title: The regional commission for medical accidents and nosocomial infections set up by French law.
abstract: The regional commission for conciliation and compensation for medical accidents, iatrogenic diseases and nosocomial infections (commission régionale de conciliation et d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, affections iatrogènes et infections nosocomiales, CRCI) offers victims of such events the possibility of obtaining compensation without recourse to legal proceedings. We suggest various points of view about this commission set up by the French law no. 2002-303 of 4 March 2002: the composition, role and competence of the CRCI; the place of the expert's report; the opinion pronounced by the CRCI and its outcome, the compensation of victims and, finally, interaction with other procedures.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Légale et de Droit de la Santé, Faculté de Médecine, 27, boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France. Christophe.BARTOLI@mail.ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Piercecchi-Marti
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Pelissier-Alicot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cianfarani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leonetti
mesh_terms: D035881:Compensation and Redress / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003428:Cross Infection; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D019300:Medical Errors