The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall inform the territorially competent State representative and the local elected representatives concerned without delay of any health event presenting a risk to the health of the population or likely to present a risk of disturbance to public order.
In order to exercise its powers in the fields of health and public health and hygiene, the representative of the State with territorial jurisdiction has access to the Agency’s resources at all times.
The services of the agency and the State services implement the coordinated actions required to reduce the factors, particularly environmental and social factors, that affect health.
These actions shall also involve the municipal health and hygiene services, in compliance with article L. 1422-1.
The agency’s services are placed under the authority of the representative of the State with territorial jurisdiction when an event involving a health risk may constitute a threat to public order.
The agency participates, under the authority of the representative of the State with territorial jurisdiction, in the preparation and implementation of the health section of emergency and defence plans.
The agency contributes to achieving the objectives of the urban policy defined in article 1 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on programming for cities and urban cohesion. To this end, it is involved in drawing up, implementing and evaluating the city contracts provided for inarticle 6 of the same law and is a signatory to them.
It provides the competent authorities with the health advice needed to draw up plans and programmes or any decision involving an assessment of the effects on human health.
For matters falling within his remit under this code, the representative of the State in the department may delegate his signature to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and, in the event of absence or impediment, to agents placed under his authority.
A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the procedures for applying this article.