Book I: Health establishments

The accounts certified by the statutory auditor of private health establishments and those of their management bodies are sent to the authority responsible for the pricing of these establishments for the purposes of their audit. They are forwarded to the regional health agency under conditions set by regulation. All other accounting documents required for the audit are made available to the pricing authority and, where necessary, communicated by the latter…

The rules relating to the financial organisation of public health establishments are applicable to the private health establishments mentioned in b and c of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code, subject to the rules of organisation and operation of private law or the provisions of the Public Health Code which are specific to them, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

In the event of the definitive closure of an establishment or service managed by a private body, the sums allocated to the closed establishment or service by the State, local authorities and their public establishments or by social security bodies and used to finance the fixed assets of the establishment or service are paid back to the fund for modernisation and investment in healthcare mentioned in article 40 of the…

The centres for the fight against cancer defined in Article L. 6162-1 and the private health establishments managed by the legal entities under private law mentioned in 1° of II of Article 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy meeting the conditions and having obtained the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 6112-3 of this code and which pursue a non-profit aim are…

Private health establishments authorised to provide care in their patients’ homes may use medical auxiliaries practising on a self-employed basis. The fees of these healthcare professionals are paid by the private health establishment. In this case, special remuneration conditions other than fee-for-service may be envisaged. Medical auxiliaries working under the conditions provided for in this article are presumed not to have an employment contract with the establishment.

In order to implement the agreements they have concluded with a hospital and university centre in application of article L. 6142-5, private health establishments of collective interest may, by way of derogation from articles L. 1242-1, L. 1242-2, L. 1242-7, L. 1242-8, L. 1242-8-1, L. 1243-13 and L. 1243-13-1 of the French Labour Code, recruit practitioners under fixed-term contracts for a maximum of four years, including renewals.

Private healthcare establishments of collective interest may enter into cooperation agreements for one or more specific purposes, either with a public healthcare establishment or with the support establishment of a regional hospital grouping and, where applicable, with one or more establishments that are party to the grouping. These agreements are concluded on the basis of the regional health project defined in article L. 1434-1. They are approved by the Director…

A health care institution mentioned in b and c of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code may be authorised by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to use independent medical professionals and medical auxiliaries to carry out its missions as defined in article L. 6111-1 and, subject to the institution being authorised to provide the public hospital service, the mission defined in article L. 6112-1 of…

The regulatory measures provided for in Article L. 6161-1 shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat and, unless otherwise provided for and where necessary, the procedures for applying the other provisions of this chapter.