French Public Health Code
In forceI.-The national health data system comprises a main database covering the entire population and a set of databases not covering the entire population, known as the "catalogue".
The main database brings together the data mentioned in 1° to 4° of the I of article L. 1461-1, progressively supplemented by the data mentioned in 5° to 11° of the I of this same article. The catalogue databases include data mentioned in 1° to 11° of the I of the aforementioned article. The data from health surveys referred to in 8° of I of the aforementioned article are those governed by the provisions of law no. 51-711 of 7 June 1951 on the obligation, coordination and secrecy of statistics.
An order of the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés, lists the data covered by 1° to 11° of I of Article L. 1461-1 which are included in the main database, sets the terms and conditions for the inclusion of this database and designates the databases included in the catalogue. It is updated according to the availability of data.
II -The following may be created by the Plateforme des données de santé or the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie from the databases of the national health data system:
1° Anonymous datasets made available to the public under the conditions set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 1461-2 ;
2° Aggregated and semi-aggregated datasets adapted to different types of research, study or evaluation. Semi-aggregated data is individualised for healthcare professionals or institutions and aggregated for care recipients;
3° Samples, comprising all or part of the data relating to the persons from which they are derived.
The list of these datasets and the characteristics of the samples are published on the Plateforme des données de santé website when they are part of the scope of data made available by the Plateforme des données de santé. The Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés is informed of any updates.
III -The Plateforme des données de santé and the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie shall make data available to the bodies responsible for the processing provided for in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 1461-3 within a reasonable period of time.
IV - Without prejudice to the provisions of I, the bodies responsible for the data fed into the national health data system may make it available to other data controllers under the conditions set out in Articles L. 1461-1 to L. 1461-6.
