French Public Health Code
In forceI.-The authorisation may only be granted if the applicant has an organisation, set up where appropriate jointly with other cancer treatment authorisation holders, which ensures that each patient is treated throughout the course of the disease and in accordance with the best practice guidelines defined by the Institut national du cancer in application of 2° of article L. 1415-2 :
1° Assessment of patients' needs and access to the necessary supportive oncology care, including pain management, psychological support, improved access to social services and, where appropriate, the palliative approach ;
2° Where appropriate, support and referral of patients as close as possible to their place of life to the local support care available in hospitals, outpatient clinics or associations, concerning, in addition to the support care mentioned in 1°, that mentioned in the aforementioned good practice guidelines defined by the Institut National du Cancer in application of 2° of article L. 1415-2.
II.-The organisation referred to in I enables:
1° Patients to be systematically informed about national addiction information systems, in particular those relating to tobacco and alcohol, and, if necessary, to be referred to an addiction consultation in a health establishment, a general practitioner or other suitable structure;
2° If necessary, patients to be referred to the regional centres for occupational or environmental pathologies provided for in article R. 1339-1;
3° Encouraging psychological support for carers or those close to the patient.
