I.-For the application of the provisions of sections 1 to 4 of this chapter, army hospitals and the army blood transfusion centre are, except in the case of external operations, considered respectively as health establishments and as a blood transfusion establishment.
II – For the application of the provisions of sections 1 to 4 of this chapter, the responsibilities of the medical committees of establishments concerning transfusion safety and haemovigilance are exercised, in army hospitals, by transfusion safety and haemovigilance committees.
The haemovigilance and transfusion safety committee of an army hospital is made up of the head physician of this hospital and the director of the referring blood establishment or their representatives, the haemovigilance and transfusion safety correspondents of these two establishments and representatives of the hospital’s medical, nursing, medico-technical and administrative staff. In particular, the hospital’s main blood transfusion prescribing departments are represented.
The Armed Forces Hospital’s internal regulations set out the procedures for the composition, organisation and operation of the establishment’s transfusion safety and haemovigilance committee.
III – For the application of articles R. 1221-32, R. 1221-33 and R. 1221-47 to army hospitals, the Minister for Defence exercises the powers conferred on the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and is the recipient of information, referrals and proposals received by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.
IV -The provisions of the fourth paragraph of article D. 1221-20 do not apply to army hospitals.