The members of the Commission de l’activité libérale are appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.
The commission comprises :
1° One member of the Departmental Medical Council, who does not practise in the establishment and has no interest in the management of a private health establishment, appointed on the proposal of the President of the Departmental Medical Council;
2° Two representatives appointed by the Supervisory Board from among its non-physician members;
3° The director of the public health establishment or his representative;
4° A representative of the primary health insurance fund appointed by its director;
5° Two private practitioners appointed by the establishment’s medical commission. However, when only one practitioner is self-employed in the establishment, the committee is completed by a practitioner mentioned in 6° ;
6° A hospital practitioner mentioned in 1° of Article L. 6152-1 or a member of the teaching and hospital staff mentioned in Article L. 952-21 of the Education Code, not practising on a freelance basis, appointed by the establishment’s medical commission;
7° A representative of users of the healthcare system chosen from among the members of the associations mentioned inarticle L. 1114-1.
The Commission elects its Chairman from among its members, by secret ballot, by an absolute majority in the first ballot and by a relative majority in the second ballot. In the event of a tie in the second ballot, the oldest candidate will be elected.
The chairman of the hospital medical committee, whether or not he is a self-employed practitioner, and practitioners who are self-employed within the hospital may not be elected chairman of the committee.
In order to prepare meetings and ensure that decisions are followed up, the committee appoints a permanent bureau from among its members, made up of three members, including its chairman, as soon as 6% of the practitioners who are statutorily entitled to carry out a self-employed activity carry out a self-employed activity in the establishment.