Section 4: Inspections and controls

When appointing inspectors and controllers to carry out the control missions provided for in article L. 1421-1 of this Code and article L. 313-13 of the Code de l’action sociale et des familles, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall specify the nature of the missions likely to be entrusted to them.

The inspector carries out his duties under the authority of a public health inspector, a public health pharmacist inspector, a public health medical inspector, a health and social action inspector, a health engineer or a health studies engineer.

An employee of the regional health agency may only be appointed as an inspector or controller if he or she fulfils the following conditions: 1° He or she must be a French national; 2° He or she must enjoy his or her civic rights and be in good standing with regard to the national service code; 3° He or she must not have been convicted of a criminal offence which…

A member of staff may only be appointed as an inspector if he/she meets one of the following conditions: 1° Holds a bachelor’s degree or a diploma or qualification classified at least at level II; 2° Belongs to the corps of care directors in the hospital civil service or to that of social affairs administration attachés or to that of social service technical advisors in State administrations or to the…

A member of staff may only be appointed as a controller if he/she meets one of the following conditions: 1° Holds a baccalaureate or a diploma or qualification classified at least at level IV; 2° Belongs to the corps of social service assistants in the State administration or to that of administrative secretaries in the Ministries responsible for social affairs or to that of health assistants.

An inspector or controller may only carry out the duties mentioned in article R. 1435-10 if he has completed a training course of at least 120 hours provided jointly by the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Sécurité Sociale and culminating in an examination organised by the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique. The content of the training and examination is set…

Before concluding a contract for the purpose of carrying out the tasks of monitoring the collection of healthcare quality and safety indicators referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 1435-7, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall check that the applicant satisfies the conditions laid down in Article L. 4111-1 and in 2° and 3° of Article R. 1435-12. The performance of the aforementioned tasks by…