I.-This chapter applies to the armed forces health service under the following conditions:
1° The Minister for Defence may authorise by order the implementation for all health professionals in the armed forces health service and throughout the national territory of the cooperation protocols mentioned in article L. 4011-3;
2° The Minister for Defence may also authorise, by decree, the implementation for the entire armed forces health service and throughout the national territory of cooperation protocols subject to the prior opinion of the Haute Autorité de santé, which will give its opinion on their compatibility with the decree mentioned in Article L. 4011-2.
II. -The conditions under which:
1° Armed Forces hospitals or other elements of the Armed Forces Health Service may be authorised to adhere to the protocols mentioned in article L. 4011-3;
2° The protocols provided for in 1° and 2° of I of this article are monitored;
3° The provisions of article L. 4011-4 are applicable to health professionals in the Armed Forces Health Service. For protocols drawn up and implemented by these professionals, the Minister for Defence exercises the powers of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency as set out in the same article L. 4011-4.