Chapter IV: Participation of users in the operation of the healthcare system

I. – Associations that have been duly registered and are active in the field of health quality and patient care may be approved by the competent administrative authority at either regional or national level. Approval is granted with the assent of a national commission comprising representatives of the State, including a member of the administrative courts and a member of the Cour de Cassation (Court of Cassation), both active and…

When public prosecution has been initiated by the public prosecutor or the injured party, and subject to the victim’s agreement, associations approved at national level under the conditions set out in article L. 1114-1 may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences set out in articles 221-6, 222-19 and 222-20 of the French Criminal Code as well as the offences set out in the provisions…

Employees who are members of an association referred to in article L. 1114-1 are entitled to the representation leave provided for by L. 3142-51 of the Labour Code when they are called upon to sit on : 1° Either on the supervisory board, or on the body authorised for this purpose, of a public or private health establishment, or on the statutory commissions and bodies of the said establishment; 2°…

Any person may refer to the regional conciliation and compensation commission referred to in article L. 1142-5, meeting as a conciliation body, any dispute relating to respect for the rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

A Union nationale des associations agréées d’usagers du système de santé (National Union of Approved Associations of Users of the Healthcare System) may be set up, made up of associations of users of the healthcare system approved at national level which join the union. This union is constituted under the terms of the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association. Its articles of association and regulations…

The Union nationale des associations agréées d’usagers du système de santé is administered by a board whose members are elected in accordance with the conditions defined in its articles of association. No person may be a member of the Board of Directors if he or she is disqualified from exercising his or her civic, civil and family rights. A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the procedures for implementing…