French Public Health Code
In forceI. - The committee is composed as follows
1° The legal representative of the establishment or the person appointed for this purpose ;
2° Two mediators and their alternates, appointed by the legal representative of the establishment under the conditions set out in article R. 1112-82 ;
3° Two user representatives and their alternates, appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency under the conditions provided for inArticle R. 1112-83 .
The establishment's internal regulations may add to the composition of the commission under the conditions set out in II to VI below.
II. - In public health establishments, other than Assistance publique-hopitaux de Paris, the committee may also include one or more of the following members:
1° The chairman of the establishment's medical commission or the representative he appoints from among the doctors who are members of this commission;
2° A representative of the nursing, re-education and medico-technical care commission and his alternate, appointed by the director of nursing, re-education and medico-technical care from among the members mentioned in b of article R. 714-62-2 ;
3° A staff representative and alternate, chosen by the members of the establishment's technical committee from among its members;
4° A representative of the supervisory board and his/her alternate, chosen by and from among the representatives of local authorities and qualified personalities.
III. - The Director General of Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris shall set up a Users' Commission in the hospitals making up the hospital groupings and in the hospitals not forming part of a hospital grouping. It organises coordination within the same groups. The establishment's internal regulations organise its operation with reference to the provisions of sub-section 3, as well as the procedures by which the representatives of the local representative bodies mentioned in articles R. 6147-6 et seq. participate.
IV. - In private health establishments, the committee may also include one or more of the following members:
1° The chairman of the medical committee or medical conference or the representative he appoints from among the doctors who are members of this committee or conference;
2° A representative of the nursing staff and his/her alternate, appointed by the legal representative of the establishment;
3° A representative of the Supervisory Board or the collegiate body that takes its place and his/her alternate, chosen by and from among the members who do not represent professionals or users.
V. - (Repealed).
VI. - In health cooperation groups authorised to carry out the tasks of a health establishment, the committee may also include one or more of the following members:
1° A doctor and his deputy, chosen by and from among the doctors who are members of the establishment medical commissions, medical commissions and medical conferences of the health establishments that are members of the group;
2° A representative of the nursing or care assistant staff and his/her alternate, appointed by the legal representative of the establishment;
3° A representative of the grouping's general meeting and his/her alternate, chosen from among its members by the members of the meeting.
