French Public Health Code
In forceI. - In addition to the representative of the State in the region who chairs it, the Supervisory Board comprises the following members who have the right to vote:
1° Three representatives of the State:
a) The rector of the academic region or his representative ;
b) The regional director of youth, sports and social cohesion or, where appropriate, the regional and departmental director of youth, sports and social cohesion or their representative;
c) A departmental prefect or head of decentralised government services designated by the regional prefect or their representative;
For the Ile-de-France region, the Préfet de Police or his representative shall be added to these three representatives;
2° Nine members of the boards or councils of local health insurance bodies within its area of jurisdiction:
a) Five members of the boards of local health insurance bodies under the general scheme appointed by the national representatives of representative employee trade unions at national and cross-sectoral level;
b) Three members of the councils of the local health insurance bodies under the general scheme appointed by the national representatives of the employers' organisations representative at national and cross-industry level;
c) The president of the regional agricultural mutual benefit fund or the president of one of the funds located within the jurisdiction of the regional health agency, appointed by the regional association of agricultural mutual benefit funds or, failing that, jointly by the presidents of the agricultural mutual benefit funds within the agency's jurisdiction;
3° Four or five representatives of the local authorities within the agency's geographical area of jurisdiction, including :
a) One regional councillor appointed by the president of the regional council and, in Corsica, two councillors to the assembly of Corsica, appointed by this assembly;
b) Three departmental councillors for regions comprising nine to thirteen departments and two councillors for other regions, appointed by the Assemblée des départements de France and, in Corsica, one executive councillor, appointed by the President of the Executive Council;
c) The mayor of a commune or the president of a group of communes appointed by the Association of French Mayors;
4° Three representatives of associations representing patients, the elderly and the disabled, appointed by the college of the regional conference on health and autonomy, which brings together associations working in the areas covered by the regional health agency:
a) One representative of a patients' association working in the field of quality of care and patient management and approved at national or regional level pursuant to Article L. 1114-1 of this Code;
b) A representative of an association working for the disabled;
c) One representative of an association working for the elderly;
5° Four people qualified in the Agency's fields of competence, appointed by the Ministers of Health, Health Insurance, the Elderly and the Disabled.
II-A deputy is appointed for each full member mentioned in 2° of I under the same conditions as the full member, with the exception of :
1° The alternate for the full member in respect of the social security scheme for the self-employed, who is appointed by the president of the basic fund concerned or by the president of the national fund when several funds are located within the catchment area of the regional health agency;
2° The deputy of the full member in respect of the mutualité sociale agricole, who is, depending on the cases provided for in c of 2° of I of this article, either the first vice-president of the caisse concerned, or the first vice-president of one of the caisses located within the jurisdiction of the agency, appointed by the regional association of mutualité sociale agricole caisses.
Each full member mentioned in 3° and 4° of I has two alternates, who are appointed under the same conditions as the full member.
The alternate member replaces the full member if the latter is unable to sit. If a full member ceases to be a member of the Supervisory Board on which he or she sat, he or she is replaced by the alternate member until a new full member is appointed under the conditions set out in Article D. 1432-19.
III - The natural or legal persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of I of the present article, responsible for appointing full and alternate representatives, communicate their names to the ministers responsible for health, health insurance, the elderly and the disabled within a period of two months prior to the expiry of the terms of office.
IV - The following persons sit on the Supervisory Board in an advisory capacity:
1° Two staff representatives elected by their peers on the Agency Committee provided for in article L. 1432-10 of the Public Health Code; each staff representative has a deputy who is appointed under the same conditions as the staff representative and who may only sit if the full member is absent or unable to attend;
2° The Chief Executive Officer, who may be assisted by persons of his choice.
