Paragraph 3: Operation

No person may be a member of the Regional Conference on Health and Independent Living if they are deprived of their civic rights. The members of the Regional Conference on Health and Independence are appointed for a renewable term of five years. No member may serve for more than ten years consecutively as chair or vice-chair within the same region, irrespective of the configuration of the regional health conference used…

At its inaugural meeting, the plenary session of the Regional Conference on Health and Independence elects its chair and sets up the standing committee and specialised committees referred to in article D. 1432-31. When it comes up for renewal, the Regional Health and Autonomy Conference is chaired by the oldest member. Each of these bodies elects a chair and a vice-chair, with the exception of the standing committee, which is…

The Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy meets in plenary session at the invitation of its chairperson at least once a year. Each section of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy meets at least once a year, convened by its chair or at the request of one third of its members. The Chair of the Regional Health and Autonomy Conference shall decide on the distribution between the different configurations…

In all cases, decisions are taken by a majority of the votes of the members present or represented. In the event of a tie, the chairman has the casting vote. A quorum is reached when at least half of the members of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy or one of its configurations are present or represented. If this quorum is not reached, a second notice is sent within…

Meetings of the Standing Committee, specialised committees and standing working groups are not open to the public, unless their chairmen decide otherwise, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Rules of Procedure.

Where its opinion is required, the Regional Health and Autonomy Conference is deemed to have been consulted if no action is taken within two months of receipt of the request for an opinion, accompanied by the necessary documents, from the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. This period is reduced to fifteen days in an emergency and to eight days in an extreme emergency.

The agendas for the meetings of each of the specialised commissions referred to in Article D. 1432-31 are set by their chairmen. The chair of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy shall inform the chair of each of the other specialised commissions of the agendas thus set. The chair of one of these committees may not refuse to include items requested by at least half of its members or…

Opinions, reports, studies and work produced by any of the bodies of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy are sent to the Chair of the Conference and to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. The Chair may request a further discussion.

Conference members carry out their duties free of charge. They may be reimbursed for travel and subsistence expenses incurred in the course of their duties under the conditions laid down in the regulations applicable to civil servants.

The regional health agency provides the secretariat for the regional health and independence conference and contributes to the running of the conference. At the beginning of each term of office, the chair of the regional health and independence conference submits a work programme to the director general of the agency, together with an assessment of the resources required to carry it out. The Agency’s Director General will inform the Chairman…