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Article L6162-8 of the French Public Health Code

No person may be a member of a board of directors : 1° In more than one capacity ; 2° If he is subject to the incapacity provided for inarticle L. 6 of the Electoral Code; 3° If he has a direct or indirect interest, either personally or through his spouse, ascendants or descendants in the direct line, in the management of a private health establishment that is not a…

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Article L6162-9 of the French Public Health Code

The Board of Directors determines the centre’s general policy and its evaluation and control policy. To this end, it carries out any controls and verifications it deems appropriate and deliberates on : 1° The establishment’s project and the multi-annual contract of objectives and resources; 2° The policy for continuous improvement in the quality and safety of care and in the conditions in which users are received and cared for; 3°…

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Article L6162-10 of the French Public Health Code

The Centre’s Director General is responsible for the Centre’s affairs other than those listed in Article L. 6162-9. He is responsible for the general management of the establishment and reports to the Board of Directors. He represents the centre in legal proceedings and in all civil acts. The Chief Executive Officer is appointed for a renewable period of five years by the Minister for Health after consultation with the Board…

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Article L6162-11 of the French Public Health Code

The multiannual contract of objectives and resources mentioned in 1° of article L. 6162-9 is enforceable as soon as it has been signed by all the parties. The 2° bis and the penultimate paragraph of article L. 6143-4 are applicable to the 3° of the same article L. 6162-9. The deliberations mentioned in 5° to 9° of the said article L. 6162-9 are subject to the last paragraph of article…

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Article L6162-12 of the French Public Health Code

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency will ask a cancer centre to submit a recovery plan, within a period of between one and three months set by the Director General, in one of the following cases: 1° When it considers that the establishment’s financial situation so requires ; 2° When the institution is financially unbalanced according to criteria defined by decree. The terms and conditions of the return…

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Article L6163-1 of the French Public Health Code

Sociétés coopératives hospitalières de médecins are professional practice associations whose purpose is to practice medicine jointly as health establishments as defined by articles L. 6111-1 et seq, by pooling the medical activity of its members. They are governed by law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and are subject to the provisions of this chapter and, insofar as they are not contrary to this chapter,…

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Article L6163-2 of the French Public Health Code

Sociétés coopératives hospitalières de médecins must be registered on the roll of the Conseil départemental des médecins (Departmental Council of Doctors) for the place where their registered office is located. Acts and documents issued by the cooperative and intended for third parties, in particular letters, invoices, advertisements and various publications, must legibly state the cooperative’s name, preceded or followed by the words: “société coopérative hospitalière de médecins à capital variable”…

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Article L6163-4 of the French Public Health Code

Only the following may be members of a société coopérative hospitalière de médecins: 1° As co-operating members : – self-employed doctors, natural persons, duly registered on the roll of the council of doctors ; – self-employed healthcare professionals who are not doctors and who contribute to achieving the purpose of the cooperative society. The Articles of Association lay down the rules relating to the obligation of each co-operating member to…

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