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Title VI: Private health establishments

Article R6161-1 of the French Public Health Code

Private health establishments keep separate accounts to identify income and expenditure relating to activities carried out in : 1° The long-term care units mentioned in 2° of article L. 6111-2 ; 2° The social or medico-social services or establishments mentioned in article L. 6111-3 ; 3° The training schools or institutes mentioned in articles L. 4151-1 and L. 4383-1.

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Article D6161-2 of the French Public Health Code

The regional health agency keeps an up-to-date list of private health establishments within its geographical area of responsibility which, by fulfilling the conditions set out in article L. 6161-5, qualify as private health establishments of collective interest.

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Article D6161-4 of the French Public Health Code

The decision-making body of the not-for-profit organisation managing one or more private healthcare establishments of collective interest deliberates on an institutional project, after obtaining the opinion of the medical commission and the healthcare establishment users’ commission. This institutional project defines : 1° The general policy of the health establishment(s), based in particular on the establishment project, the medical project and the objectives of the regional or inter-regional health plan for…

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Article R6161-43 of the French Public Health Code

I. – Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of articles L. 6143-3, L. 6143-4 with the exception of 1°, 2°, eighth paragraph, 3°, tenth paragraph and last paragraph, L. 6145-1, D. 6143-39 with the exception of a of 1°, R. 6145-2 to R. 6145-4, R. 6145-6 to R. 6145-11, R. 6145-12 with the exception of 1°, 4°, 5°, 6° and 7°, R. 6145-13, R. 6145-16, R. 6145-18 to…

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Article R6161-37 of the French Public Health Code

Private health establishments that have opted for the system of financing by global endowment may request to cease to be subject to this system. They are then subject to the same provisions as the establishments mentioned in d or e of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code from 1st January of the following year. The request is submitted to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.

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Article R6161-38 of the French Public Health Code

The contract provided for in article L. 6161-9, concluded between private healthcare professionals and the private healthcare establishments mentioned in b and c of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code, takes into account the strategic guidelines provided for in the multi-year contract of objectives and resources concluded between the establishment and the Regional Health Agency in application of article L. 6114-1.

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Article R6161-39 of the French Public Health Code

By means of the contract referred to in article R. 6161-38, the healthcare professional undertakes to comply in particular with: 1° The recommendations for good professional practice drawn up by the Haute Autorité de santé and learned societies; 2° The establishment’s project, the establishment’s internal regulations, and the action programme provided for in article L. 6161-2 concerning the policy of continuous improvement in the quality and safety of care and…

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Article R6161-40 of the French Public Health Code

Each healthcare professional who has entered into a contract as referred to in article R. 6161-38 sends the legal representative of the establishment or managing body a monthly statement containing a list of the procedures performed on each patient. On the basis of these monthly statements and taking into account the information transmitted in application of the third paragraph of article L. 6113-7, the establishment determines the amount and pays…

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Article R6161-41 of the French Public Health Code

Medical professionals practising on a self-employed basis in one of the aforementioned health establishments are compensated, where applicable, for their participation in the establishment’s permanent care service provided for in article L. 6111-1-3 on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and public holidays as well as at night. This is a flat-rate allowance in addition to the fees provided for in article L. 6161-9. It is set by an order of the ministers…

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Article R6161-42 of the French Public Health Code

With the agreement of the Director, private practitioners’ locums may provide care in the health care establishment in compliance with the provisions of the contract referred to in article R. 6161-38. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency is informed immediately.

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