A senior civil servant suffering from a duly diagnosed illness which makes it impossible for him/her to carry out his/her duties, which necessitates costly and prolonged treatment and care and which is on the list drawn up in application ofarticle 28 of decree no. 86-442 of 14 March 1986 relating to the appointment of approved doctors, the organisation of medical committees and reform boards, the conditions of physical fitness for admission to public employment and the sick leave scheme for civil servants is entitled to long-term sick leave for a maximum period of three years. Practitioners on attaché status who spend more than three half-days on such leave shall retain their full emoluments for one year and half their emoluments for the following two years.
A practitioner attached who has been granted long-term sick leave may not be granted further leave of this nature if he has not previously resumed the performance of his duties for one year.
The granting of long-term sick leave to an associate practitioner or associate practitioner may not have the effect of extending the duration of the current contract.
In all other cases, if, on expiry of his long-term sick leave entitlement, the practitioner is not recognised by the medical committee as fit to resume his duties, his contract lapses.