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Article L3111-1 of the French Public Health Code

Vaccination policy is drawn up by the Minister of Health, who lays down the conditions for immunisation, sets out the necessary recommendations and publishes the vaccination calendar after obtaining the opinion of the Haute Autorité de Santé (French Health Authority).

A decree may, in the light of changes in the epidemiological situation and medical and scientific knowledge, suspend the obligations set out in articles L. 3111-2 to L. 3111-4, L. 3111-6 and L. 3112-1 for all or part of the population.

As part of their duties, occupational health doctors, doctors working in the infirmaries of local public teaching establishments and in the preventive medicine and health promotion departments of higher education establishments, doctors working in maternal and child protection departments and other health services run by departmental councils or municipalities and doctors working in centres providing the free health examinations provided for in article L. 321-3 of the Social Security Code participate in the implementation of vaccination policy.

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Article L3111-1

La politique de vaccination est élaborée par le ministre chargé de la santé qui fixe les conditions d’immunisation, énonce les recommandations nécessaires et rend public le calendrier des vaccinations après avis de la Haute Autorité de santé.

Un décret peut, compte tenu de l’évolution de la situation épidémiologique et des connaissances médicales et scientifiques, suspendre, pour tout ou partie de la population, les obligations prévues aux articles L. 3111-2 à L. 3111-4, L. 3111-6 et L. 3112-1.

Dans le cadre de leurs missions, les médecins du travail, les médecins des infirmeries des établissements publics locaux d’enseignement et des services de médecine préventive et de promotion de la santé dans les établissements d’enseignement supérieur, les médecins des services de protection maternelle et infantile et des autres services de santé dépendant des conseils départementaux ou des communes et les médecins des centres pratiquant les examens de santé gratuits prévus à l’article L. 321-3 du code de la sécurité sociale participent à la mise en oeuvre de la politique vaccinale.

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