For the purposes of this chapter, army hospitals and the army blood transfusion centre are regarded as health establishments and blood transfusion establishments respectively.
I.-A person of full age who wishes to donate his or her body after his or her death for the purposes of medical teaching and research in application of article L. 1261-1 shall request information from the training and research or health establishment authorised in accordance with the second paragraph of the same article which is closest to his or her place of residence. II.-The establishment shall provide the person…
When the death is declared, the copy of the declaration referred to in III of article R. 1261-1 kept by the donor and, where applicable, his donor card, shall be given to the civil registrar. The funeral director, chosen by the establishment authorised in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 1261-1, shall assist the family, close relatives and, where applicable, the reference person referred to in article R….
The establishment authorised in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 1261-1 which has obtained the consent provided for in the first paragraph of that same article shall ensure that the transport operations are completed within a maximum of forty-eight hours from the date of death without it being necessary to comply with the conditions laid down in articles R. 2213-33 and R. 2213-35 of the General Local Authorities…
When the body arrives at the establishment, it is taken in charge by the body reception structure which ensures its preservation until the end of the medical teaching and research activities, except in the situations provided for in III and IV of article R. 1261-18. An identifying number is allocated in order to guarantee the confidentiality of the donor’s identity for the duration of the medical teaching and research activities….
Apart from the situations provided for in III and IV of article R. 1261-18, the medical teaching and research activities organised within the body reception structure of the establishment authorised in accordance with the second paragraph of article L. 1261-1 must be carried out within a maximum period of two years following the reception of the body in the establishment.
Apart from the situations provided for in IV of article R. 1261-18, the staff of the body reception facility ensure the best possible restoration of the body before the establishment carries out funeral operations or returns the body or ashes.
At the end of the medical teaching and research activities, the establishment determines the most appropriate type of funeral operation according to the nature of the activity performed on the body. It shall take into account the preference expressed by the donor when consenting to the donation and, where applicable, the request expressed by the referent person designated by the donor, or by the donor’s family or close relations under…
I.-In the absence of express opposition from the donor, the establishment shall inform, where it has their contact details, the contact person designated by the donor, or failing this, the donor’s family or close friends, of the date on which it intends to carry out the type of funeral operation it has chosen. He shall inform them, depending on the nature of the activity performed on the body, of the…
Each year, the establishment organises a ceremony of remembrance in honour of the donors, which may be attended by the referees designated by the donors, their families or close friends, provided that the donors have not objected by consenting to the donation. The donors are then informed within a reasonable time of the date and place of the ceremony.
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