Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall inform the territorially competent State representative and the local elected representatives concerned without delay of any health event presenting a risk to the health of the population or likely to present a risk of disturbance to public order. In order to exercise its powers in the fields of health and public health and hygiene, the representative of the State with territorial…

In the defence zones, the zone prefect has access to the resources of all the regional health agencies in the defence zone in order to exercise his powers. Their services are placed under his authority for use when an event involving a health risk may constitute a disturbance to public order within the zone. The director general of the regional health agency for the capital of the zone assists the…