A hospital assistant suffering from tuberculosis, mental illness, cancer, severe and acquired immunodeficiency or poliomyelitis and unable to carry out his duties is entitled, after receiving the opinion of the medical committee mentioned in article R. 6152-36, to long-term leave for a maximum of twenty-four months per illness for periods not exceeding six months.
In this position, he receives his full emoluments.
If, at the end of this leave, he/she is unable to resume his/her activities, he/she will be granted, at his/her request, unpaid leave related to his/her state of health for a maximum period of eighteen months.
On expiry of the entitlement to long-term leave or unpaid leave for health reasons, the medical committee shall decide whether the person concerned is fit to perform his duties.