The members of the selection board are chosen by lot and appointed by order of the Director General of the Centre national de gestion des praticiens hospitaliers et des personnels de direction de la fonction publique hospitalière. They may not sit for two consecutive years and may not be members of the national statutory commission.
The procedures for setting up the panels and drawing lots for the members of the juries, by discipline and speciality, are laid down by order of the ministers responsible for higher education and health.