French Public Health Code
In forceA reference medical biology laboratory that ceases to fulfil the conditions for operating a medical biology laboratory provided for in Book II of Part Six or that does not apply the obligations of its specifications may be removed from the list of reference medical biology laboratories. After receiving the opinion of the selection committee referred to in Article D. 6211-19, the Minister responsible for health shall notify the manager of the reference medical biology laboratory concerned of the facts that justify its removal from the list. The head of the reference medical biology laboratory has one month in which to make his observations known. At the end of this period, in the absence of a response or if the observations are not deemed satisfactory, the Minister for Health shall remove the reference medical biology laboratory concerned from the list referred to in the first of Article D. 6211-19, without prejudice to the penalties to which the laboratory or the legal structure to which it belongs may be exposed under 7° of Article L. 6241-1.
However, when non-compliance with the operating conditions is the result of a withdrawal of accreditation by the national accreditation body mentioned in Article L. 6221-2 and Article L. 6221-8 is applied by the Director General of the competent regional health agency or 2° of Article L. 6224-3 by the Minister for Defence and the competent Director General of the Regional Health Agency, the Minister for Health may suspend the removal of the medical biology laboratory from the list of reference medical biology laboratories for a maximum period of 3 months, renewable once, from the date of withdrawal of accreditation.
