Book I: Health establishments

I.-Local hospitals, or the health establishment to which they belong when they do not have legal personality, organise cooperation with primary care providers in the areas they serve and, to this end, conclude an agreement with their partners within one year of their inclusion on the regional list referred to in article L. 6111-3-1, an agreement with their partners. The parties to this agreement may be establishments, one or more…

Local hospitals with public status, or the healthcare establishment of the grouping to which they belong when they do not have legal personality and the establishment of which they constitute a site is not the support establishment of the regional hospital grouping, shall enter into an agreement with the support establishment of the regional hospital grouping to which they belong, within one year of their inclusion on the regional list…

I.- In order to facilitate the cooperation they organise within the framework of the agreement referred to in article L. 6111-3-2 with primary care providers in the areas they serve, local hospitals may adapt their operating and governance conditions in accordance with the procedures set out in II and III. II.-A local public hospital on the regional list referred to in IV of article L. 6111-3-1 may be authorised by…

Chapter I, sections 2 and 3 of chapter II and chapter III of title VII of book IV of the code de l’action sociale et des familles (social action and family code) are applicable to public or private health establishments mentioned in a, b and c of article L. 162-22-6 of the code de la sécurité sociale (social security code) authorised to provide long-term care or psychiatric care and which,…

As stated in the first paragraph of article L. 2223-39 of the French General Local Authorities Code, reproduced below: “Public or private health establishments that meet the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat must have a mortuary in which the bodies of persons who have died there must be deposited. However, the mortuary may also receive, for a fee, the bodies of people who have died outside…

As stated in Article L. 2223-43 of the French General Code for Local Authorities, reproduced below: “Public or private health establishments that transport a body before committal and transfer a body to a funeral home must hold the authorisation provided for in article L. 2223-23 , solely on the basis of the professional competence of the staff and the compliance of the vehicles with the requirements laid down by the…

The State contributes to the costs incurred by health establishments in training doctors, odontologists, pharmacists and paramedical staff, within the limits of the appropriations allocated each year by the Finance Act. The costs of call reception and regulation centres are financed by contributions from compulsory health insurance schemes, the State and local authorities. The State covers the costs incurred by health establishments providing care to the people mentioned in 4°…

The regulatory measures provided for in articles L. 6111-1 and L. 6111-4 shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, as shall, where necessary, the procedures for applying the other provisions of this chapter.