Section 1: Terms and conditions

The participation by a hospital practitioner in an external activity of general interest for the maximum period provided for by article R. 6152-30 is exclusive of the exercise of any self-employed activity. If the duration of the general interest activity actually carried out is less than the ceiling set by the aforementioned provisions, the practitioner may be authorised to carry out a self-employed activity for an appropriately reduced period.

Non-tenured employees mentioned in 3° of article 1 of decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff in hospitals and university centres, who are self-employed, are not entitled to the leave provided for in article 95 of the same decree.

Practitioners who choose to collect their fees directly provide the director of the public health institution with a summary statement of their self-employed activity, which is required to calculate the fees they must pay in application of article L. 6154-3. The fee due is paid quarterly. When the health care organisation collects the fees on behalf of the practitioner, the latter sends this summary statement to the director of the…

Public health establishments in which practitioners are authorised to carry out private practice shall draw up a charter for private practice within the hospital, including at least the clauses set out in a standard charter laid down by order of the Minister for Health. The purpose of these clauses is to ensure that patients are informed about the private nature of the activity and the fees charged in this context,…

The contract concluded, in application of article L. 6154-4, between the practitioner and the director of the health care organisation specifies, in particular, the terms and conditions under which the practitioner may carry out private practice; it includes at least the clauses appearing in the standard contract constituting appendix 61-2. The intra-hospital freelance activity charter provided for in article R. 6154-3-1 and the projected organisation of personal public activity and…

The contract, signed by each party, is sent by the director of the establishment to which the doctor is assigned to the director general of the regional health agency, together with his opinion, that of the head of the department and that of the chairman of the establishment’s medical committee and, in the event of private practice being shared between two establishments, the opinions of the director, the head of…

Private practice in public hospitals pursuant to articles L. 6154-1 to L. 6154-7 of the Public Health Code is subject to the practitioner’s adherence to the national agreement referred to in article L. 162-5 of the Social Security Code governing relations between health insurance bodies and doctors or, in the absence of an agreement, to compliance with the provisions of the arbitration settlement referred to in article L. 162-14-2 of…

When a patient treated as a self-employed practitioner is admitted to hospital, his or her accommodation costs are calculated, depending on the scheme chosen, in accordance with the tariff provisions normally applicable.

For any procedure or consultation, a patient who chooses to be treated as a self-employed practitioner is given, in advance, full details of the rules that will apply to him as a result of his choice. In the event of hospitalisation, they must expressly state in writing their choice to be treated as a private practitioner. The provisions of article R. 1112-23 are applicable in all public health establishments.

The proportion of the technical package mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 6154-3 is set at 20% of its amount.