French Public Health Code
In forceI - When the Director General of the Regional Health Agency grants a healthcare activity authorisation to a private health cooperation grouping, the private health establishment resulting from the grouping continues to be governed by the rules governing health cooperation groupings and is required, in addition, to comply with the rules applicable to private health establishments.
II - When the Director General of the Regional Health Agency grants a healthcare activity authorisation to a public health cooperation grouping, the public health establishment resulting from the grouping replaces the latter in all its rights and obligations and sets up the bodies mentioned in article L. 6133-7. It is subject to the budgetary, financial and accounting rules defined by the provisions of Chapter V of Title IV of Book I of this Part. A director is appointed under the conditions set out in article L. 6143-7-2.
By way of derogation from article R. 6144-3, the establishment medical commission of this public health establishment includes, in addition to the members mentioned in this article, representatives of self-employed or salaried medical professionals from member health establishments or services, who carry out all or part of their activity within it. The distribution and number of seats on the commission are determined in accordance with article R. 6144-3-2.
The transformation of the accounting and budgetary rules of the public law health cooperation grouping into a public health establishment takes effect on 1st January of the year following the decision of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency mentioned in the first paragraph.
