Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

I. – Prior to the prescription, under the conditions laid down in Article R. 1131-5, of an examination of genetic characteristics likely to identify a genetic anomaly which may be responsible for a serious condition justifying preventive measures, including genetic counselling, or care, the prescribing doctor shall inform the person that, if the diagnosis of this anomaly is confirmed, he or she is obliged to inform the members of his…

In the event of the diagnosis of a genetic anomaly which may be responsible for a serious condition justifying preventive measures or care, the doctor, except in cases where the person has asked to be kept in ignorance of the diagnosis, shall communicate the result of the examination to the person and then give him/her the document summarising this information mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 1131-1-2 under…

Before prescribing the examination of genetic characteristics referred to in article R. 1131-20-1, the prescribing doctor shall ask the person whether he or she has donated gametes or, where applicable, whether the couple of which he or she is a member has consented to the reception of his or her embryos by another couple. In these situations, the prescribing doctor informs the person that he/she may, with his/her authorisation, inform…

The doctor consulted by the relative who has received the family medical information letter referred to in the fourth paragraph of article L. 1131-1-2 will approach the prescribing doctor who sent this letter to obtain the information relating to the genetic anomaly in question. The prescribing doctor will only transmit information relating to the genetic anomaly in question, to the exclusion of any other information covered by medical confidentiality, and…

The rules of good practice relating to: : 1° Criteria for identifying serious conditions caused by genetic abnormalities; 2° Criteria for identifying serious conditions for which there is a strong probability that no preventive or curative measures exist and that information to relatives will be limited to enabling choices to be made regarding genetic counselling in the context of a parental project; 3° the medical criteria which, depending on the…