Subsection 1: Group Medical Committee

I – The group medical commission draws up the shared medical project. II – It is consulted on the following matters: 1° The creation of regional medical teams ; 2° The setting up of inter-institutional centres or inter-hospital medical federations; 3° The territorial plan for the permanence and continuity of care; 4° The regional policy for continuous improvement in the quality, safety and appropriateness of the grouping’s care, as well…

The group medical commission may make proposals to the strategic committee on any operation aimed at implementing the shared medical project. It may also formulate any proposal on the matters mentioned in II of article D. 6132-9, with a view in particular to developing and implementing the territorial policies mentioned in 1° to 9° of this II.

Subject to the provisions of article L. 6144-1, the medical committees of all or some of the institutions involved may delegate some of their powers mentioned in articles R. 6144-1 to R. 6144-1-2 to the group medical committee, with the latter’s agreement.

I.-The grouping’s medical committee includes, with voting rights : 1° The chairmen of the medical committees of the establishments involved in the grouping ; 2° The heads of the inter-institutional clinical and medico-technical activity centres, and the coordinators of the inter-hospital medical federations set up between all or some of the institutions involved in the grouping; 3° The doctor in charge of the regional medical information department; 4° Members representing…

The constitutive agreement specifies the composition, sets the number of seats and determines the procedures for appointing the members of the consortium’s medical committee, in accordance with the provisions of articles D. 6132-9-3 and D. 6132-9-5, ensuring balanced representation of each of the participating establishments and, where applicable, associated army hospitals, as well as staff numbers, disciplines and branches.

I.-An alternate is provided for each of the members mentioned in 4° of the I of article D. 6132-9-3. II.-When a full member resigns or ceases to belong to the discipline or branch he represents during his term of office, he is replaced by his alternate. In the absence, for the members mentioned in 4° of the I of article D. 6132-9-3, of another alternate member in the discipline or…

The committee elects its chairman and vice-chairman from among the practitioners who are full members. Where an army hospital is associated with the group, army practitioners who are members of the group medical committee may not be elected chairman of the committee. Voting takes place by secret uninominal ballot and by absolute majority. If this majority is not achieved in the first two rounds, a third round is organised. A…

The term of office of the Chairman of the Group Medical Commission is four years, renewable once. The duties of chairman of the group medical committee shall end at the same time as the term of office or duties in respect of which the person concerned sits as a member of the committee, notwithstanding, where applicable, the provisions of the preceding paragraph. The term of office may be exceptionally reduced…

The chairman of the group medical committee ensures that the committee operates smoothly. The Group Medical Commission draws up its own rules of procedure. It is free to set up sub-committees to deal with matters within its remit. The Commission meets at least four times a year, convened by its Chairman, who sets the agenda. It may also be convened at the request of one third of its members, or…

Each year, the chairman presents his action programme to the grouping medical commission, taking into account actions already implemented. He presents a report on the implementation of the shared medical project to the strategic committee. The chair of the consortium’s medical commission signs inter-institution clinical or medico-technical cluster contracts with the cluster head jointly with the director of the support institution. The chair of the consortium’s medical commission decides jointly…