I.-In each of the establishments mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1221-40, a haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent is responsible for ensuring :
1° Reporting, under the conditions and according to the procedures set out in articles R. 1221-49 and R. 1221-49-2, any adverse reaction occurring in a recipient of labile blood products, as well as any serious incident ;
2° Collecting and storing the information mentioned in articles R. 1221-40 to R. 1221-42, ensuring the quality and reliability of this information;
3° Providing the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the regional haemovigilance and transfusion safety coordinator with the information they request, in application of article R. 1221-33 ;
4° Transmission to the referring blood establishment of the information mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1221-38;
5° The reporting to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and to the regional haemovigilance and transfusion safety coordinator of any difficulty likely to compromise transfusion safety;
6° Investigations to be undertaken in an emergency following adverse reactions in recipients of labile blood products or serious incidents. In this case, it immediately informs the regional haemovigilance and transfusion safety coordinator, who decides whether or not to continue these investigations, and the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.
II – By way of derogation from the first paragraph of this article, the establishments mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1221-40, which do not carry out blood transfusions, may enter into agreements with establishments which carry out blood transfusions located nearby to appoint a joint haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent for the two establishments.
III – The haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent is a doctor. However, the haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondent may be a pharmacist under conditions laid down by order of the Minister for Health on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.
IV – Particular conditions of qualification and training may be imposed on correspondents in certain establishments by order of the Minister for Health, made on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.