French Public Health Code
In forceAuthorisation for interventional radiology activities may be issued for the following categories :
1° Category A including, with the exception of procedures specifically covered by categories B, C and D, endovenous interventional radiology procedures, including those for the installation of approach routes, as well as the following percutaneous and transorificial procedures: deep infiltrations, punctures, biopsies and drainages of intra-thoracic, intra-abdominal or intra-pelvic organs;
2° Category B including, in addition to the procedures authorised under category A, and with the exception of procedures specifically covered by categories C and D, deep endovenous and endoarterial interventional radiology procedures, as well as other percutaneous or transorificial interventional radiology procedures.
The specific therapeutic practices mentioned in Article L. 6122-7 are, for Option B :
a) All the procedures mentioned in the first paragraph of this 2°, excluding procedures involving the thoracic aorta ;
b) Therapeutic endovascular procedures involving the thoracic aorta;
Authorisation for interventional radiology under category B may be limited, at the request of the applicant, to the practice mentioned in a ;
3° Category C including, in addition to the procedures authorised under category B and with the exception of procedures performed under the conditions specifically provided for under category D, therapeutic interventional radiology procedures for cancer by the percutaneous and transorificial routes, as well as therapeutic procedures for cancer by the endovenous and endoarterial routes;
4° Category D comprising all the procedures mentioned in article R. 6123-165, including therapeutic interventional radiology procedures, performed on a permanent basis, relating to emergency haemostasis management of vascular and visceral pathologies excluding intracranial circulation, including those requiring a critical care platform.
