French Public Health Code
In forceWhen a disciplinary chamber receives a complaint or application that it considers to fall within the jurisdiction of another disciplinary chamber, its chairman shall immediately forward the file to that chamber, in an order that is not reasoned, not subject to appeal and not res judicata.
However, it has the power to reject complaints or applications that are manifestly inadmissible and cannot be remedied in the course of proceedings, or to declare that there is no need to give a ruling.
The parties shall be notified without delay of the orders made pursuant to the two paragraphs above.
If the president of the chamber to which a case has been referred pursuant to the first paragraph considers that this court does not have jurisdiction, he shall immediately refer the case to the president of the national chamber, who shall settle the question of jurisdiction in the manner provided for in the first paragraph.
When a chamber to which a case has been referred pursuant to the first paragraph has not availed itself of the provisions of the preceding paragraph or when it has been declared competent by the president of the national chamber, its competence may no longer be called into question either by itself or by the parties, or ex officio by the judge of appeal or of cassation, unless it raises the lack of competence of the administrative court.
When the president of a chamber to which a case is referred finds that one of the members of the chamber is in question or considers that there is another objective reason to call into question the impartiality of the chamber, he or she will forward the case file, in the manner provided for in the first paragraph, to the president of the national chamber, who will assign the judgement to the chamber that he or she designates.
Procedural acts duly performed before the chamber first seised shall remain valid before the referring chamber, which is responsible for deciding the case.
