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Article L6211-20 of the French Public Health Code

When the transmission of a biological sample between two medical biology laboratories, as defined in Article L. 6211-19, is carried out under a cooperation contract mentioned in Article L. 6212-6, retransmission of this biological sample to another medical biology laboratory to complete the performance of this examination is authorised within the limits of the transmission possibilities arising from the second paragraph of Article L. 6211-19.

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Article L6211-21 of the French Public Health Code

Subject to cooperation in the field of medical biology between health establishments within the framework of agreements, health cooperation groupings or regional hospital groupings and subject to the cooperation contracts mentioned in article L. 6212-6, medical biology examinations are billed at the rate for medical biology procedures set in application of article L. 162-1-7 of the Social Security Code. For the application of the provisions of this article, army hospitals…

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Article L6211-22 of the French Public Health Code

The conditions for carrying out certain medical biology tests likely to present a particular risk to public health are specified by order of the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the committee referred to in article L. 6213-12 and the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

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Article L6211-23 of the French Public Health Code

The performance of medical biology examinations, the prescription and administration of certain vaccines, the biological activities of medically assisted procreation and pathological anatomy and cytology examinations carried out in a medical biology laboratory which require special qualifications, or which require the use of products presenting a particular danger, may be reserved for certain laboratories and certain categories of persons meeting specific competence criteria. The list of these examinations or activities,…

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Article L6212-2 of the French Public Health Code

A medical biology laboratory may also carry out biological activities relating to medically assisted procreation and pathological anatomy and cytology examinations. The biological activity of medically assisted procreation is subject to the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title II of this Book and to those of Title IV of Book I of Part II. An anatomy and pathological cytology examination carried out in a medical biology laboratory is performed by…

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Article L6212-3 of the French Public Health Code

The medical biology laboratory participates in public health missions. It also participates in the availability of medical biology services defined in the zone determined in application of b of 2° of article L. 1434-9. They contribute to therapeutic education programmes for patients. They may be called upon to take part in teaching and research programmes. Vaccines may be prescribed and administered within the clinic. The list of vaccines that may…

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Article L6212-6 of the French Public Health Code

A cooperation contract is a contract signed between several medical biology laboratories, located in the same area determined in application of b of 2° of Article L. 1434-9 or in adjacent areas, with a view to pooling resources for the performance of specific medical biology tests. When the regional health plans are revised or when the boundaries of the areas mentioned in the first paragraph of this article are changed,…

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