I.- Nuclear medicine authorisations are granted for each geographical site. It may only be granted if the holder has at least one single-photon emission tomography camera or one positron emission tomography camera, possibly coupled with other imaging systems.
If the holder of the authorisation has only one of these pieces of equipment, it must draw up an agreement with a holder who has the missing piece of equipment, in order to allow patient access to the other piece of equipment.
As an exception to the previous paragraph, when the two sites are under the same holder, no agreement is required. Internal organisation guarantees patient access to the other facility.
II.-The maximum number of facilities for a site authorised under the provisions of I is set by order of the Minister for Health.
For any installation of new equipment, or change to existing equipment, that would not result in the threshold mentioned in the previous paragraph being exceeded, the authorisation holder must inform the relevant regional health agency of the characteristics of the equipment before it is put into service.
If this is justified by the volume of procedures, the specialisation of the activity or the local situation, the Director General of the relevant Regional Health Agency may authorise the holder to have more equipment than that provided for in the first paragraph of this II, up to a limit set by order of the Minister for Health. In all cases, the acquisition of any additional equipment must result in the geographical site having at least one single-photon emission tomography camera and one positron emission tomography camera.