The members of the Supervisory Board are appointed by order of the ministers responsible for health, health insurance, the elderly and the disabled. These ministers may, by order published in the Journal officiel de la République française, authorise the secretary general of the ministries responsible for social affairs to sign the appointment orders on their behalf.
The members appointed under 1°, 4° and 5° of I of article D. 1432-15 are appointed for a term of four years.
The members mentioned in 2° and 3° of I are reappointed each time the councils or assemblies to which they belong are renewed. However, notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of article D. 1432-19, these members continue to sit on the Supervisory Board until their replacements are appointed by the new boards or assemblies.
The members mentioned in a of 2° of I cease to be members of the Supervisory Board at the decision of the trade unions that appointed them.
The term of office of the members of the Supervisory Board is renewable without limit, except for the term of office of the members designated in a and b of 2° and in 4° and 5° of I of article D. 1432-15, which is renewable only once.