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Article L1544-3 of the French Public Health Code

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 1142-1 is replaced by the following provisions:

Art.L. 1142-1. – When the sponsor is not liable, a medical accident, an iatrogenic condition or a nosocomial infection entitles the patient and, in the event of death, his heirs to compensation for damages under national solidarity schemes, when they are directly attributable to acts carried out in the context of research involving the human person and when they have had abnormal consequences for the patient with regard to his state of health or its foreseeable development.

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Article L1544-3

Pour son application en Nouvelle-Calédonie et en Polynésie française, l’article L. 1142-1 est remplacé par les dispositions suivantes :

Art.L. 1142-1. ― Lorsque la responsabilité du promoteur n’est pas engagée, un accident médical, une affection iatrogène ou une infection nosocomiale ouvre droit à la réparation des préjudices du patient, et, en cas de décès, de ses ayants droit au titre de la solidarité nationale, lorsqu’ils sont directement imputables à des actes effectués dans le cadre d’une recherche impliquant la personne humaine et qu’ils ont eu pour le patient des conséquences anormales au regard de son état de santé comme de l’évolution prévisible de celui-ci.

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