Section 5: Technical Agency for Information on Hospitalisation

The Board deliberates on the agency’s work programme and the resources to be used to implement it. It also deliberates on the following matters: 1° The general organisation of the agency and its internal regulations; 2° The agency’s budget and amendments thereto, the financial accounts and the allocation of results, as well as the employment table; 3° Donations and legacies; 4° Acquisitions, disposals, exchanges of buildings, leases and rentals relating…

Subject to the provisions of the second and third paragraphs below, the Council’s decisions are enforceable fifteen days after they have been sent to the ministers responsible for health, social affairs and social security, unless one of them objects within this period. In urgent cases, the ministers responsible for health, social affairs and social security may authorise immediate implementation. Deliberations relating to the matters set out in 4° of article…

The Chief Executive of the Agency is appointed for a renewable term of three years by order of the ministers responsible for health and social security. He is responsible for managing the establishment. He performs all acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors by virtue of the provisions of article R. 6113-43. He prepares the decisions of the Board of Directors and ensures that they are implemented….

I.-At the request of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, or on its own initiative, a Steering Committee shall issue opinions on the Agency’s work programme and on its work, as well as any observations or recommendations relating to the information systems falling within its remit. At the request of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, it may…

I.-A Scientific Advisory Board guarantees the scientific and methodological quality of the Agency’s work. To this end, it issues an opinion on the Agency’s quality assurance policy. At the request of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive or on its own initiative, it may carry out any study or research falling within the Agency’s field of competence. The Scientific Advisory Board is responsible for methodological monitoring….