In each region and in the territorial collectivities of Corsica, Guyana and Martinique, a regional union of healthcare professionals brings together, for each profession, the representatives of self-employed healthcare professionals. A regional union of health professionals for the Indian Ocean exercises the powers devolved to the regional unions of health professionals for each profession, in Réunion and Mayotte.
The regional unions of health professionals are associations governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association. Their articles of association comply with standard articles of association laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
The operating procedures of the regional unions of health professionals are defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.