Subsection 5: Application to army hospitals and army blood transfusion centres

For the application of the provisions of sub-sections 1 to 4a, army hospitals are considered to be health establishments and the Minister for Defence exercises, with regard to them and the army blood transfusion centre, the powers of the Director General of the regional health agency. For the application of articles R. 4211-34 and R. 4211-43 to army hospitals, the request for authorisation is sent by the Minister of Defence.