provisions of article L. 1151-2, the administrative authority may suspend the right to practice the activity concerned for a maximum period of six months. If, at the end of the period of suspension, the person concerned has not complied with the applicable rules, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will order a ban on…

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Article L1152-2 of the French Public Health Code

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may impose a financial penalty on a professional who has carried out an activity for aesthetic purposes in breach of the provisions of articles L. 1151-2 or L. 1151-3 and, where applicable, on a legal entity which has allowed such an activity to be carried out in an organisation or establishment for which it is responsible. The maximum penalty is set at…

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