Title II: Sanitary equipment

The powers and composition of the Committee’s social section are set out in Articles R. 312-177 and R. 312-178 of the French Social Action and Family Code. Unless otherwise stipulated, the operating procedures of the health section apply to the social section.

I.-The list of organisations, institutions, groups or trade unions represented in each section of the Committee and the number of seats they have are determined by order of the ministers responsible for social action, health and social security, for a period of five years. The internal rules of procedure of the Committee referred to in Article R. 6122-21 set the terms and conditions according to which the bodies, institutions, groupings…

The National Committee meets as a section or in plenary session, when convened by the minister(s) responsible for social action, health and social security. The secretariat is provided by the departments of the aforementioned ministers.

The agenda for meetings of the National Committee is set by the minister(s) responsible for social action, health and social security.

The National Committee may only deliberate if at least half of the members of the section or configuration convened are present; the quorum is assessed at the beginning of the meeting. However, if the quorum is not reached after the meeting has been duly convened, the section or configuration, regardless of the number of members present, shall validly deliberate on the items on the agenda of the first meeting, at…

Matters that must be submitted to the National Committee for an opinion are the subject of reports presented by : 1° Employees governed by law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants; 2° Employees of regional health agencies; 3° Consultant practitioners responsible for the medical control of health insurance organisations; 4° Non-medical staff of social security organisations.

The National Committee makes its decisions on the basis of applications. Project promoters are heard by the rapporteur at their request. They may also be heard by the relevant section of the National Committee, if the Committee Chairman deems it useful.

The national committee draws up its own rules of procedure, which are submitted to the ministers responsible for social action, health and social security for approval.