Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

The purpose of a groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens is to facilitate, develop or improve the activities of its members. A groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens may be set up to : 1° Organise or manage administrative, logistical, technical, medico-technical, teaching or research activities on behalf of its members; 2° Build or manage equipment of common interest; it may, where appropriate, hold the authorisation for the installation of…

For the application of 4° of Article L. 6133-1 to army hospitals, the activities mentioned in the list provided for in Article L. 6147-7 are considered to be authorisations held by these hospitals. Authorisation to bill for care provided for in 4° of Article L. 6133-1 may only be given by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency after agreement from the Minister for Defence.

I. – Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 6147-14, a Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire de Moyennes may be formed by public or private health establishments, medico-social establishments mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the Code de l’Action Sociale et des Familles, health centres and maisons de santé, and natural or legal persons practising as self-employed medical professionals. It must include at least one healthcare establishment, except in the…

When, in application of article L. 6223-2, a medical biology laboratory is operated in the form of a health cooperation grouping, this grouping may invoice, at the rates for medical biology procedures set in application of articles L. 162-1-7 and L. 162-1-7-1 of the Social Security Code, medical biology examinations carried out outside the framework of inpatient services mentioned in 1° of article L. 162-22-6 and in the framework of…

I. – The Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire de Moyennes may be set up with or without capital. Its founding agreement, signed by all its members, is submitted for approval to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who will ensure its publication. The grouping acquires legal personality from the date of publication. 1. The Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire de Moyennes is a legal entity governed by public law when…

The agreement establishing the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire de Moyennes defines its purpose. It specifies the distribution of the statutory rights of its members, in proportion to their contributions or their share of the operating costs, as well as the rules according to which the members of the grouping are liable for its debts. Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, it shall determine the Grouping’s organisational and operational procedures….

Where the groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens is a legal entity governed by public law, it is subject to the rules of public accounting and has an accounting officer appointed under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. Where the grouping is a legal entity governed by private law, its accounts are certified by an auditor.

In the case provided for in 3° of article L. 6133-1, medical professionals from health establishments, armed forces hospitals and other elements of the armed forces health service, as well as health centres which are members of the grouping, and natural or legal persons practising as self-employed doctors who are members of the grouping, may provide medical services for the benefit of patients cared for by one or other of…

When it holds one or more authorisations for healthcare activities, the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire is a healthcare establishment with the associated rights and obligations. A health cooperation grouping governed by private law is established as a private health establishment and a health cooperation grouping governed by public law is established as a public health establishment, by decision of the director general of the regional health agency. When the health…

When a Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire is a health establishment, it is financed on the basis of the rules applicable to health establishments. However, when the activity carried out comes under 1° of article L. 162-22 of the Social Security Code, article 33 of the Social Security Funding Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1199 of 18 December 2003) does not apply to the funding of the group, with the exception of…