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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-1

I.-The provisions of this section apply to public and private swimming pools for collective use referred to in article L. 1332-1 and to paid-access swimming pools referred to in article L. 322-7 of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-11

…ared to the head of the prison under the conditions set out in the last two paragraphs of article 148-7. Where the application falls within the jurisdiction of the sentence enforcement court, the cler…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Emergency medical facilities

Article D6124-1

…or facility may also work in an emergency medicine facility. Other doctors may also carry out their duties within this structure, provided that they undertake university training in emergency medicine…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Medical dialysis units.

Article D6124-75

The medical dialysis unit, defined in article R. 6123-63, has at least six haemodialysis treatment stations. The same haemodialysis station may not be used for more than three patients per twenty-four…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions specific to bariatric surgery

Article D6124-290

…ast one of the doctors specialising in visceral and digestive surgery mentioned in article D. 6124-289; 2° A doctor with training in endocrinology-diabetology-nutrition or hepato-gastro-enterology; 3°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 19: Medical practice

Article D6124-216

I.-The medical inpatient unit consists of the following sectors: 1° An inpatient area where patients can be monitored and cared for in conditions appropriate to their pathology and age, while respecti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Modification or release from house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-19

In accordance with the provisions of articles 140 and 142-8, release from house arrest with electronic surveillance may be ordered at any time by the examining magistrate, either ex officio, or at the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre

Article D1222-58-2

The Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre may, except in the cases provided for in article R. 1222-58, export the labile blood products mentioned in article D. 1221-67-1 to foreign armed forces and, a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prescription of physical activity

Article D1172-1

…e, in a context of everyday activity, leisure, sport or programmed exercise, of bodily movements produced by skeletal muscles, based on the aptitudes and motivations of people with specific needs that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D1221-61

…ation must include : a) The name and address of the importer ; b) The nature and quantity of the product being imported; c) Where applicable, the name and address of the supplier if he is not the coll…

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