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Article L1141-2 of the French Public Health Code

A national agreement relating to access to credit for persons presenting an increased risk due to their state of health or disability is concluded between the State, professional organisations representing credit institutions, finance companies, insurance companies, mutual insurance companies and provident institutions, as well as national organisations representing patients and users of the healthcare system approved by virtue of article L. 1114-1 or representing disabled persons. The purpose of this…

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Article L1141-2-1 of the French Public Health Code

The agreement provided for in article L. 1141-2 defines in particular: 1° The age requirements for borrowers, and the purpose, amount and term of the loans ; 2° The terms and conditions for informing loan applicants about the provisions relating to access to credit and loan insurance; 3° The conditions under which an applicant for a loan may, during a specified period, take advantage of an offer of insurance, including…

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Article L1141-3 of the French Public Health Code

The agreement provided for in article L. 1141-2 is concluded for a period of three years. The agreement and its amendments shall be published in the Journal officiel. For those of its provisions which lay down the conditions of collection and use as well as the guarantees of confidentiality of personal data of a medical nature, the agreement shall be the subject, prior to its conclusion, of a consultation of…

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Article L1141-5 of the French Public Health Code

The national agreement referred to in article L. 1141-2 sets out the terms and conditions and the time limits beyond which persons who have suffered from a cancerous pathology may not, as a result, have their rates increased or have cover excluded under their insurance contracts, the purpose of which is to guarantee repayment of a loan covered by the said agreement. The agreement also stipulates the time limits beyond…

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Article L1141-6 of the French Public Health Code

Persons who suffer or have suffered from a medical condition for which the existence of an aggravated health risk has been established may not have their rates increased or their cover excluded on the grounds of the same medical condition for their insurance contracts, the purpose of which is to guarantee repayment of a loan covered by the national agreement referred to in article L. 1141-2.

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Article L1142-1 of the French Public Health Code

I. – Except in cases where their liability is incurred due to a defect in a health product, the health professionals mentioned in part four of the present code, as well as any establishment, service or organisation in which individual preventive, diagnostic or care acts are performed, are only liable for the harmful consequences of preventive, diagnostic or care acts in the event of fault. The aforementioned establishments, services and…

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Article L1142-1-1 of the French Public Health Code

Without prejudice to the provisions of the seventh paragraph of Article L. 1142-17, the following are eligible for compensation under national solidarity schemes: 1° Damage resulting from nosocomial infections in the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article L. 1142-1 corresponding to a permanent impairment of physical or mental integrity of more than 25% determined by reference to the scale mentioned in II of…

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Article L1142-2 of the French Public Health Code

Health professionals practising on a self-employed basis, health establishments, health services and the bodies mentioned in article L. 1142-1, and any other legal entity, other than the State, carrying out prevention, diagnosis or care activities, as well as producers, operators and suppliers of health products, in the form of finished products, mentioned in article L. 5311-1 with the exception of 5°, subject to the provisions of article L. 1222-9, and…

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Article L1142-3 of the French Public Health Code

The provisions of this section do not apply to the sponsor of research involving the human person, who may be held liable in accordance with the first paragraph of article L. 1121-10 and who is subject to the insurance obligation provided for in the third paragraph of the same article. Persons who suffer damage in the context of research involving the human person may assert their rights in application of…

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