Section 1: Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board meets at least four times a year, unless its internal regulations provide for a greater number of meetings. Supervisory Board meetings are not public. Members of the Supervisory Board and other persons invited to attend its meetings are bound by an obligation of discretion with regard to information of a confidential nature.

The term of office of Supervisory Board members is five years. The term of office of the members of the Supervisory Board ends at the same time as the term of office or functions in respect of which the persons concerned were appointed, subject to the provisions of the following paragraph. The term of office of the members appointed by the deliberative assemblies of the local and regional authorities ends…

Members of the Supervisory Boards who fall under the incompatibilities or incapacities provided for in article L. 6143-6 shall resign from their office. Failing this, they shall be declared to have resigned automatically by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. Any member who, without legitimate reason, fails to attend Supervisory Board meetings for a period of one year is deemed to have resigned. The Director General of the…

Deliberations are kept in a register under the responsibility of the Chairman of the Executive Board. This register is available to members of the Supervisory Board and to the public, who may consult it on site. They may also obtain copies or extracts of the minutes. Deliberations are forwarded without delay to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. The Director General may be represented on the Supervisory Board.

The members of the Supervisory Board receive minutes of the meeting within fifteen days of each meeting.

The Supervisory Board is provided with material, financial and human resources by the Director of the establishment. The secretariat of the Supervisory Board is provided by the latter.