French Public Health Code
In forceI. - The agents mentioned in article L. 3116-3 are authorised within the limits of their respective powers by order of the Prefect:
1° For employees of the Regional Health Agency, on the recommendation of their Director General ;
2° For employees of the State departments under its authority, on the recommendation of their head of department;
II. - The agents mentioned in I are authorised and sworn in under the conditions laid down in articles R. 1312-4 to R. 1312-7 of this code.
III. - The agents mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article L. 3115-1 may be authorised within the limits of their competence to carry out the tasks mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 3115-4 by order of the Prefect.
The manager of the entry point submits to the Prefect the list of agents likely to be authorised, as well as the nature of the tasks likely to be entrusted to them.
Entry point staff may only be appointed if they meet the following conditions:
a) They are entitled to their full rights as a citizen and have fulfilled any obligations imposed on them by the French National Service Code;
b) They have not been convicted of a criminal offence that has become irrevocable and is incompatible with the performance of their duties.
IV. - The officers controlling military entry points, military means of transport and means of transport specifically chartered by the military authority mentioned in article L. 3115-1 are authorised by order of the Minister of Defence. They may carry out health inspections of military means of transport and any means of transport serving a military port or airfield as defined in article R. 3115-15-1 and issue the certificates mentioned in article R. 3115-29 without any notion of territorial limits.
