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Article L6134-1 of the French Public Health Code

Within the framework of the missions entrusted to them and under the conditions defined by regulation, public or private not-for-profit health establishments may take part in cooperative actions, including international cooperation, with persons governed by public or private law. To carry out these actions, they may sign agreements, participate in public interest groups, economic interest groups or health cooperation groups or set up inter-hospital medical federations. For international cooperation initiatives,…

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Article L6135-1 of the French Public Health Code

With a view to bringing together medical activities, two or more hospital centres may, by joint decision of their directors taken after consulting the medical commission and social committee of each of the establishments concerned, decide to group together some of their clinical or medico-technical activity centres or some of the internal structures of these centres, into inter-hospital medical federations, with the agreement of the heads of the aforementioned structures….

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Article L6141-1 of the French Public Health Code

Public health institutions are legal entities under public law with administrative and financial autonomy. They are subject to State control under the conditions set out in this Title. Their main purpose is neither industrial nor commercial. They have a specific status, provided for in particular by this title and by law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, which takes particular account…

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Article L6141-2 of the French Public Health Code

Hospitals which have a regional vocation due to their high level of specialisation and which appear on a list drawn up by decree are called regional hospitals; they also provide day-to-day care for the local population. Regional hospitals that have signed an agreement under Chapter II of this Title with a university that includes one or more medical, pharmaceutical or odontological training and research units are called university hospitals.

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Article L6141-2-1 of the French Public Health Code

The resources of public health institutions may include : 1° Proceeds from hospital activity and health and social charges; 2° Subsidies and other financial assistance from the State, local authorities and their groupings and from any public entity, as well as allocations and subsidies from compulsory social security schemes; 3° Income from movable or immovable property and royalties from intellectual property rights; 4° Remuneration for services rendered; 5° Proceeds from…

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Article L6141-4 of the French Public Health Code

The regional hospital centres defined in article L. 6141-2 may include a unit responsible for providing specialist advice and opinions on the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and, where appropriate, prevention of human poisoning, known as an anti-poison centre. Poison control centres participate in emergency medical assistance as defined in article L. 6311-1. They provide support for surveillance systems. The national list of regional hospital centres with a poison control centre is…

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Article L6141-5 of the French Public Health Code

One or more public health establishments may be specifically designed to receive prisoners or persons subject to secure detention. The provisions of Titles I, III and of this Title shall be adapted by regulation to the specific operating conditions of these establishments. The provisions of Title II shall not apply to them. The Minister of Justice assigns management and supervisory staff as well as administrative, social, educational and technical staff…

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