Chapter I: General provisions.

In private health establishments, whatever their status, employees are represented on the boards of directors or supervisory boards or on the bodies that take their place according to the procedures set out in articles L. 2323-62 to L. 2323-66 of the French Labour Code, subject to the necessary adaptations determined by regulation and in compliance with the obligations imposed by articles L. 2143-21 and L. 2325-5 of the same code….

In private health establishments authorised to provide the public hospital service under the conditions defined in article L. 6112-3, whatever their status, users are represented by two representatives from associations of users of the health system mentioned in article L. 1114-1 on the boards of directors or the supervisory boards or the bodies which take their place, in accordance with the procedures laid down by regulation taking into account the…

Practitioners working in a private for-profit health establishment are automatically entitled to form a medical conference, the powers of which are set out in I of article L. 6161-2-2.

In private not-for-profit health establishments, a medical committee is elected by the practitioners working there. Its powers are set out in I of article L. 6161-2-2. The matters on which it is consulted and its operating procedures are specified by the Conseil d’Etat decree referred to in article L. 6161-11.

I.-The conference and the commission mentioned respectively in articles L. 6161-2 and L. 6161-2-1 are responsible for ensuring the professional independence of practitioners and participating in the evaluation of care. They give their opinion on the establishment’s medical policy and on the preparation of annual activity forecasts for the establishment. These activity forecasts are communicated to the regional health agency in accordance with the procedures defined by the contract provided…

The accounts certified by the statutory auditor of private health establishments and those of their management bodies are sent to the authority responsible for the pricing of these establishments for the purposes of their audit. They are forwarded to the regional health agency under conditions set by regulation. All other accounting documents required for the audit are made available to the pricing authority and, where necessary, communicated by the latter…

The rules relating to the financial organisation of public health establishments are applicable to the private health establishments mentioned in b and c of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code, subject to the rules of organisation and operation of private law or the provisions of the Public Health Code which are specific to them, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

In the event of the definitive closure of an establishment or service managed by a private body, the sums allocated to the closed establishment or service by the State, local authorities and their public establishments or by social security bodies and used to finance the fixed assets of the establishment or service are paid back to the fund for modernisation and investment in healthcare mentioned in article 40 of the…

The centres for the fight against cancer defined in Article L. 6162-1 and the private health establishments managed by the legal entities under private law mentioned in 1° of II of Article 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy meeting the conditions and having obtained the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 6112-3 of this code and which pursue a non-profit aim are…

Private health establishments authorised to provide care in their patients’ homes may use medical auxiliaries practising on a self-employed basis. The fees of these healthcare professionals are paid by the private health establishment. In this case, special remuneration conditions other than fee-for-service may be envisaged. Medical auxiliaries working under the conditions provided for in this article are presumed not to have an employment contract with the establishment.