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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-13

The National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences provides the public with documentation and information on the ethical issues raised by health and life sciences.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-1-5

…Committee for Health and Life Sciences shall discuss with the authorities mentioned in Article R. 1412-1-4 with a view to defining a parity composition of the Committee. Failing this, lots are drawn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Adverse events associated with healthcare

Article R1413-66-1

An undesirable event associated with the care provided during investigations, treatments, cosmetic medical procedures or preventive actions is an event that is unexpected with regard to the patient's…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Coordination and assessment

Article D1413-56

The Minister for Health and the Director General of the National Public Health Agency must be informed without delay of any change in the conditions under which the national reference centre carries o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures and arrangements

Article D1413-50

…h situation: 1° New national centres of reference may be added to the list mentioned in Article D. 1413-49 during their term of office, following the opinion of the Committee of National Centres of Re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Communication to the Agency of information covered by medical or industrial secrecy

Article R1413-36

The information communicated in application of Article R. 1413-34 shall be kept in a place or on a medium that preserves its confidentiality. Only persons from the National Public Health Agency design…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Communication to the Agency of information covered by medical or industrial secrecy

Article R1413-35

…t has affixed his or her electronic signature in accordance with the provisions of Decree no. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 on electronic signatures. The operations that the Agence nationale de santé…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Steering and Dialogue Committee

Article R1413-27

Members of the Scientific Advisory Board, committees of experts, the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, the Guidance and Dialogue Committee and other experts called upon by the Agency may rece…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Managing Director.

Article R1413-16

The Director General is the chief authorising officer for the Agency's revenue and expenditure. He may appoint secondary authorising officers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-13

…f the matters referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 5°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 17°, 18°, 19° and 20° of article R. 1413-12, within the limits that it shall determine and in accordance with procedures that allow it to…

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