Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

When a multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre authorised in application of Article R. 2131-13 is found to be in breach of the provisions of this chapter, the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine may, at any time, withdraw the authorisation of this centre after obtaining the opinion of its Steering Committee and informing the Regional Health Agency concerned. In an emergency, the authorisation may, as a precautionary measure, be…

The centre may be consulted either directly by the pregnant woman or the couple where a proven risk has been identified in application of III of article L. 2131-1, or by the attending physician who sends the medical file to the centre. In the latter case, the file must contain the written consent of the pregnant woman or the couple to the attending doctor’s action and a certificate stating that…

The pregnant woman or the couple will, at her request, be heard by all or some of the members of the multidisciplinary team prior to the consultation mentioned below. The centre will suggest additional investigations or seek specialist external advice if it is necessary to support the diagnosis or prognosis. A doctor from the centre will inform the pregnant woman, the couple or the doctor treating them of the possible…

If, at the end of the consultation provided for in article R. 2131-17, it appears to two of the doctors mentioned in 1° of article R. 2131-12 that there is a strong probability that the unborn child is suffering from a particularly serious condition recognised as incurable at the time of diagnosis, and if the pregnant woman so requests, they shall draw up, after the multidisciplinary team has given its…

For each request for an opinion relating to a pregnancy in progress, the centre will keep the details of the medical file, the opinions, advice and conclusions of the centre and, where applicable, the date of the voluntary interruption of pregnancy for medical reasons as well as the results of the foetopathological examinations carried out. If the certificates mentioned in articles R. 2131-2, R. 2131-18, R. 2131-23 and R. 2131-26-1…