I. – Up to a maximum of fifty full members, the coordination committee comprises :
1° Representatives of health, social or medico-social establishments, who may be chosen from among the health professionals practising there;
2° Representatives of health professionals and social action, prevention and health promotion;
3° Representatives of patients and users of the healthcare system;
4° Qualified personalities.
II. – The committee elects a bureau from among its members, made up of two representatives from each of the four categories of representatives mentioned in I, drawn from the inpatient and outpatient sectors, and the chairman and vice-chairman of the committee.
III. – The executive committee is responsible for :
1° Proposing the agenda for meetings ;
2° Ensuring coordination between the various bodies that make up the Committee;
3° Coordinating external representation;
4° Ensuring compliance with the internal regulations.
IV. – Each committee draws up its own rules of procedure, which specify in particular:
1° The procedures for electing the executive committee, the chairman and the vice-chairman;
2° The duties of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman;
3° The procedures for the deliberations of the officers and members of the Committee;
4° The committee’s organisational and operational procedures.
An order by the Minister for Health determines the composition of the committees and the conditions under which members of the various categories mentioned above are appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency within whose jurisdiction the host healthcare establishment is located.
Each full member of the committee has one or two alternates appointed under the same conditions.