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Article R1114-4 of the French Public Health Code

The association’s articles of association, funding and organisational and operating conditions must not be such as to limit its independence. In particular, the association’s independence must be guaranteed in relation to health professionals, health establishments, health services and organisations in which individual acts of prevention, diagnosis or care are carried out, as well as producers, operators and suppliers of health products. The association must also offer sufficient guarantees with regard…

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Article R1114-5 of the French Public Health Code

The National Accreditation Commission, set up by Article L. 1114-1, is composed as follows: 1° Four ex officio members: a) The Director General of Health or his representative ; b) The Director General of Healthcare or his representative; and c) The Director of Associations, Employment and Training or his representative; d) The Chairman of the Interministerial Mission of Vigilance and Combat against Sectarian Aberrations or his representative; 2° Ten members,…

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Article R1114-6 of the French Public Health Code

The term of office of the members of the Commission ends at the same time as the term of office or the duties in respect of which they were appointed. The members mentioned in b, c and d of 2° of article R. 1114-5 are appointed for a renewable term of five years. The members of the Commission may not sit if they have a direct or indirect interest in…

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Article R1114-7 of the French Public Health Code

The Committee meets when convened by its Chairman, who sets the agenda. The Chairman appoints one or more rapporteurs from among the members of the Committee. The Committee may only deliberate if at least half of its members are present. If this is not the case, a further meeting may be held after a period of fifteen days without a quorum being required. Decisions are taken by a majority of…

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Article R1114-8 of the French Public Health Code

The duties of a full or alternate member of the committee are performed free of charge. They give rise to entitlement to allowances for travel and subsistence expenses under the conditions laid down by decree no. 2006-781 of 3 July 2006 setting the conditions and procedures for payment of expenses incurred by temporary travel by civil servants of the State. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, the Chairman…

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Article R1114-9 of the French Public Health Code

National approval may be granted by the Minister for Health to associations which have either at least 5,000 individually paid-up members, or individually paid-up members spread over at least four regions, none of which represents more than 50% of the total number of members. Mayotte, Guyane and Martinique are considered as regions for the application of these provisions. In the case of unions of associations, the number of members of…

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Article R1114-10 of the French Public Health Code

The application for approval is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or electronically by the association’s legal representative, as appropriate, to the Minister for Health or the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. The composition of the file attached to this application is set by order of the Minister for Health. The Minister for Health or the Director General of the Regional Health Agency forwards the application…

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Article R1114-11 of the French Public Health Code

The decision taken on the assent of the National Accreditation Commission is notified to the association by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. If the competent administrative authority remains silent for more than six months from the date of receipt of the complete application by the administrative authority to which the application was initially submitted, this shall be deemed to constitute a decision to reject the application.

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Article R1114-12 of the French Public Health Code

Associations are approved for a period of five years from the date of the approval decision. Approval decisions are published in the Recueil des actes administratifs of the regional prefecture or in the Journal officiel de la République française, as appropriate. Approval is renewed under the same conditions. Applications for renewal must be submitted no later than the seventh month prior to the expiry date of the current authorisation.

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Article R1114-13 of the French Public Health Code

The members of an association approved at national level may represent users of the healthcare system on national, regional, departmental or local hospital or public health bodies. Members of an association approved at regional level may represent users of the healthcare system on regional, departmental or local hospital or public health bodies located in this region. In the case of unions of associations, the functions of representing users of the…

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