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Article R2142-22 of the French Public Health Code

The health care organisation in which the activities defined in 1° of Article R. 2142-1 are performed must have a doctor experienced in ultrasound and an anaesthetist-resuscitator. In addition, the establishment must enlist the help of a psychologist or a doctor qualified in psychiatry. When oocyte retrieval is carried out by a practitioner meeting the criteria mentioned in article R. 2142-10 who does not have a surgical qualification, a practitioner…

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Article R2142-23 of the French Public Health Code

The activities defined in a, c, d, e and f of 1° of article R. 2142-1 must be carried out within an establishment authorised to carry out surgical or gynaecology-obstetrics activities, in a centre comprising at least : -a room for interviews between couples and unmarried women and the medical team, as provided for in article L. 2141-10 ; -a room for embryo transfer; -a retrieval room equipped in accordance…

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Article R2142-24 of the French Public Health Code

The healthcare establishment or organisation must comply with the rules of good practice defined by order of the Minister for Health, issued on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine after receiving the opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. These rules take into account the recommendations of the French National Authority for Health in accordance with the…

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Article R2142-25 of the French Public Health Code

The health care organisation must keep, with due regard for confidentiality : 1° A copy of the documents attesting to compliance with the conditions laid down in Article L. 2141-2 ; 2° The written consent of the couple or of the unmarried woman benefiting from medically assisted procreation, given before the procedure is carried out and before the embryo is transferred or before insemination, as well as, in cases where…

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Article R2142-26 of the French Public Health Code

The collection, preparation, storage and provision of gametes or germ tissue and the preparation, storage and provision of embryos are carried out, in accordance with the rules of good practice for medically assisted procreation mentioned in articles R. 2142-24 and R. 2142-27, in each health establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or medical biology laboratory in which the activities defined in 2° of article R. 2142-1 are carried out.

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Article R2142-26-1 of the French Public Health Code

The health establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or medical biology laboratory in which the activities defined in 2° of Article R. 2142-1 are carried out must include: 1° A room used exclusively for collecting sperm; 2° A room used for preparing gametes and carrying out in vitro fertilisation with a view to carrying out a parental project, or for implementing an embryo research protocol in application of Article L. 2151-5…

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Article R2142-27 of the French Public Health Code

The healthcare establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or laboratory must comply with the rules of good practice defined by order of the Minister for Health, issued on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine after receiving the opinion of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. These rules take into account the recommendations of the French National Authority for Health…

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Article R2142-28 of the French Public Health Code

The health establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in a of 2° of Article R. 2142-1 keeps the following information confidential for each couple or unmarried woman who has recourse to artificial insemination: 1° The medical indication for the implementation and choice of the medically assisted procreation technique ; 2° The number and quality of sperm collected and inseminated; 3° The date…

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Article R2142-29 of the French Public Health Code

The health establishment, body, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in e of 2° of Article R. 2142-1 keeps, with due respect for confidentiality, for each person whose gametes or germ tissue it stores, in application of the provisions of Article L. 2141-11: 1° The written consent of the person and, where applicable, that of the holder of parental authority in the case of…

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Article R2142-30 of the French Public Health Code

The interruption or cessation of activity of an establishment, a health cooperation group or a laboratory authorised to preserve gametes, germ tissue or embryos must not result in the cessation of their preservation. To this end, any health establishment, body, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to preserve gametes, germ tissue or embryos must conclude an agreement with another establishment, group or laboratory authorised to carry out the same activity,…

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