The directors of the public health institutions concerned present the draft statutes of the hospital foundation to the supervisory boards. This draft is accompanied by the opinion of the establishment’s medical committees.
Where one of the public health institutions is a university hospital centre, this draft is accompanied by the opinion of the vice-chairman of the Executive Board responsible for research.
The draft articles of association, together with the resolutions of the supervisory boards and the documents by which the other founders express their support, are sent to the Minister for Health and to the Director General of the regional health agency in whose area of jurisdiction the foundation’s registered office is located. Where one of the public health establishments is a university hospital centre, the same documents are also sent to the Minister for Research. The articles of association are approved by a decree issued, after obtaining the opinion of the director general of the regional health agency, on the report of the Minister of Health or, if one of the public health institutions is a university hospital centre, the ministers responsible for health and research. The opinion of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency is deemed to be favourable if, within thirty days of receiving the draft statutes, he has not communicated his opinion to the Minister for Health.
The foundation acquires legal personality from the date of publication of the extract approving its articles of association in the Journal officiel de la République française.