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Article R6152-39 of the French Public Health Code

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.

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Article R6152-39

Un praticien reconnu atteint de tuberculose, de maladie mentale, d’affection cancéreuse, de poliomyélite ou de déficit immunitaire grave et acquis par le comité médical et empêché d’exercer ses fonctions est de droit mis en congé de longue durée par décision du préfet du département.

Le congé de longue durée ne peut être accordé pour une durée inférieure à trois mois ou supérieure à six mois. Il peut être renouvelé à concurrence d’un total de cinq années. Au-delà de ce total de congés, le praticien qui ne peut reprendre son service est mis en disponibilité dans les conditions fixées aux articles R. 6152-62, R. 6152-63 et R. 6152-65.

Le praticien placé en congé de longue durée a droit au maintien de la totalité de ses émoluments pendant trois ans, et de la moitié pendant deux ans.

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