In application of article R. 6152-26, the length of the weekly shift is fixed, but may not exceed forty-eight hours per week, calculated as an average over a period of four months. When work is performed at night, this is counted as two half-days.
Where medical activity is organised on a continuous basis, the practitioner’s weekly service obligation is, by way of derogation from the first paragraph, calculated in hours, averaged over a period of four months, and may not exceed forty-eight hours.
Practitioners may, on a voluntary basis, work additional hours over and above their weekly service obligations, giving rise either to recuperation or to the payment of allowances for participation in the continuity of care and, where applicable, allowances for additional working hours.
They are entitled to a minimum daily rest period of eleven consecutive hours per twenty-four hour period.
The practitioner is guaranteed a daily rest period after the end of the last journey made during an on-call period.
By way of derogation from the provisions of the previous paragraph, in the event of service requirements, he may work a maximum continuous period of twenty-four hours. In this case, he/she will benefit, immediately at the end of this period, from rest of an equivalent duration.
The time spent on site and the time spent travelling during an on-call period constitute actual working time and are taken into account when allocating the daily rest period.