Chapter IX: Regional centres for occupational and environmental pathologies

In each region, for the implementation of the health policy guidelines defined in article L. 1411-1, including the promotion of health in all areas of life, particularly in the workplace, the reduction of health risks linked to environmental factors and the organisation of health care pathways, a regional centre for occupational and environmental pathologies contributes to the following tasks: 1° Preventing, diagnosing and treating illnesses suspected or proven to be…

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall designate a public health establishment in which the Regional Centre for Occupational and Environmental Pathologies will be located, for a renewable period of five years. The centre may include several units housed in other health establishments in the region. This designation is made following a call for applications in accordance with specifications defined by an order of the ministers responsible for…

The centre’s operating procedures are the subject of an agreement between the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the health establishment in which the centre is located and, where applicable, an agreement between the health establishment in which the centre is mainly located and the other establishments where the centre’s units are located. The latter agreement is approved by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. An…

The Minister for Health and the Minister for Labour may give one or more of the centres mentioned in Article R. 1339-1 the task of carrying out studies and work on occupational and environmental pathologies. The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail and the Agence nationale de santé publique may call upon the regional centres for occupational and environmental pathologies to assist with their…