Section 2: Creation, transformation and abolition of public health establishments.

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions ofarticle L. 6122-1 : 1° Public health establishments with national or inter-regional jurisdiction are created by decree after obtaining the opinion of the Comité national de l’organisation sanitaire et sociale; 2° Public health establishments with regional jurisdiction are created by decree after obtaining the opinion of the commission specialising in the organisation of care of the Conférence régionale de la santé et…

The conversion of one or more public health establishments, as provided for in article L. 6141-7-1, is decided by order of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency for the region in which the head office of the resulting establishment is located, after consulting the supervisory board of the establishment or establishments concerned and the municipality in which the head office of the establishment is located. However, the decision…

Public health establishments may be closed when the authorisation provided for inarticle L. 6122-1 is withdrawn or not renewed. The closure is decided by order of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency for the region in which the establishment’s head office is located, after consulting the establishment’s supervisory board, the specialised commission for the organisation of care of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy and the municipality…

I.-The director responsible for setting up the new establishment will, before the date set for the creation of this establishment, set up its medical committee, its technical committee and its nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical service committee with a view to forming the supervisory board of the future establishment that is to result from the transformation. All staff of the establishments concerned by the creation or transformation who meet the conditions…