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Article R6152-343 of the French Public Health Code

The contract shall specify : 1° The educational qualifications and professional qualifications ; 2° The reason for recruitment, the nature of the duties performed and the practitioner’s service obligations expressed in half-days or in hours when the medical activity is organised on a continuous basis, in particular with regard to his or her participation in the continuity of care or on-site duty; 3° The unit or department to which the…

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Article R6152-344 of the French Public Health Code

Any change in the number of half-days, the location or the structures of the assignment provided for in the contract is made with the agreement of the person concerned and gives rise to the signature of an amendment to the initial contract, concluded in the same form as the latter.

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Article R6152-345 of the French Public Health Code

The trial period provided for in 4° of article R. 6152-343 enables the employing establishment to assess the practitioner’s skills and abilities. In the event of renewal of the contract to carry out the same duties, the trial period is not provided for. The initial duration of the trial period is set as follows: 1° It may not exceed one month if the initial duration of the contract is less…

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Article R6152-346 of the French Public Health Code

The period of notice in the event of resignation, dismissal, early termination or non-renewal of the contract is set at : 1° One month for contracts of six months or less; 2° Two months for contracts of two years or less; 3° Three months in all other cases. Service completed on a discontinuous basis is taken into account for the calculation of this period, provided that the length of the…

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Article R6152-347 of the French Public Health Code

A hospital career commitment agreement may be concluded, after obtaining the opinion of the chairman of the establishment’s medical commission and the head of the division, on a proposal from the head of the department or, failing that, the head of the functional unit or another internal structure, between the director of a public health establishment and a contractual practitioner if the latter is recruited for a position in a…

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Article R6152-348 of the French Public Health Code

A contractual practitioner may only hold several non-full-time posts within the establishments mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 6152-334 if the resulting total length of service does not exceed that of a full-time practitioner, excluding recourse to additional working time, in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 6152-349 and R. 6152-351.

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Article R6152-349 of the French Public Health Code

The weekly working hours of full-time contractual practitioners are set at ten half-days per week, but may not exceed forty-eight hours per week, calculated as an average over a period of four months. When work is performed at night, it is counted as two half-days. The weekly service of practitioners recruited under the terms of 3° of article R. 6152-338 and working part-time may not be less than five half-days….

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Article R6152-350 of the French Public Health Code

In order to ensure continuity of care, the organisation of medical, pharmaceutical and odontological working hours, based on the specific characteristics of the different structures, is decided annually by the Director of the establishment after consultation with the establishment’s medical committee. A nominative duty roster, drawn up on this basis, is approved on a monthly basis by the director after consultation with the head of the department, on the proposal…

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Article R6152-352 of the French Public Health Code

Contractual practitioners are entitled to a minimum daily rest period of eleven consecutive hours per twenty-four hour period. By way of derogation from the provisions of the previous paragraph, in the event of service requirements, they may work a continuous period not exceeding twenty-four hours. In this case, the employee will be entitled to an equivalent amount of rest immediately after this period.

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