A practitioner recognised by the medical committee as suffering from tuberculosis, mental illness, cancer, poliomyelitis or severe and acquired immunodeficiency and prevented from carrying out his duties is automatically placed on long-term leave by decision of the departmental prefect.
Long-term leave may not be granted for less than three months or more than six months. It may be renewed up to a total of five years. After this total period of leave, a practitioner who is unable to return to work is placed on long-term leave under the conditions set out in articles R. 6152-62, R. 6152-63 and R. 6152-65.
Practitioners placed on long-term leave are entitled to continue to receive their full emoluments for three years, and half their emoluments for two years.