Chapter I: Health policy.

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Article L1411-8

French Public Health CodeIn force
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Updated 8 Nov 2023

Any health professional, regardless of the type of practice, health establishments and medico-social establishments, the armed forces health service and any other care or prevention organisations may, within the limits set by legislative and regulatory provisions, contribute to the implementation of all or part of the health programmes mentioned in article L. 1411-6 and the prevention appointments, consultations and sessions mentioned in article L. 1411-6-2. The prevention and occupational health services, school and university health services and maternal and child protection services shall, where necessary, assist in carrying out these programmes, prevention appointments, consultations and sessions.

The arrangements for the participation of independent healthcare professionals in the implementation of these programmes are governed by the contracts for improving the quality and coordination of care referred to in article L. 1435-4.

For the purposes of statistical and epidemiological monitoring of the health of the population, doctors who carry out the preventive medical consultations and screening examinations provided for in articles L. 1411-6 and L. 1411-6-2 transmit to the Minister for Health, to the regional health agency or to the bodies designated for this purpose by the director general of the agency, in accordance with the conditions laid down by order issued after consultation with the Conseil national de l'information statistique and the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés:

1° Aggregated data ;

2° Personal data, including some health data, not including surname, first name or detailed address. For this data, the order specifies the procedures for setting samples and the confidentiality guarantees provided when the data is transmitted. This data is transmitted in compliance with the rules of professional secrecy.

Information transmitted in application of this article and enabling the identification of the natural persons to whom it applies may not be communicated in any way by the recipient of the transmission and shall be destroyed after use.

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