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Chapter V: Methods and resources of the regional health agencies

Article L1435-1 of the French Public Health Code

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall inform the territorially competent State representative and the local elected representatives concerned without delay of any health event presenting a risk to the health of the population or likely to present a risk of disturbance to public order. In order to exercise its powers in the fields of health and public health and hygiene, the representative of the State with territorial…

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Article L1435-2 of the French Public Health Code

In the defence zones, the zone prefect has access to the resources of all the regional health agencies in the defence zone in order to exercise his powers. Their services are placed under his authority for use when an event involving a health risk may constitute a disturbance to public order within the zone. The director general of the regional health agency for the capital of the zone assists the…

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Article L1435-3 of the French Public Health Code

The Regional Health Agency concludes the multiannual contracts for objectives and resources provided for in Article L. 6114-1. It may, with the participation of local and regional authorities, enter into the multi-year contracts for objectives and resources provided for in article L. 313-11 of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles and, under conditions defined by decree, multi-year contracts for objectives and resources with the coordination support systems and…

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Article L1435-3-1 of the French Public Health Code

The Regional Health Agency shall conclude the specific contract provided for in Article L. 6147-12. As part of its duties under article L. 1431-2, it may, with the agreement of the Minister for Defence, include commitments relating to a contribution to the health support of the armed forces in the multiannual contracts for objectives and resources provided for in L. 1435-3. The Minister for Defence shall be consulted prior to…

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Article L1435-4 of the French Public Health Code

The regional health agency may propose that contracted healthcare professionals, healthcare centres, healthcare clusters, healthcare establishments, accommodation establishments for the elderly and dependent persons, healthcare centres, medico-social services, as well as coordination support schemes and specific regional schemes within its remit, sign contracts aimed at improving the quality and coordination of care. These contracts set out the commitments of the professionals, centres, establishments, homes, services, poles or coordination support schemes…

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Article L1435-4-1 of the French Public Health Code

The regional health agencies shall enter into a contract with each tenured or non-tenured university lecturer in general medicine covered by article L. 952-23-1 of the Education Code a contract on the basis of which he/she receives remuneration in addition to the income derived from the performance of his/her duties as a general practitioner. This contract complies with a standard contract drawn up by the Union nationale des caisses d’assurance…

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Article L1435-4-2 of the French Public Health Code

The regional health agencies may conclude an initial practice contract with a doctor practising as a replacement or with a student meeting the conditions laid down in article L. 4131-2. The signing of this contract entitles the holder to remuneration in addition to income from healthcare activities, as well as support in setting up, provided that the place of practice is in the territories mentioned in the second paragraph of…

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Article L1435-5 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The regional health agency organises, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, the public service mission of permanence of care mentioned in article L. 6314-1. Its procedures, drawn up in association with representatives of healthcare professionals, including the association of doctors, the association of dental surgeons, the association of midwives, the association of nurses and healthcare centres, are defined after consultation with the representative of the State with…

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Article L1435-5-1 of the French Public Health Code

The regional health agencies may conclude a contract with a public health establishment and the practitioners mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1 working full-time in these establishments, on the basis of which these doctors may carry out an outpatient activity as part of their service obligations in an area characterised by insufficient healthcare provision or difficulties in accessing healthcare, as mentioned in article L. 1434-4. This contract may specify…

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Article L1435-5-2 of the French Public Health Code

The regional health agencies may enter into a contract with a private health establishment of collective interest mentioned in 2° of article L. 6161-5 and doctors employed full-time by these establishments, on the basis of which these doctors may carry out outpatient activities as part of their service obligations in an area characterised by insufficient healthcare provision or difficulties in access to healthcare, as mentioned in article L. 1434-4. This…

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