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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Determination of death prior to sampling and conditions for taking samples

Article R1232-4

The doctor or doctors who sign the death certificate keep a copy. One copy is given to the director of the health establishment in which the death certificate was drawn up. The original is kept in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: National master plan for blood transfusion organisation and regional blood transfusion organisation plans

Article R1222-47

…r Defence and the National Steering Council for Regional Health Agencies referred to in article L. 1433-1. The council gives its opinion within two months of receiving the draft plan from the Etabliss…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Consent

Article R1231-4

When the public prosecutor is notified of the vital urgency by the doctor in charge of the service, department or care structure of the health establishment in which the donation is planned, who speci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approvals

Article R1222-44

Changes other than those subject to authorisation or declaration are described in the annual activity report provided for in article R. 1222-35.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approvals

Article R1222-45

The Director of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may ask the applicant for any additional information required to examine the application. The request for additi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-4

…the sampling referred to in the rules of good tissue sampling practice provided for in article L. 1245-6 are kept.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-49

…include the creation and use of collections of human biological samples as defined in article L. 1243-3, including when these collections are created and used for genetic research purposes. When the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1233-4

…ded or withdrawn in whole or in part, in the cases and under the conditions set out in Article L. 1245-1, by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, following a reasoned opinion from the D…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Import and export for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1235-4

Any establishment or organisation that imports or exports organs for therapeutic purposes, including biomedical research within the meaning of article L. 1121-1, must not disclose any information that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Transporting and receiving the body

Article R1261-4

When the body arrives at the establishment, it is taken in charge by the body reception structure which ensures its preservation until the end of the medical teaching and research activities, except i…

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