French Public Health Code
In forceI.-Pharmacists and nurses practising within an in-house pharmacy may prescribe and administer the vaccines mentioned in the decrees provided for respectively in 6° and 7° of article L. 5126-1 to persons whose age conditions and, where applicable, pathologies are specified by these same decrees.
II - The prescription and administration of vaccines by the professionals mentioned in I are carried out under the following conditions:
1° The pharmacist declares his activity of administering or prescribing and administering vaccines, by any means giving a date certain on receipt of the declaration, to the competent authority of the pharmacists' association to which he belongs. The declaration must state the pharmacist's surname, first name and identification number in the sectorial reference register of natural persons referred to in article L. 1470-4.
If the pharmacist has not received training in the administration or prescription of vaccines as part of his initial training, the declaration must be accompanied by a training certificate issued by a training organisation or structure that complies with the educational objectives set by order of the Minister for Health, enabling the pharmacist to know, in particular, for prescribing, the characteristics of vaccine-preventable diseases, the traceability of vaccinations and the main recommendations of the vaccination calendar and, for administration, the normative framework and public health objectives of vaccination, injection methods and post-injection monitoring.
When the pharmacist has already completed training in the administration of vaccines, provided by a training organisation or structure that complies with the educational objectives and conditions laid down in the order issued in application of the previous paragraph, or the specific training in vaccination against covid-19 provided under the conditions laid down in application of law no. 2020-546 of 11 May 2020 extending the state of health emergency and supplementing its provisions or law no. 2021-689 of 31 May 2021 relating to the management of the end of health crises, he/she is exempt from following the part of the training relating to the administration of vaccines. In this case, the declaration must be accompanied by a certificate of completion of one or other of these training courses;
2° The nurse declares that he or she prescribes vaccines in accordance with the procedures laid down in I of Article R. 4311-5-1;
3° The activity of administering or prescribing and administering vaccines may begin as soon as the declarations mentioned in 1° of I of this article and in the second paragraph of I of article R. 4311-5-1 have been received. This activity is carried out by the health professionals mentioned in I of this article in compliance with the specifications relating to the technical conditions laid down for the pharmacy to carry out this activity, the content of which is defined by order of the Minister for Health.
III - The health professionals mentioned in I may prescribe and administer the vaccines on the lists set out in the orders provided for in 6° and 7° of article L. 5126-1:
1° Persons under the care of the establishment, service or organisation to which the in-house pharmacy belongs, whose age conditions and, where applicable, pathologies are specified by these decrees ;
2° Staff working in the establishment, department or organisation to which the in-house pharmacy belongs, whose age requirements and, where applicable, medical conditions are specified by these decrees.
IV - The professionals referred to in I shall enter in the health record, vaccination record or shared medical record of the person vaccinated their full name, the name of the vaccine administered, the date of administration and the batch number. If this information is not recorded, they will issue the vaccinated person with a vaccination certificate containing this information.
In the absence of a shared medical file, and subject to the consent of the person vaccinated, they will pass this information on to their GP. This information is transmitted via a secure health messaging system that meets the conditions laid down in article L. 1470-5, where such a system exists.
