The areas of the regional health plan defined for the application to medical biology laboratories of the territoriality rules mentioned in b of 2° of Article L. 1434-9 are delimited by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. They may be common to several regions.
This delimitation takes into account the geographical accessibility of patients to the sites of medical biology laboratories for the purpose of taking biological samples, the communication of test results within timescales compatible with urgency or needs and the absence of any risk of jeopardising the continuity of the medical biology services referred to in Article L. 6222-3.