Section 2: Foreign nationals whose state of health requires medical treatment

The medical report referred to in article R. 425-11 is drawn up by an Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration doctor on the basis of a medical certificate drawn up by the doctor who usually treats the applicant or by a practising hospital doctor registered with the medical order, under the conditions laid down by the order referred to in the second paragraph of the same article. The Office's doctor may, if necessary, ask the doctor who usually treats the applicant or the hospital doctor to do so. He will inform the applicant accordingly. He may also summon the applicant to be examined and have any tests deemed necessary. The claimant must present the Office's medical department with documents proving his or her identity. If there is no response within fifteen days, or if the claimant fails to appear when summoned, or if he has not presented the documents proving his identity, the Office's doctor will draw up his report on the basis of the information available to him and will state that the claimant has failed to respond to the summons or to prove his identity. Under cover from the Director General of the French Office for Immigration and Integration, the Office's medical service will inform the Prefect that it has forwarded the medical report to the College of Physicians. If the foreign national fails to appear when summoned by the Office's doctor or to produce the additional examinations requested under the conditions set out in the first paragraph, it will also inform the Prefect. In this case, the receipt for the application for initial issue of a residence permit provided for in article R. 431-12 will not be issued. When the foreign national submits an application for renewal of a residence permit, the receipt is issued as soon as the Office's medical department has received the medical certificate referred to in the first paragraph.
The College may ask the doctor who usually follows the applicant, the hospital doctor or the doctor who drew up the report to provide it with any additional information within fifteen days. The claimant shall be informed at the same time. The panel of doctors may hear and, if necessary, examine the claimant and have any examinations deemed necessary carried out. The applicant must present the Office's medical department with documents proving his or her identity. They may be assisted by an interpreter and a doctor. If the foreign national is a minor, he or she must be accompanied by his or her legal representative.
The applicant has one month from registration of his or her application at the prefecture to send the medical certificate referred to in the first paragraph to the Office. Where the application is based on article L. 431-2, the medical certificate must be sent within the timeframe mentioned in that same article.