French Public Health Code
In forceI. - Subject to the powers of the Prefect of Police referred to inarticle 73-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of prefects and the organisation and operation of State services in the regions and departments, the State representative in the department responsible for ordering the measures referred to in the first paragraph of II of article L. 3131-17 is the Prefect responsible for the place where the person entered national territory or arrived in Corsica or one of the local authorities referred to in article 72-3 of the Constitution.
II. -The Prefect may, by reasoned individual decision taken on a proposal from the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, order quarantine or isolation measures.
He may, under the same conditions, and after a medical opinion establishing the need for the extension, renew the quarantine or isolation measure, when it does not prohibit the person concerned from leaving the place where the quarantine or isolation is taking place, and does not require him to remain at home or in his accommodation for more than twelve hours a day.
When proposing that a person be placed in isolation, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency must provide a medical certificate stating that the person has been diagnosed as a carrier of the covid-19 virus.
III.-The decision to place the person in quarantine or solitary confinement sets out the conditions under which the measure is to be carried out, in particular:
1° The place where the measure is to be carried out;
2° The duration of the measure;
3° The restrictions or prohibitions on leaving the institution and the conditions to which they are subject;
4° The conditions under which family life may be continued;
5° Any adaptations required to take account of the particular situation of minors.
Where the conditions under which the measure is to be implemented prohibit any departure from the home or accommodation, the decision shall specify the conditions guaranteeing the person concerned access to essential goods and services, as well as to telephone and electronic means of communication enabling him/her to communicate freely with the outside world.
Where the measure concerns persons and children who are victims or claim to be victims of the violence referred to inarticle 515-9 of the Civil Code, the decision shall set out the measures likely to guarantee their safety.
IV. - The decision to place the person in quarantine or solitary confinement, accompanied in the latter case by the medical certificate referred to in II of article R. 3131-19, and the conditions under which it is to be carried out, are notified to the person who is the subject of the measure. In the cases mentioned in article R. 3131-22, this notification is also sent, as appropriate, to the person exercising parental authority, the guardian or the person in charge of the protection measure.
The notification shall indicate the appeal procedures and deadlines, the procedures for referring the matter to the liberty and custody judge, the effects of his decisions and the conditions for his intervention in the event of a request by the prefect to extend the quarantine or isolation measure beyond fourteen days, in accordance with the rules laid down in article R. 3131-23.
V.-The Director General of the Regional Health Agency is responsible for regularly informing and organising the medical follow-up of persons subject to quarantine or isolation. To this end, he/she will organise regular telephone monitoring of these persons. It informs them of the possibility of benefiting from social, medical or medico-psychological support.
It keeps the Prefect informed of its actions.
VI - The Prefect may, under the conditions set out in II, terminate a segregation measure before its end when a medical opinion establishes that the health of the person concerned so permits.
