I.-The regional health agency organises, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, the public service mission of permanence of care mentioned in article L. 6314-1. Its procedures, drawn up in association with representatives of healthcare professionals, including the association of doctors, the association of dental surgeons, the association of midwives, the association of nurses and healthcare centres, are defined after consultation with the representative of the State with territorial jurisdiction.
Army practitioners may take part in the permanent care service in accordance with procedures drawn up in association with the army health service and defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
The agency determines the lump-sum payment to be made to healthcare professionals for their participation in round-the-clock care, in accordance with the procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
II – Voluntary regional health agencies may be authorised, by decree of the ministers responsible for health and social security, to finance, in all or part of the outpatient emergency care sectors, the flat-rate remuneration mentioned in I of this article and the remuneration for the procedures mentioned in article L. 162-5-14 of the Social Security Code using appropriations from the regional intervention fund mentioned in article L. 1435-8 of this code, which are delegated to them for this purpose. In this case, payment for the procedures provided for in article L. 162-5-14 of the Social Security Code may not be charged to all the compulsory basic health insurance schemes.
Ministerial authorisation is granted for a period not exceeding three years. It may be renewed at the end of this period, depending on the Agency’s achievements as presented in the review referred to in article L. 1435-10 of this Code.