Part Six: Health facilities and services

In private health establishments, whatever their status, employees are represented on the boards of directors or supervisory boards or on the bodies that take their place according to the procedures set out in articles L. 2323-62 to L. 2323-66 of the French Labour Code, subject to the necessary adaptations determined by regulation and in compliance with the obligations imposed by articles L. 2143-21 and L. 2325-5 of the same code….

In private health establishments authorised to provide the public hospital service under the conditions defined in article L. 6112-3, whatever their status, users are represented by two representatives from associations of users of the health system mentioned in article L. 1114-1 on the boards of directors or the supervisory boards or the bodies which take their place, in accordance with the procedures laid down by regulation taking into account the…

Practitioners working in a private for-profit health establishment are automatically entitled to form a medical conference, the powers of which are set out in I of article L. 6161-2-2.

In private not-for-profit health establishments, a medical committee is elected by the practitioners working there. Its powers are set out in I of article L. 6161-2-2. The matters on which it is consulted and its operating procedures are specified by the Conseil d’Etat decree referred to in article L. 6161-11.

I.-The conference and the commission mentioned respectively in articles L. 6161-2 and L. 6161-2-1 are responsible for ensuring the professional independence of practitioners and participating in the evaluation of care. They give their opinion on the establishment’s medical policy and on the preparation of annual activity forecasts for the establishment. These activity forecasts are communicated to the regional health agency in accordance with the procedures defined by the contract provided…