Title II: Sanitary equipment

Authorisation to carry out organ transplantation activities may only be granted to a health establishment meeting the conditions laid down in articles L. 1234-2 and L. 6122-2 if it has : 1° Full-time and part-time hospitalisation resources and an operating theatre available at all times for transplantation ; 2° Authorised intensive care ; 3° An authorised surgical activity and, for heart and heart-lung transplants, an authorised cardiac surgery activity; 4°…

I. – Authorisation to carry out haematopoietic cell transplantation may only be granted to a health establishment that fulfils the conditions laid down in articles L. 1243-6 and L. 6122-2 and has on site : 1° A hospitalisation unit with rooms equipped with an air treatment and control system, part-time hospitalisation facilities and a medical activity caring for patients undergoing a haematopoietic cell transplant; 2° An authorised intensive care unit;…

The authorisation provided for in Article L. 6122-1 specifies : 1° The organ or organs for which it is granted ; 2° Whether the activity concerns children, adults and children or only adults; 3° The site where the activity is carried out. Simultaneous transplants of several organs are carried out on the same authorised site, possibly in association with other medical teams from health establishments authorised for the organs concerned.

The health care organisation authorised to carry out organ transplantation must be able to do so at any time. The health establishment authorised to carry out haematopoietic cell transplantation must be able to do so within a timeframe compatible with the nature of this activity.

The health establishment authorised to carry out organ transplant or haematopoietic cell injection activities provides medical care for patients before and after the transplant or injection procedure. Where the establishment does not itself provide patient follow-up, it enters into an agreement with one or more health establishments as part of an organised care network.

Organ transplants and haematopoietic cell transplants may not be carried out as part of the self-employed activities of statutory full-time practitioners as provided for in Article L. 6154-1.