French Public Health Code
In forceI.-For the application of article L. 3135-4, the following are authorised to assist a pharmacist or to dispense or distribute, on an emergency basis, healthcare products from State stocks appearing on the list referred to in the same article in the absence of a pharmacist:
1° Healthcare professionals covered by part four of this code, other than the pharmacists referred to in the previous paragraph;
2° In the absence of the professionals referred to in 1°, the persons referred to in article L. 721-2 of the Internal Security Code;
3° In the absence of the professionals mentioned in 1° and the persons mentioned in 2°, staff from State or local authority departments designated for this purpose by their head of department after having undergone appropriate training and included on a list drawn up by the Prefect of the department, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.
II-The representative of the State in the department, in conjunction with the director general of the regional health agency, is responsible for directing distribution or delivery operations, as part of the ORSEC plan when it is activated.
III-Health professionals shall declare or report without delay, to the pharmaceutical establishment of the National Public Health Agency and to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, any adverse reaction likely to be related to the use or administration of a product on the list mentioned in Article L. 3135-4 of which they are aware.
