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Article R3211-11 of the French Public Health Code

As soon as the application is received, the clerk’s office registers it and sends it :

1° To the person who is the subject of psychiatric care, unless he or she is the author of the request, and, if applicable, to the person responsible for a legal protection measure relating to the person or, if he or she is a minor, to his or her legal representatives ;

2° To the public prosecutor ;

3° To the director of the establishment, unless he himself has forwarded or drawn it up, on condition that he gives a copy to the person concerned when he is hospitalised in his establishment;

4° Where applicable, to the third party who requested the admission for psychiatric care or to the Prefect who ordered or maintained the care measure.

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Article R3211-11

Dès réception de la requête, le greffe l’enregistre et la communique :

1° A la personne qui fait l’objet de soins psychiatriques, à moins qu’elle soit l’auteur de la requête, et, s’il y a lieu, à la personne chargée à son égard d’une mesure de protection juridique relative à la personne ou, si elle est mineure, à ses représentants légaux ;

2° Au ministère public ;

3° Au directeur de l’établissement, à moins qu’il ne l’ait lui-même transmise ou établie, à charge pour lui d’en remettre une copie à la personne concernée lorsqu’elle est hospitalisée dans son établissement ;

4° Le cas échéant, au tiers qui a demandé l’admission en soins psychiatriques ou au préfet qui a ordonné ou maintenu la mesure de soins.

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