French Public Health Code
In forceI. - When one of the offences mentioned in the previous article is committed by the medical biology laboratory, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may impose an administrative fine on the offender.
He may add a daily penalty to this fine if the offender has not complied with his instructions by the end of the period set by formal notice.
The amount of the administrative fine may not exceed :
1° 500,000 euros for the offences mentioned in 1° bis, 3°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 18°, 19°, 20° and 23° of Article L. 6241-1;
2° Two million euros for the offences mentioned in 1°, 2°, 4° in the case of a laboratory, 5°, 6°, 10°, 12°, 13°, 14° and 17° of the same article.
II. - When the offences mentioned in 2° of I are considered serious or are repeated, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may also order the temporary or permanent closure, in whole or in part, of the medical biology laboratory, in cases where this laboratory is the offender.
The amount of the fine referred to in the second paragraph may not exceed 5,000 euros per day.
III. - For the offences mentioned in 4°, 9° and 11° of Article L. 6241-1, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may order the suspension from practice of the medical biologist, the biologist in charge, the biologist co-responsible or the qualified specialist in anatomy and pathological cytology co-responsible for the medical biology laboratory when he is the offender.
IV. - For the offences mentioned in 19°, when the offender is not a laboratory, 21° and 22°, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may impose an administrative fine of no more than two million euros for a legal entity and 500,000 euros for a natural person.
