All the rules are set out in the HDS certification – Accreditation reference system and the COFRAC’s "Exigences spécifiques pour l’accréditation des organismes procédant à la certification de systèmes de management dans le domaine des technologies de l’information" (Specific requirements for structures that certify management systems in the information technology sector), available in our Documentation section.

To find out more about the list of certified and accredited bodies, click on the links below.

There are 6 types of activities that make you eligible as a health data host:

1. providing and monitoring the operations of a physical site that hosts the material infrastructure of the IS used to treat health data;
2. providing and maintaining the structural material used by the IS to host health data;
3. providing and maintaining a platform that hosts the IS applications;
4. providing and maintaining a digital structure for the IS which hosts health data;
5. the administration and exploitation of the IS which contains the health data;
6. health data backup services.

The full list of HDS-certified activities is available here: 

In order to request test products for certificates (CPS cards and test software certificates) issued by the IGC-Santé, go to our service page for the IGC-Santé.

The evaluation is done in two phases. It is conducted by the certifying body, which must verify the compliance with the certification requirements set out in the HDS Certification document (available below).

The audit also verifies the specific requirements for health data hosting are being met. 

A base product (“Produit socle”) is a solution, a service, or device sold by an eHealth industrial, which is aimed at fulfilling the needs of a particular activity, practice or profession. It is not bound to the purchase of a previous product. It may be completed with Option Products (“Produit option”) to extend its functional coverage.

An option product (“Produit option”) is a solution, service, or device sold by an eHealth industrial to meet specific needs extending the functional perimeter of one or several base products (“produits socle”) to which it adds on. This means a base product must be purchased, prior to the use of an option product.

In the case of a base product being offered as an option to another product, we suggest you first declare the product as a “produit socle”. Then you will be able, from this entry, to duplicate and convert the product as a “produit option”.

The certificates that the ANS issues are an official means to identify the players of the health sector, persons and organisations. Certificates also act as a seal of quality, making sure that the issuing cryptographic key infrastructures (CKP) are conform to the sector’s best practice standards. Certificates can be revoked in case of failure to comply.

The ANS offers 4 types of software certificates:

• Legal person (Organisation)
• Legal person (Server)
• Natural person (Professional)
• Natural person (Health Professional)