Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices

Prescriptions for medical devices issued at the request of a patient with a view to obtaining a supply in another Member State of the European Union must include the following information: 1° The surname and forenames, position and, where applicable, the title or speciality of the prescriber, his professional address specifying “France”, his telephone number preceded by the international dialling code “+ 33” and his e-mail address, his signature, as…

When the prescription includes the information provided for in 1°, subject to adaptation of the country information, to 3° of Article R. 5211-70, persons legally authorised to supply medical devices may refuse to supply these products, prescribed in another Member State of the European Union by a healthcare professional legally authorised or empowered to prescribe medical devices in that State, only if it appears to them that the interests of…