French Public Health Code
In forceAccess to the outpatient emergency doctor is subject to prior telephone medical regulation, accessible throughout the country via the national outpatient emergency number (116 117) or the national emergency medical assistance number (15). The director general of the regional health agency determines which of these two numbers is used at regional level. He shall include it in the specifications mentioned in article R. 6315-6. Doctors who volunteer to take part in the activity of medical call regulation under the conditions defined by these specifications. When a doctor dispatches calls from his practice or home, he signs an agreement with the head office of the emergency medical service.
Access to the duty doctor is also provided by the numbers of the call centres of duty care associations if these are interconnected with the call reception and regulation centre and have signed an agreement with the head office of the emergency medical service approved by the director general of the regional health agency. This agreement complies with the specifications mentioned in article R. 6315-6.
Calls handled as part of the permanent care service, as well as the responses provided by the regulating doctor, including the prescriptions mentioned in the third paragraph of article R. 6315-5, are subject to traceability requirements in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the Minister for Health.
