Order determining the clinical laboratories and categories of persons having an exclusive right to carry out prenatal diagnostic procedures, 12 April 1988.
Sections 1-2 of this French Order read as follows:  "1. Procedures in the field of cytogenetics and pathology for a prenatal diagnosis performed on an unborn child may be carried out only by clinical laboratories included on a list drawn up by the Minister responsible for Health after taking the opinion of the National Standing Commission on Medical Biology.  2. The procedures in the field of cytogenetics referred to in Section 1 of this Order may be carried out only by laboratories having at least one director or assistant director able to establish that he has received training in human cytogenetics.  Pathology procedures in connection with a prenatal diagnosis may be carried out only by laboratories having at least one director or assistant director, who is a physician or pharmacist, able to establish that he has qualifications and practical experience in this field.  The training in human cytogenetics and the qualifications and practical experience in pathology referred to in the preceding paragraphs shall be submitted for the opinion of the National Commission on Medicine and Reproductive Biology and the National Standing Commission on Medical Biology."
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