Article R6222-4 of the French Public Health Code
When the Director General of a Regional Health Agency establishes that, in an area defined in b of 2° of Article L. 1434-9, the supply of medical biology does not meet the needs of the population, in particular because of geographical difficulties of access, he shall indicate in the regional health plan that, in this area, a medical biology laboratory established in a neighbouring area may open a site in…