#2025-74Law No. 2025-74 on Minimum Staff-to-Patient Ratios in Hospitals
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This law establishes minimum staff-to-patient ratios for various specialties and types of hospital care in France. It aims to improve the quality and safety of care by ensuring that enough healthcare providers are available based on the specific needs of the patient's care. Additionally, it outlines conditions for care activities that require special operational standards for receiving patients.
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Key Changes
- Establishment of minimum staff-to-patient ratios in hospitals.
- Requirements for special operational standards for certain care activities.
- Provision for administrative oversight by health authorities.
Obligations
What this law requires
Establish minimum staff-to-patient ratios for each specialty and type of hospital care activity, taking into account care burden, expressed per open bed or per number of visits for ambulatory activities
Define minimum staffing ratios by decree after consulting the Haute Autorité de santé (High Health Authority), with maximum validity period of five years
Submit the organization of care services regarding defined staffing ratios for approval to medical commissions and nursing, rehabilitation, and medico-technical care commissions
Notify the regional health agency director when a care unit cannot maintain required staffing ratios for more than three consecutive days
Implement minimum staffing ratios by decree by no later than December 31, 2024