Book I: Health establishments

Public, private and community health establishments provide diagnosis, monitoring and treatment for the sick, injured and pregnant women, under the conditions set out in this code, taking into account the individuality and psychological aspects of each person, and carry out preventive and health education activities. They provide care, which may be palliative, with or without accommodation, on an outpatient basis or at home, where home is taken to mean the…

As part of the implementation of the regional health project, health establishments set up health care access services, including orthogenetic services, adapted to people in precarious situations, with the aim of facilitating their access to the health system and supporting them in the steps required to exercise their rights. To this end, they enter into agreements with the State providing, where necessary, for the payment of outpatient consultations, diagnostic and…

Health establishments may, under conditions defined by regulation, provide care : 1° To persons subject to psychiatric care pursuant to Chapters II to IV of Title I of Book II of Part Three of this Code or Article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 2° To persons detained in prisons and, if necessary, in hospitals; 3° To persons held in socio-medico-judicial security centres; 4° To persons placed or maintained…

Health establishments and other holders of the authorisation referred to in article L. 6122-1 may be called upon by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to provide all or part of the continuity of care, under conditions defined by regulation.

Any patient treated in an emergency situation or as part of a permanent healthcare service benefits from the guarantees provided for in I of article L. 6112-2.

For safety reasons, public and private health establishments authorised under article L. 6122-1 to operate an obstetrics and gynaecology unit offer pregnant women a temporary non-medical accommodation service when the situation at home means that access to an appropriate obstetrics and gynaecology unit takes longer than a certain period. A Conseil d’Etat decree specifies: 1° The conditions of access to this service, in particular the period during which it is…

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 6111-1-5, health care institutions may set up non-medical accommodation facilities before or after a hospital stay or treatment session for patients whose state of health does not require hospital accommodation for their care. The health care institution may delegate the service to a third party by means of an agreement.

Healthcare establishments shall draw up and implement a policy of continuous improvement in the quality and safety of care and risk management aimed at preventing and dealing with undesirable events associated with their activities. Within this framework, they shall organise the fight against undesirable events, healthcare-associated infections and iatrogenia, define a policy for medicinal products and devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and…

Public and private healthcare establishments may create and manage the social and medico-social services and establishments mentioned in articles L. 312-1 and L. 344-1 of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles. The services and establishments created in application of the previous paragraph must meet the operating and care conditions and comply with the procedural rules set out in the aforementioned code. Health establishments may set up and manage…

I.- Local hospitals are public or private healthcare establishments, or identified sites within these establishments. They provide the first level of the gradation of hospital care and refer patients who need it, in accordance with the principle of appropriate care, to referral and reference healthcare establishments or to other structures adapted to their needs. The tasks of local hospitals are carried out with the joint participation of outpatient medical structures…