The public hospital service is provided by :
1° Public health establishments ;
2° Armed forces hospitals
3° Private health establishments authorised to provide the public hospital service and qualified as private health establishments of collective interest in application of article L. 6161-5 ;
4° Other private health establishments authorised, after a favourable opinion from the establishment’s medical conference, to provide the public hospital service.
The private health establishments mentioned in 3° and 4° are authorised, at their request, by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency if they undertake, as part of their contractual negotiations mentioned in article L. 6114-1, to carry out all their activities under the conditions set out in article L. 6112-2.
In the event of a merger between private health establishments mentioned in 3° and 4° of this article, the authorisation is automatically transferred to the newly formed private health establishment.
When a private health establishment is authorised to provide the public hospital service, its multiannual contract of objectives and resources is the subject of an amendment in order to specify the new commitments made by the establishment to respect the obligations of the public hospital service.