The accounting officers of public health establishments are public accounting officers of the State with the status of principal accounting officer.
When the establishment’s accounting officer notifies the authorising officer of his decision to suspend expenditure, the authorising officer may send him a requisition order. The accounting officer must comply with the requisition order, except in the event of :
1° Insufficient funds available;
2° the expenditure has been incorrectly charged to the accounts
3° failure to provide proof of the service rendered or failure to discharge the payment;
4° Expenditure mandated from appropriations that were irregularly opened or insufficient when these appropriations are restrictive in nature.
The requisition order is brought to the attention of the institution’s Board of Directors and notified to the competent State authority, which forwards it to the Court of Auditors.
The accounting officer attends the institution’s board of directors in an advisory capacity when the board is deliberating on matters for which he is responsible.
At the request of the authorising officer, the accounting officer informs the latter of the payment status of mandates and the recovery of revenue vouchers, the cash position and any information useful for the proper management of the institution. He pays the mandates in the order of priority indicated by the authorising officer.