The Committee is chaired either by a Councillor of State appointed by the Ministers for Social Action, Health and Social Security on the recommendation of the Vice-President of the Council of State, or by a Senior Advisor to the Court of Auditors appointed by the same Ministers on the recommendation of the First President of the Court of Auditors.
The Chairman is replaced by a Conseiller d’Etat or a Conseiller Maître at the Cour des Comptes, appointed under the same conditions.
The term of office of the chairman and deputy chairman is five years. They may be reappointed.