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Article Annexe article A43-6

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force

Updated 5 Nov 2023

I.-TARIFFS APPLICABLE TO LEGAL MEDICAL ACTIVITIES


NATURE OF PROCEDURE

REFERENCE

of key letter


COEFFICIENT

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION

1° Life science medicine

a) For a judicial visit involving one or more examinations and the filing of a report

C

2.5

b) For a judicial visit involving one or more examinations of a victim, the determination of the degree of incapacity and the filing of a report

C

3.5

c) For the clinical examination and blood test provided for in articles R. 3354-7 to R. 3354-13 of the Public Health Code and for the opinion given by the expert referred to in article R. 3354-15 of the same code, for the clinical examination and biological sample provided for in article R. 235-6 du code de la route, ainsi que le recueil de liquide biologique et le dépistage de stupéfiants prévus par l'article R. 235-4 du même code :

-which are carried out between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.;

C

1.5

-which is carried out between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m.;

C

1.5

10,67 €

This allowance is €18.45, 2,200 FCFP when the assignment is carried out in New Caledonia, French Polynesia or the Wallis and Futuna Islands


-which is carried out on Sundays and public holidays;

C

1.5

7,62 €

This allowance is €13.42, 1,600 FCFP when the assignment is carried out in New Caledonia, French Polynesia or the Wallis and Futuna Islands


Where, notwithstanding the provisions of article R. 235-3 of the Highway Code, the equipment required for the test is supplied by the practitioner requested, the fees provided for in c above shall be increased by an allowance equal to the unit cost of acquiring this equipment, up to a maximum of 25 euros

. d) For each examination provided for in Article 706-88 of the Code of Criminal Procedure

C

2

2° Autopsies

a) For a description of a corpse

C

2.5

b) For an autopsy prior to burial

CS

6

c) For a post-exhumation autopsy or an autopsy of a corpse in an advanced state of decomposition

CS

10

d) For an autopsy of a newborn corpse prior to burial

CS

3

e) For an autopsy of a new-born corpse after exhumation or an autopsy of a new-born corpse in an advanced state of decomposition

CS

5

II.-TARIFFS APPLICABLE TO LEGAL PSYCHIATRIC ACTIVITIES


NATURE OF ACTIVITY

REFERENCE

of key letter


COEFFICIENT

1° For psychiatric expertise involving one or more examinations

a) Procedure carried out by a doctor referred to in 3° of Article D. 311-1 of the Social Security Code.

CNPSY

8

b) Procedure carried out by a doctor not covered by a

CNPSY

13

2° For a psychiatric assessment involving one or more examinations and concerning a person prosecuted or convicted for a sexual offence or a victim of such an offence

a) Procedure carried out by a doctor referred to in 3° of article D. 311-1 of the social security code

CNPSY

8.5

b) Procedure carried out by a doctor not covered by a

CNPSY

13.5

III.-TARIFFS APPLICABLE TO LEGAL PSYCHOLOGY ACTS


NATURE OF ACT

REFERENCE

of key letter


COEFFICIENT

1° For psychological expertise involving one or more examinations

a) Act performed by a person referred to in 3° of Article D. 311-1 of the Social Security Code

CNPSY

6.5

b) Act performed by a person not covered by a

CNPSY

10

2° For a medical-psychological assessment involving one or more examinations, carried out by a doctor who is also a psychologist, acting as sole expert

. a) Procedure carried out by a doctor referred to in 3° of article D. 311-1 of the social security code.

CNPSY

6.5

b) Procedure carried out by a doctor not covered by a

CNPSY

10

3° For the medical part of the medico-psychological expertise carried out by a doctor and a psychologist acting as separate experts

C

3.5

4° For the psychological part of the medico-psychological expertise carried out by a doctor and a psychologist acting as separate experts

a) Act performed by a person referred to in 3° of article D. 311-1 of the social security code

CNPSY

6.5

b) Act performed by a person not covered by a

CNPSY

10

IV.-RATES APPLICABLE TO RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES


NATURE OF PROCEDURE

REFERENCE

of key letter


COEFFICIENT

1° For locating a foreign body in a cadaver

Z

20

2° For locating a foreign body in a putrefied corpse

Z

35
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