Section 1: Accreditation

Decisions to accredit, suspend or withdraw the accreditation of medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence, as provided for in Article L. 6221-6 , shall be sent without delay to the Haute Autorité de santé, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, the Agence de la biomédecine and the Minister for Defence, as well as, for laboratories on the list provided…

The biologist in charge of a medical biology laboratory under the authority of the Minister for Defence shall make the declaration provided for in Article L. 6221-7 to this Minister, who shall inform the Haute Autorité de santé, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, the Agence de la biomédecine and, for laboratories on the list provided for in II of Article L. 6147-7, the…

The authorisation provided for in Article L. 6221-8 is granted, for laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence: 1° By decision of this Minister if the suspension of activities is likely to compromise the priority mission of health support for the armed forces mentioned in Article L. 6147-7; 2° By joint decision of this Minister and the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to respond to emergency…

The alert provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 6221-9 is sent to the Minister for Defence for the laboratories under his authority. This minister immediately informs the regional health agency concerned when the alert concerns a laboratory on the list provided for in article L. 6147-7.

Without prejudice to articles L. 1223-2 and L. 5313-1, the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre is subject to the provisions of this chapter in respect of activities likely to give rise to medical biology examinations.