French Public Health Code
In forceIn the year following their third, sixth, ninth, twelfth and fifteenth birthdays, children must undergo a preventive oral health check-up by a dental surgeon or a doctor qualified in stomatology. This obligation is deemed to have been fulfilled when the dental surgeon or a doctor qualified in stomatology certifies on the health record mentioned in article L. 2132-1 that the examinations have been carried out.
In the year following their eighteenth, twenty-first and twenty-fourth birthdays, insured persons are entitled to a preventive oral health check-up carried out by a dental surgeon or a doctor qualified in stomatology.
The examinations provided for in the first two paragraphs of this article and, where applicable, any subsequent treatment are reimbursed under the conditions set out in article L. 162-1-12 of the Social Security Code.
An interprofessional agreement referred to inarticle L. 162-14-1 of the Social Security Code or the agreements referred to in articles L. 162-5 and L. 162-9 of the same Code determine for doctors qualified in stomatology and for dental surgeons the nature, terms and conditions of implementation of these examinations. These concern in particular the information provided to the persons concerned, the quality of the examinations, the follow-up of the persons and the transmission of the information necessary for the evaluation of the prevention programme, in compliance with the provisions of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms. In the absence of agreement on the nature, terms and conditions of these examinations and on the reimbursement of subsequent care, these are defined by order of the ministers responsible for health and social security.
