Section 4: Determination of areas characterised by insufficient healthcare provision or by difficulties in access to healthcare or where the level of provision is particularly high

I. – The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall determine by order, for each profession, the areas provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 1434-4 according to the following criteria and their foreseeable development over three years: 1° The number, geographical distribution by age group, level of activity and practice patterns of practising healthcare professionals; 2° The health, demographic and social characteristics of the population; 3°…

The orders of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency referred to in I of Article R. 1434-41 are issued after consultation with the representatives of each health profession concerned sitting on the Regional Union of Health Professions and after obtaining the opinion of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy, which gives its opinion within two months of receipt of the request for an opinion. In the absence…

The orders of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency mentioned in I of article R. 1434-41 are reviewed at least every three years under the conditions set out in article R. 1434-42.