I. – Armed Forces hospitals, placed under the authority of the Minister of Defence, in accordance with their priority mission of providing health support to the armed forces in conjunction with the other elements of the Armed Forces Health Service, provide the public hospital service under the conditions defined by articles L. 6112-1 and L6112-2, by the protocol provided for in article L. 6147-11 and the specific contracts mentioned in article L. 6147-12. They provide care which is reimbursable to the insured under the conditions set out in article L. 174-15 of the Social Security Code.
Article L. 6111-1-6 is applicable to army hospitals.
II. – Every five years, the Minister for Defence and the Minister for Health jointly draw up, after consultation with the Directors General of the Regional Health Agencies concerned, the list of army hospitals which may, in this capacity, provide the care defined in article L. 6111-1 to any person requiring their services.
This list specifies, for each of these hospitals, the facilities, including heavy equipment and alternative care structures to hospitalisation, as well as the care activities, that it implements, distinguishing, in compliance with the list mentioned in article L 6122-1:
1° The activities and equipment necessary for the health support of the armed forces;
2° The activities and equipment primarily meeting the health needs of the territory.
The same interministerial decree sets, under the same conditions, the list of medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence that may perform services reimbursable for the benefit of those covered by social security in accordance with the procedures set out in article L. 174-15 of the Social Security Code.
III. – These hospitals must meet the technical operating conditions mentioned in article L. 6122-2.