Part One: General health protection

The Managing Director is appointed for a renewable term of three years. The age limit for the Director General is sixty-seven. He manages the agency. He performs all acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors by virtue of the provisions of articles R. 1413-12 and R. 1413-13. Each year, he proposes the agency’s strategic guidelines to the Board of Directors. He prepares the deliberations of the Board…

The Director General is the chief authorising officer for the Agency’s revenue and expenditure. He may appoint secondary authorising officers.

The Director General organises the recruitment, training and equipment of healthcare reservists and, on behalf of the State, signs their recruitment contracts and the agreements referred to in articles R. 3133-3 and L. 3134-2-1. The Director General takes decisions on behalf of the State regarding the management of stocks of products, equipment and materials and the management of the services mentioned in articles L. 1413-1 and R. 1413-1.

The Director General is assisted by at least one Deputy Director General who replaces him/her in the event of vacancy, absence or impediment. When the Agency has one or more pharmaceutical establishments, in application of article L. 1413-4, the pharmacist(s) in charge are members of the Agency’s management. The Director General may delegate his signature to staff under his authority. He may delegate some of his powers relating to the…