When the establishment authorised to operate an emergency unit is also authorised to provide psychiatric care, the head of the emergency unit and the head of the psychiatric unit shall draw up a protocol for the management of patients requiring psychiatric care.
If the establishment does not have the authorisation referred to in article L. 3222-1, it enters into an agreement with a health establishment authorised to provide psychiatric care and which does have this authorisation.
This agreement specifies the terms and conditions under which the emergency facility will, if necessary, ensure or arrange for the transfer of patients whose condition requires them to be cared for by a healthcare facility authorised to provide psychiatric care, in compliance with the provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 3211-1 and article L. 3222-1.