#SFHP2616183AApproval of changes to the internal rules of the High Council for Public Health
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This order updates the internal operating rules of France’s High Council for Public Health. The changes mainly adjust how the council records meetings, validates opinions, manages urgent requests, communicates publicly, and organizes working groups. The practical impact is limited and mostly internal. It affects HCSP members, its leadership, working groups, and public bodies that request or use its opinions, rather than businesses or the general public directly.
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Key Changes
- Updates internal wording and terminology in the HCSP rules, including references to the current mandate and validation of opinions.
- Adds or clarifies procedures for urgent requests, meeting minutes, temporary leadership if both president and vice-president are unavailable, and replacement of resigning qualified members.
- Adjusts rules on public communication and working group organization, including references to social media and permanent working groups.
Obligations
What this law requires
Meeting minutes of HCSP meetings must state the names and capacities of members present, the questions addressed during the session, and the outcome or direction of each deliberation.
Qualified members of the HCSP college may request information from commissioning bodies on how HCSP work was taken into account in the decision-making process.
The bureau of the HCSP college must issue an opinion on candidates proposed to replace qualified members who have resigned.
If both the HCSP president and vice-president are definitively and simultaneously unable to serve, the oldest member of the college bureau who accepts the mandate must temporarily assume the HCSP presidency until new elections are organized.
The HCSP secretary general, jointly with the HCSP president and the presidents of the relevant specialized commissions, must handle the relevant procedure formerly assigned to the college bureau under point 12(a).