Any person who considers that he or she has been the victim of a discriminatory refusal of care may lodge a complaint with the director of the local health insurance body or the president of the professional association mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 1110-9. The referral must mention the identity and contact details of the person lodging the complaint, details enabling the health professional in question to be identified, and describe the facts complained of. It should be sent by any means that can be used to establish a date of receipt.
Any association active in the field of health quality and patient care, approved in application of article L. 1114-1, may make this referral on behalf of the person who considers that he or she has been the victim of a discriminatory refusal of care, if the latter gives it express authorisation to do so.
Within eight days, the authority receiving the complaint shall acknowledge receipt of the complaint to the person who lodged it and forward it to the authority that did not receive it and to the healthcare professional in question, mentioning the date of receipt.
Within one month of receipt of the complaint, the receiving authority may summon the healthcare professional. Where appropriate, a record of the hearing is drawn up by the authority and forwarded to the Conciliation Commission.
The secretariat of the Conciliation Commission will summon the parties to a conciliation meeting to be held within three months of receipt of the complaint. The invitation is sent by any means that can be relied upon to give a date certain of receipt, at least fifteen days before the date scheduled for the conciliation meeting. The secretariat ensures that the information and the hearing are accessible to people with disabilities.
The implementation of the conciliation procedure provided for in this sub-section excludes the application of the conciliation procedure applicable in the event of a complaint based on a breach of the Code of Ethics.