Family solidarity leave is granted under the conditions set out in articles L. 3142-6 to L. 3142-15 of the French Labour Code and in the regulatory provisions adopted for their application to an associate practitioner whose ascendant, descendant, brother, sister or a person sharing the same home is suffering from a life-threatening illness or is in the advanced or terminal stages of a serious and incurable illness, whatever the cause. This leave cannot be deducted from annual leave.