Title I: Practice of the medical professions

The suspension decision issued pursuant to article L. 4113-14 is notified to the doctor, dental surgeon or midwife by the competent administrative authority by hand-delivered letter against a receipt. The decision shall specify the date on which the hearing of the person concerned provided for in the same article is to take place. The decision shall state the reasons on which it is based. The suspension measure is automatically terminated…

The doctor, dental surgeon or midwife whose right to practise is suspended pursuant to article L. 4113-14 may be assisted, when he is heard by the administrative authority that imposed the suspension, by one or more persons of his choice.

When the doctor, dental surgeon or midwife suspended pursuant to article L. 4113-14 works in one or more health establishments, the administrative authority which pronounced the suspension shall immediately inform of its decision the person legally responsible for the establishment or establishments where the person concerned works and, in the case of public sector employees, the appointing authority where this is different from the person legally responsible.

Where the doctor, dental surgeon or midwife suspended in application of article L. 4113-14 is a civil servant, the hierarchical authority shall maintain his salary, residence allowance, family salary supplement and compulsory family benefits and, where he is not a civil servant, his monthly emoluments. When the doctor, dental surgeon or midwife suspended in application of article L. 4113-14 is an employee subject to the Labour Code, the employer will…