Subsection 3: Regional antibiotic therapy centres

In each region, for the implementation of the health policy guidelines defined in article L. 1411-1 contributing to the prevention of antibiotic resistance with regard to the proper use of antibiotics, a regional antibiotic therapy centre carries out the following tasks: 1° Providing expertise and support to healthcare professionals, wherever and however they practise, for actions promoting the correct use of antibiotics and the prevention of antibiotic resistance as well…

The regional antibiotic therapy centre is located in a healthcare establishment and may include several units located in other healthcare establishments in the region. It is appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, after consultation with the Director General of the National Public Health Agency, for a renewable period of five years, following a call for candidates on the basis of specifications defined by order of the…

The centre’s operating procedures are set out in an agreement between the Regional Health Agency and the health establishment in which the centre is located and, where applicable, in an agreement between the health establishment which is the centre’s head office and the establishments in which the additional units are located. An annual work programme is drawn up jointly by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the…