The provisions of Articles L. 6211-14 to L. 6211-16 do not apply to samples taken within the armed forces health service when the analytical phase of the medical biology examination is carried out in a medical biology laboratory under the authority of the Minister of Defence.
When the test sample is taken within the armed forces health service outside a laboratory under the authority of the Minister of Defence by an armed forces health service professional who does not work in a laboratory under the authority of the Minister of Defence, the procedures applicable are determined by the biologist in charge of the medical biology laboratory.