I.-When, during the performance of a healthcare activity or the installation of a piece of heavy equipment, it is established that the person holding the authorisation has failed to comply with the laws and regulations for the protection of public health or the continuity of care provided by medical staff, or has refused the consultation referred to in article L. 6122-5, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will notify the holder of the authorisation and ask it to make known, within eight days, its observations in response and the corrective measures adopted or envisaged.
If there is no response within this period, or if the response is inadequate, the Director General will send the authorisation holder an injunction to take all necessary measures and to put a definitive end to the shortcomings within a specified period. It will ensure that this is done.
II – In the event of an emergency relating to the safety of patients or staff, or where the injunction provided for in I has not been complied with within the time limit set, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may order the immediate suspension, in whole or in part, of the authorisation for the healthcare activity concerned, for one of the specific therapeutic practices mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 6122-7 or the immediate interruption of the operation of the technical resources of any kind necessary for the provision of care.
The decision is notified to the authorisation holder, together with the observations made and a formal notice to remedy the shortcomings within a specified period.
If, at the end of this period, it is established that the formal notice has been complied with, the Director General of the Regional Agency will end the suspension.
If this is not the case, and after obtaining the opinion of the specialised commission of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy responsible for the health sector, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will take a final decision, either to maintain the suspension until the planned measures have been completed, or to withdraw the authorisation or modify its content. He may also attach to the authorisation the special conditions mentioned in article L. 6122-7.