Part Six: Health facilities and services

The Health Agency’s Medical Committee comprises : 1° All the heads of the Agency’s medical, pharmaceutical and odontological units ; 2° A midwife appointed for a two-year term by all the midwives working for the Agency.

The Commission elects its Chairman and Vice-Chairman from among the practitioners mentioned in 1° of article D. 6431-18. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman are elected for a two-year term by all the members of the Commission referred to in article D. 6431-18 in a two-round, first-past-the-post ballot. No one may be elected in the first round unless he or she has obtained an absolute majority of voters. In the second round,…

The following persons sit on the committee in an advisory capacity: 1° The director of the agency or his representative; he may be assisted by one or more members of staff of his choice; 2° The representative of the Agency Committee provided for in article L. 6431-14.

The Commission sits in plenary session. However, when it examines individual questions relating to medical staff, it sits in a restricted formation, with only the representatives mentioned in 1° of article D. 6431-18. In this case, the opinion is given without the presence of the member of the committee whose situation is being examined or any person who is related to the person concerned by blood or marriage up to…

The committee is convened by its chairman or, in his absence, by the senior administrator. It is convened at the request of at least half of its members, or of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or of the Director of the institution. If the Chairman fails to convene a meeting, the meeting shall be convened by the Chief Executive Officer. The secretariat of the committee is provided by…