The terms and conditions of private practice are set out in a contract concluded between the practitioner concerned and the public health institution, or in the event of private practice being shared within the regional hospital grouping, the public health institutions, on the basis of a standard private practice contract established by regulation.
The contract sets out the conditions under which the practitioner’s private practice is divided between the institutions in which it is carried out.
This five-year contract is forwarded by the director of the establishment to which the practitioner is assigned to the director general of the regional health agency, together with his or her opinion and that of the head of the department and the chairman of the medical committee of the establishment or, where applicable, of the establishments in the regional hospital grouping in which the practitioner works on a freelance basis. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency approves this contract.
Approval of the contract is equivalent to authorisation to practice on a freelance basis.
If the hospital practitioner is not appointed by the end of the probationary period, the contract lapses.
Different arrangements may be made by the statutes mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1 with regard to the social protection of hospital practitioners depending on whether or not they enter into a freelance activity contract in application of this article.