Part Six: Health facilities and services

I. – Armed Forces hospitals, placed under the authority of the Minister of Defence, in accordance with their priority mission of providing health support to the armed forces in conjunction with the other elements of the Armed Forces Health Service, provide the public hospital service under the conditions defined by articles L. 6112-1 and L6112-2, by the protocol provided for in article L. 6147-11 and the specific contracts mentioned in…

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 6132-4, the army hospitals on the list provided for in article L. 6147-7 are subject to the certification provided for in article L. 6113-3.

Personnel working in the Armed Forces Medical Corps may work in public health establishments under the conditions laid down in their statutes. An agreement is then drawn up between the Minister of Defence or his representative and the legal representative of the establishments concerned. Expenses relating to personnel on secondment are reimbursed by the host organisation in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

I. – In order to fulfil its priority mission of providing health support to the armed forces, the armed forces health service relies, where necessary, on the contribution of other players in the health system. An agreement specifies the commitments of these players and the methods for calculating financial compensation. This agreement also specifies the commitments of the armed forces health service. It is concluded under the conditions set out…

I. – A five-year multiannual protocol is signed between the Minister of Defence and the Ministers of Health, Social Security and the Budget. It defines the relations and reciprocal commitments of these ministries, with the aim of better meeting the health needs of the population, in particular the specific health needs of defence. II. – The protocol provided for in I specifies: 1° The missions carried out by the Armed…

I. – The Ministry of Defence shall enter into a specific five-year contract with the Regional Health Agency in the following cases: 1° An armed forces hospital is established within the remit of the Regional Health Agency concerned; 2° One or more other elements of the armed forces health service mentioned in articles L. 1222-11, L. 5124-8 or L. 6326-1 contribute to the regional health project; 3° One or more…

I. – The players in the healthcare system mentioned in I of article L. 6147-10 may sign the agreement mentioned in I of the same article with the army hospitals and the other elements of the army health service mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 6147-12 and with the Minister of Defence in respect of the elements of the armed forces health service mentioned in 3° of the…

In accordance with their priority mission mentioned in article L. 6147-7, army hospitals and the other elements of the army health service may be authorised by the Minister for Defence to participate in: 1° the territorial hospital groupings provided for in article L. 6132-1, under the conditions defined in articles L. 6132-1 to L. 6132-7; 2° Les groupements de coopération sanitaire prévus à l’article L. 6133-1; 3° Les groupements d’intérêt…

The Minister for Defence is consulted prior to any dissolution, as provided for in 3° of article L. 6133-9, of a health cooperation grouping in which an army hospital or other element of the army health service participates. When the Minister for Defence argues that this dissolution would be likely to compromise the priority mission of providing health support to the armed forces, which is carried out by the armed…

I. – The army hospitals located within the remit of the Ile-de-France regional health agency and the Institution nationale des invalides (National Invalids Institution) cooperate on the activities mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 6147-7 and in 2° and 4° of article L. 621-2 of the code des pensions militaires d’invalidité et des victimes de guerre (Military Invalidity and Victims of War Pensions Code). Within this framework, they…