The description of the procedures for implementing the provisions of articles L. 1111-26 to L. 1111-29 and the related documentation shall be made accessible to the persons receiving care and the professionals mentioned in article L. 1111-25. This description and documentation are kept for as long as the documents they concern.
The conditions of application of this section, in particular for determining the signature process appropriate to the nature of the document, are specified by the reference systems defined in article L. 1470-5.
I.-Public or private health establishments are obliged to communicate to persons receiving or having received care, at their request, the medical information defined in article L. 1111-7. This information may be provided, at the choice of the person concerned, either directly or through a doctor appointed by that person. Health establishments shall offer medical assistance to persons who so wish when they request access to information concerning them. Refusal of…
The quality of patient care is an essential objective for any healthcare establishment. It must regularly assess patient satisfaction, particularly with regard to reception and stay conditions. The results of these assessments are taken into account in the certification process defined in articles L. 6113-3 and L. 6113-4. When patients are admitted, each institution provides them with a welcome booklet to which the inpatient charter is appended, in accordance with…
The rules governing the operation of healthcare establishments to ensure that the rights and obligations of hospitalised patients are respected are defined by regulation. In each health care institution, a users’ commission is responsible for ensuring that the rights of users are respected and for helping to improve the quality of care provided to patients and their relatives. This committee facilitates the steps taken by these people and ensures that…
Public and private health establishments and medico-social establishments shall implement the appropriate resources to deal with the pain of the patients they admit and to provide the palliative care that their condition requires, whatever the unit and the care structure in which they are admitted. For public health establishments, these resources are defined by the establishment project mentioned in article L. 6143-2. For private health establishments, these resources are taken…
Healthcare establishments shall facilitate the involvement of voluntary associations which may provide support to any person admitted to the establishment, at their request or with their agreement, or develop activities within the establishment, in compliance with the establishment’s operating rules and medical and paramedical activities and subject to the provisions of article L. 1110-11. Associations which organise the work of volunteers in public or private health establishments must enter into…
The regulatory measures provided for in articles L. 1112-1 and L. 1112-3 and, where necessary, the procedures for applying the other provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
Health establishments, as well as social or medico-social establishments accommodating the elderly or disabled adults, whether public or private, are automatically liable for the theft, loss or deterioration of objects deposited in the hands of employees appointed for this purpose or a public accountant, by persons admitted or accommodated there. The State is liable under the same conditions for the theft, loss or deterioration of objects deposited by persons admitted…
The amount of damages due to a depositor pursuant to article L. 1113-1 is limited to the equivalent of twice the amount of the ceiling on monthly remuneration and earnings used to calculate social security contributions under the general scheme. However, this limitation does not apply when the theft, loss or deterioration of the objects is the result of a fault on the part of the establishment or the persons…
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