Professional incompetence consists of a duly established inability on the part of the practitioner to carry out the work or assume the responsibilities associated with the duties of a contractual practitioner.
The person concerned shall be notified by any means capable of conferring a date certain of the opening of professional incompetence proceedings. He shall be given access to his file and shall be given the opportunity to present his observations orally and in writing and to be assisted by the defence counsel of his choice.
A contractual practitioner who demonstrates professional inadequacy shall be subject either to a change in the nature of his duties or to dismissal with compensation. These measures shall be decided by the director of the hospital after consulting the hospital’s medical committee.
If the hospital’s medical committee does not give its opinion within two months of being convened, the opinion of its chairman alone shall be required.
Reasons shall be given for any measures taken on the grounds of professional incompetence.