The term of office of the members of the Board of Directors is three years, with the exception of the term of office of the members mentioned in 2° of article R. 5322-1. For the latter, the term of office of deputies ends with the legislature for which they were elected and the term of office of senators ends with each partial renewal of the Senate. The term of office of members of the Board of Directors is renewable once.
The appointments of the members of the Board of Directors mentioned in 2°, 3°, 4°, 5° and 6° of article R. 5322-1 are the subject of an order by the Minister for Health published in the Journal officiel de la République française.
For each of the members mentioned in 1°, 3°, 4°, 5° and 7 of article R. 5322-1, an alternate member is appointed under the same conditions as the full member.
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 4 of part one.