The application for authorisation is sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, by any means which provides a date certain of its receipt, by the health establishment seeking authorisation.
The composition of the application is defined by an order of the Ministers responsible for health and social security.
The Regional Health Agency sends the application, within a maximum of one month of its receipt, by electronic means, to the secretariat of the national committee provided for in article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code and, where appropriate, sends its opinion on the application with it.
The authorisation is granted for a period of five years by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, after receiving the assent of the national committee referred to in Article R. 6123-84 of this Code.
Reasons are given for the authorisation and notification is given within one month of the opinion referred to in the previous paragraph being issued. It is published in the Journal officiel de la République française.
In the absence of notification of an authorisation decision within six months of receipt of the application by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, the application is rejected.