Subsection 1: Definition and implementation of prenatal diagnosis

I.- The medical biology or imaging tests used to assess the risk that the embryo or foetus has a condition likely to affect the progress or monitoring of the pregnancy, mentioned in II of article L. 2131-1 include : 1° Biochemistry tests on maternal serum markers ; 2° Obstetric and foetal ultrasound within the meaning of 1° of III of this article; 3° Genetic tests on free foetal DNA circulating…

I.-At the first medical examination referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 2122-1 or, failing that, during another medical consultation, any pregnant woman is informed by the doctor or midwife of the possibility of undergoing, at her request, one or more of the examinations referred to in I of article R. 2131-1. Unless the pregnant woman objects, she will receive clear information tailored to her personal situation, covering…

I.-The conditions for prescribing and carrying out the examinations referred to in Article R. 2131-1, as defined in this section, may be specified by order of the Minister for Health issued on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine after obtaining the opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

The Minister for Health shall determine by order : 1° On a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, the recommendations for good practice relating to access, care for pregnant women and couples, and the organisation and operation of multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centres for prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis; 2° On a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine and after obtaining…

An order of the Minister for Health specifies the conditions under which : 1° For the purposes of assessing the risk referred to in the first paragraph of I of Article R. 2131-1, doctors or midwives carrying out the examinations referred to in 2° of I of this article transmit to the medical biologists carrying out the examinations referred to in 1° of I of the same article the data…