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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General principles

Article L1130-4

I.- By way of derogation fromArticle 16-10 of the Civil Code, when the person is incapable of expressing his or her wishes or when he or she is deceased, the examination may be undertaken for medical…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-4

Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offence defined in article L. 1128-3 shall incur, in addition to the fine set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-4

…ticle…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: The profession of genetic counsellor

Article L1132-4

Genetic counsellors may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which awarded them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. Where the evide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure in the event of medical accidents, iatrogenic conditions or nosocomial infections

Article L1142-4

Any person who has suffered harm or who considers him/herself to have suffered harm as a result of a preventive, diagnostic or healthcare activity, or his/her heirs if the person has died, or, where a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-4

In the decision referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 1143-3, the court shall set the time limit within which users of the healthcare system who meet the criteria for inclusion and who wish…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-4

Blood, its components and their derivatives may not be distributed, issued or used without biological examinations and screening tests for transmissible diseases having been carried out.Blood, its com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L1161-4

…gard to their financing, where health professionals and the associations mentioned in article L. 1114-1 draw up and implement these programmes or actions.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection measures

Article L1151-4

Acts, procedures, techniques, methods and equipment having the effect of modifying cerebral activity and presenting a serious danger or a suspected serious danger to human health may be banned by decr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
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Article L1211-4

No payment of any kind may be made to a person who lends himself to the removal of elements from his body or to the collection of its products. The costs relating to the removal or collection are full…

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