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Chapter II: Establishments authorised to take samples or participating in this activity

Article R1242-3 of the French Public Health Code

To be authorised to take tissue samples for therapeutic purposes from a deceased person, health establishments must : 1° Demonstrate that their organisation and operating conditions are such that retrieval operations can be carried out satisfactorily; 2° Appoint a medical coordinator for the retrieval activity, after consultation with the establishment’s medical advisory body, and one or, where appropriate, hospital coordinators, nurses; the list of these persons is communicated to the…

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Article R1242-4 of the French Public Health Code

Health establishments authorised to carry out tissue sampling shall take the necessary steps to ensure that all documents relating to the sampling referred to in the rules of good tissue sampling practice provided for in article L. 1245-6 are kept.

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Article R1242-5 of the French Public Health Code

Each year, health establishments authorised to carry out tissue retrieval send the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the Director General of the Biomedicine Agency the information required to assess their activity, in accordance with the procedures specified by order of the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Director General of the Biomedicine Agency.

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Article R1242-6 of the French Public Health Code

The health establishments mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 1233-1, which are not authorised to retrieve tissues, define the terms and conditions of their participation in a retrieval network by means of an agreement with the establishments authorised to carry out such retrievals. These agreements are forwarded to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine.

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Article R1242-9 of the French Public Health Code

To be authorised to carry out cell harvesting for therapeutic purposes, applicant establishments must : 1° Demonstrate that they have an organisation and operating conditions that allow the satisfactory performance of harvesting operations in accordance with the rules of good cell harvesting practice provided for in Article L. 1245-6, and in particular an organisation that allows harvesting for autologous administration and harvesting for allogeneic administration to be carried out separately;…

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Article R1242-10 of the French Public Health Code

When the staff of a blood transfusion establishment take blood cell samples in an establishment to make cell therapy preparations for therapeutic purposes, an agreement between the blood transfusion establishment and the health establishment lays down the conditions for carrying out this activity.

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