Private practice in public hospitals pursuant to articles L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-7 of the Public Health Code is subject to the practitioner’s adherence to the national agreement referred to in article L. 162-5 of the Social Security Code governing relations between health insurance bodies and doctors or, in the absence of an agreement, to compliance with the provisions of the arbitration settlement referred to in article L. 162-14-2 of the same Code.
When a contractual sanction imposed by the primary health insurance fund within whose jurisdiction the practitioner practises has become final within the meaning of the contractual procedure, all avenues of appeal having been exhausted, and has led to the practitioner being excluded from the agreement or from the scheme resulting from the arbitration settlement, the director of this primary health insurance fund will immediately inform the director of the establishment to which the practitioner is assigned and the director general of the regional health agency. The latter will suspend the authorisation referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 6154-4 for the duration of the withdrawal from the agreement.
If the practitioner withdraws from the agreement on his own initiative or decides not to be subject to the arbitration rules, the director of the primary health insurance fund mentioned in the previous paragraph informs the director of the establishment to which the practitioner is assigned and the director general of the regional health agency without delay. The latter shall order the suspension of the authorisation referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 6154-4.
When the private practice is carried out in an establishment other than the one to which the practitioner is assigned, the director of the establishment to which the practitioner is assigned shall inform the director of this other establishment as soon as possible of any decision to impose a penalty under this article.