Chapter III: Conditions for setting up certain healthcare activities and heavy equipment

The authorisation holder takes part in the emergency care network provided for in articles R. 6123-26 to R. 6123-32, under the conditions set out in the network’s constitutive agreement.

The holder of the authorisation organises, by agreement with other health establishments, services or professionals mentioned in the Public Health Code or the Social Action and Family Code, in cases where the patients’ state of health so requires: 1° Their care in facilities providing short or long-term care; 2° Preparing and supporting patients in their reintegration, in particular through admission to a medico-social establishment or service.

The holder of an authorisation referred to in Article R. 6123-121, with the exception of an authorisation bearing the wording “multi-purpose”, provides the following services in its area of competence by means of an agreement: 1° Advice and expertise for other holders of authorisations for medical and rehabilitation care; 2° The care of patients from other establishments authorised to provide medical and rehabilitation care, for the types of care that…

The authorisation holder may provide specific care requiring particular expertise, the list of which is drawn up by the Minister for Health. These are included in the multiannual contract of objectives and resources defined in article L. 6114-2.

The authorisation holder must ensure continuity of care. Through the organisation it puts in place, it guarantees the intervention of a doctor within a timeframe compatible with patient safety. This organisation may be common to several health establishments.

Within the meaning of article L. 2321-2, a children’s home of a permanent nature is an establishment whose activity, which lasts for more than nine months a year, is characterised in particular by long-term care, which may be repeated, outside schooling periods and which requires recourse to socio-educational professionals. A children’s home of a temporary nature is an establishment whose activity lasts for no more than nine months a year…