Book I: Health establishments

The Chairman of the Institutional Medical Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board, is responsible, jointly with the Director of the public health institution, for the policy of continuous improvement in the quality, safety and appropriateness of care, as well as the conditions under which users are received and treated, subject to the powers of the Institutional Medical Committee. Together with the Director, it is responsible for monitoring this policy. To…

The chairman of the hospital medical committee, who is vice-chairman of the Executive Board, works with the director to coordinate the development and implementation of the hospital’s medical project, in accordance with the multi-annual contract of objectives and resources and with the shared medical project if the hospital is part of a regional hospital grouping. It monitors implementation and draws up an annual report. The medical project is drawn up…

The chairman of the hospital medical committee, who is vice-chairman of the Executive Board, coordinates the hospital’s medical policy. To this end, he/she is responsible for the following tasks in particular: 1° He/she contributes to the dissemination and evaluation of good medical practice; 2° It ensures that patient care is coordinated; 3° It contributes to the promotion of medical research and therapeutic innovation; 4° It coordinates the development of the…

The time devoted to the duties of Chairman of the Institutional Medical Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board is included in the working hours of the practitioners concerned. A functional allowance is paid to the chairman of the institutional medical committee, vice-chairman of the management board. The amount and terms of payment of this allowance are set by order of the ministers responsible for health and social security. This…

The chairman of the hospital medical committee, who is vice-chairman of the hospital board, has the material, financial and human resources to carry out his duties and ensure that the hospital medical committee functions properly. The governance charter referred to in article L. 6143-7-3 sets out the material and human resources made available to him to carry out his duties, which include at least one member of staff chosen jointly…

Training is offered to the chairman of the hospital medical board when he takes up his post, tailored to the high level of responsibility he will be expected to assume. At his or her request, the chairman of the hospital medical committee may also receive training at the end of his or her term of office, with a view to continuing his or her activity or resuming all of his…