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Article R1339-1 of the French Public Health Code

In each region, for the implementation of the health policy guidelines defined in article L. 1411-1, including the promotion of health in all areas of life, particularly in the workplace, the reduction of health risks linked to environmental factors and the organisation of health care pathways, a regional centre for occupational and environmental pathologies contributes to the following tasks: 1° Preventing, diagnosing and treating illnesses suspected or proven to be…

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Article R1339-2 of the French Public Health Code

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall designate a public health establishment in which the Regional Centre for Occupational and Environmental Pathologies will be located, for a renewable period of five years. The centre may include several units housed in other health establishments in the region. This designation is made following a call for applications in accordance with specifications defined by an order of the ministers responsible for…

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Article R1339-3 of the French Public Health Code

The centre’s operating procedures are the subject of an agreement between the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the health establishment in which the centre is located and, where applicable, an agreement between the health establishment in which the centre is mainly located and the other establishments where the centre’s units are located. The latter agreement is approved by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. An…

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Article R1339-4 of the French Public Health Code

The Minister for Health and the Minister for Labour may give one or more of the centres mentioned in Article R. 1339-1 the task of carrying out studies and work on occupational and environmental pathologies. The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail and the Agence nationale de santé publique may call upon the regional centres for occupational and environmental pathologies to assist with their…

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Article R1340-1 of the French Public Health Code

The national toxicovigilance system comprises : 1° The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail ; 2° The organisations responsible for toxicovigilance defined in article R. 1340-4 ; 3° The regional health agencies; 4° The National Public Health Agency; 5° The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire du médicament et des produits de santé; 6° Health professionals and manufacturers, importers, downstream users and distributors of substances…

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Article R1340-2 of the French Public Health Code

The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail is responsible for implementing the toxicovigilance system. It defines the guidelines, coordinates the actions of the various parties involved and participates in the scientific evaluation of the information collected. To this end: 1° It defines the operating procedures of the national toxicovigilance system as well as the missions and evaluation procedures of the organisations responsible for toxicovigilance;…

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Article D1340-3 of the French Public Health Code

The Strategic Vigilance Committee of the organisations responsible for toxicovigilance issues an opinion on : 1° The general organisation of the vigilance activities of these bodies, as well as the guidelines and developments required in terms of monitoring, expertise and management of toxic risks, based in particular on the activity reports of the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance and the indicators contained therein; 2° The strategic orientations of the information system…

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Article R1340-4 of the French Public Health Code

The bodies responsible for toxicovigilance include the poison control centres mentioned in article L. 6141-4 and the health establishments on a list drawn up by order of the Minister for Health on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety) after consultation with the Directors General of the…

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Article R1340-5 of the French Public Health Code

The bodies responsible for toxicovigilance are responsible for : 1° To monitor, within their area of competence, in liaison with the regional health agencies, human intoxications falling within the scope of toxicovigilance as defined in article L. 1340-2. To this end, they gather all relevant information, in particular on the circumstances, causes and seriousness of intoxications; 2° Recording data relevant to toxicovigilance in the information system referred to in article…

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Article R1340-6 of the French Public Health Code

The information system for poison control and toxicovigilance centres includes all data relating to cases of poisoning and data relating to substances and mixtures. This system ensures the secure exchange of data between the natural and legal persons mentioned in article R. 1340-1. The procedures for implementing and operating the information system, as well as the technical specifications of the devices designed to guarantee the transmission of information and the…

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