French Public Health Code
In forceThe purpose of a groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens is to facilitate, develop or improve the activities of its members.
A groupement de coopération sanitaire de moyens may be set up to :
1° Organise or manage administrative, logistical, technical, medico-technical, teaching or research activities on behalf of its members;
2° Build or manage equipment of common interest; it may, where appropriate, hold the authorisation for the installation of heavy equipment referred to in article L. 6122-1 ;
3° To enable joint interventions by medical and non-medical professionals working in health establishments or centres, armed forces hospitals or other elements of the armed forces health service that are members of the grouping, as well as private practitioners who are members of the grouping;
4° To operate on a single site the authorisations held by one or more of its members, in accordance with articles L. 6122-1 et seq. In this case, the grouping's constituent agreement lays down the rules governing responsibility towards patients, liability towards patients and the archiving of medical data concerning patients. By way of derogation from article L. 6122-4 and article L. 162-21 of the Social Security Code, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may authorise the grouping to bill for care provided to patients on behalf of its members, under the conditions laid down in article L. 6133-8 . When the healthcare cooperation grouping is authorised to bill for care, it takes the place of the member establishments which no longer bill for care delivered under the authorisation for healthcare activity operated by the grouping. Healthcare establishments entrust information relating to the joint use of authorisations to the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire, which ensures that it is transmitted in accordance with the provisions of article L. 6113-8.
This grouping is non-profit-making.
