Chapter II: Conditions for authorising and operating health establishments, medical biology laboratories and other bodies

The collection, preparation, storage and provision of gametes or germ tissue and the preparation, storage and provision of embryos are carried out, in accordance with the rules of good practice for medically assisted procreation mentioned in articles R. 2142-24 and R. 2142-27, in each health establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or medical biology laboratory in which the activities defined in 2° of article R. 2142-1 are carried out.

The health establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or medical biology laboratory in which the activities defined in 2° of Article R. 2142-1 are carried out must include: 1° A room used exclusively for collecting sperm; 2° A room used for preparing gametes and carrying out in vitro fertilisation with a view to carrying out a parental project, or for implementing an embryo research protocol in application of Article L. 2151-5…

The healthcare establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or laboratory must comply with the rules of good practice defined by order of the Minister for Health, issued on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine after receiving the opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. These rules take into account the recommendations of the French National Authority for Health…

The health establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in a of 2° of Article R. 2142-1 keeps the following information confidential for each couple or unmarried woman who has recourse to artificial insemination: 1° The medical indication for the implementation and choice of the medically assisted procreation technique ; 2° The number and quality of sperm collected and inseminated; 3° The date…

The health establishment, body, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in e of 2° of Article R. 2142-1 keeps, with due respect for confidentiality, for each person whose gametes or germ tissue it stores, in application of the provisions of Article L. 2141-11: 1° The written consent of the person and, where applicable, that of the holder of parental authority in the case of…