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#2026-281Decree on Implementing a Program of Adapted Physical Activity Sessions for Cancer Patients

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law trial-runs a program offering personalized physical activity sessions for cancer patients, requiring medical prescriptions and coordinated by authorized structures in specific French regions. The program's effectiveness will be evaluated over two years, potentially impacting healthcare approaches for cancer treatment.

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Key Changes

  • Introduction of a two-year experimental physical activity program for cancer patients
  • Program roll-out in three specific regions: Brittany, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
  • Coordination by authorized health structures with predefined eligibility criteria

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Structures must implement the program of adapted physical activity as prescribed by medical professionals for cancer patients.

healthcare institutionsrehabilitation centers
operational
high

Authorized structures must conclude a convention with the director general of the regional health agency to coordinate the program.

healthcare institutions
licensing
medium

Health professionals must meet specific eligibility criteria to participate in the program as defined in Article R. 1415-1-13.

health professionalsfitness trainers
licensing
high

Structures must coordinate the activities of professionals involved in the program according to a defined specification by health ministers.

healthcare institutionsrehabilitation centers
operational
low

The regional health agency must define the maximum total amount paid to authorized structures for the implementation of the program.

regional health agency

Affected Parties

Cancer patients in the specified regionsAuthorized health structures coordinating the program

Tags

healthcare,cancer,physical activity