In addition to the Chairman, the Board of Directors comprises:
1° Eleven members representing the State:
a) Four representatives of the ministers responsible for health and social action;
b) One representative of the minister responsible for social security;
c) One representative of the minister responsible for the budget;
d) Two representatives of the minister responsible for the economy and finance;
e) One representative of the minister responsible for justice;
f) One representative of the minister responsible for agriculture;
g) A representative of the Minister for Labour;
2° Nine members, appointed by order of the Minister for Health, for a renewable term of three years, i.e. :
a) Two persons qualified in the field of medical liability and compensation for health risks;
b) Two representatives of associations of users of the healthcare system which have been approved at national level under the conditions set out in Article L. 1114-1;
c) One representative of the most representative public hospital organisations;
d) A representative of the most representative private hospital organisations;
e) A representative of the Caisse nationale de l’assurance maladie ;
f) One representative of self-employed healthcare professionals, proposed by the Centre national des professions libérales de santé ;
g) One representative of healthcare professionals working in public health establishments, appointed after consultation with representative trade unions at national level;
3° Two representatives of the Office’s staff elected by the staff for three years in accordance with the procedures set out in the Office’s internal regulations.
For each member of the Board of Directors, an alternate is appointed under the same conditions.
Appointments to the Board of Directors are made in accordance with the rules defined in the first two paragraphs of Article L. 1411-5-2, specified in Section 3 of Chapter I of Title I of Book IV of Part One.
If a seat on the Board of Directors falls vacant for any reason whatsoever, another member or alternate member is appointed under the same conditions. The term of office of this new member expires on the date on which that of his predecessor would normally have ended.