Entry to parts of French territory where vaccination against yellow fever is compulsory is subject to presentation of a vaccination certificate or a certificate of medical contraindication to this vaccination.
To be designated as an antiamaril vaccination centre, establishments, services or organisations must: 1° Maintain or set up a team of professionals, the composition and number of whom are adapted to local needs and the activity of the centre. The doctor in charge of the team must hold a university degree in either tropical medicine or travel medicine. A doctor with the equivalent of at least three years’ professional experience…
To be designated to carry out antiamaril vaccination, practitioners must: 1° Hold a diploma attesting to university training in either tropical medicine or travel medicine, or provide proof of professional experience in an antiamaril vaccination centre, or have undergone specific training in antiamaril vaccination; 2° Sign an agreement with a centre designated to carry out antiamaril vaccination, with a view to the supply of antiamaril vaccines. This agreement sets out…
I. – In the case of international travel, operators of means of transport and travel agents or other operators selling travel and holidays shall provide their customers with information on the known health risks of their destination and, where appropriate, on the recommended protective measures. The conditions and procedures for disseminating this information are set by order of the ministers responsible for agriculture, foreign affairs, health, tourism and transport. II….
I. – Operators of means of air transport and cruise ships shall keep lists of their passengers and their location, if known, in conditions of security appropriate to their content, so as to transmit them without delay to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency at his request. These operators shall make available a sufficient number of traceability sheets on arrival of each aircraft. Where there is a risk…
The regional health agency immediately forwards reports of serious, unexpected or unusual health events that meet one of the following criteria to the national focal point for the Minister for Health: 1° An event in which the number of cases or deaths is high for the place, period or population in question; 2° An event that could have major repercussions for public health; 3° An event caused by an unknown…
Operators of means of transport and persons working at a point of entry and appearing on the list mentioned in article R. 3115-8 are required to report to the regional health agency, via the coordinator of the point of entry designated in article R. 3115-8, any event likely to encourage the international spread of disease.
The national focal point is responsible for transmitting the necessary information to the World Health Organisation.
The following is punishable by a 5th class fine: carrying out a professional activity: 1° Exposing you to the risk of contamination in a public or private prevention or care establishment or organisation, without being immunised against hepatitis B, diphtheria, tetanus and poliomyelitis; 2° In a medical laboratory without being immunised against typhoid fever.
Any pupil or student mentioned in article L. 3111-4 who is not immunised against the diseases mentioned in the first paragraph of the said article is liable to a 5th class fine.
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