Chapter III: Students in medicine, dentistry, midwifery and pharmacy

Hospital medical students carry out the tasks assigned to them by the referring doctor or the practitioner in charge of the host unit, during outpatient visits and consultations, clinical, radiological and biological examinations, care and operations. They may perform routine medical procedures, are responsible for keeping observations and take part in on-call duties. During each of their placements, they take part in interviews relating to patients’ files and follow the…

The medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 must prove, before their first assignment, by means of one or more medical certificates sent to the director of the training and research unit to which they belong, that they meet the conditions required by the regulations in force relating to the compulsory immunisation of certain persons against certain diseases.

The hospital medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 may not be assigned to the same training unit more than twice. The total duration of the assignment is set by order of the ministers responsible for higher education, health and defence.

The hospital medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 are subject to the internal regulations of the establishment to which they are assigned, which specify in particular their obligations towards patients, medical staff and the hospital administration. They are required to carry out the tasks entrusted to them during their placement and to fulfil the obligations arising therefrom. The person in charge of the unit where the placement is taking…

The medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 are subject to the disciplinary system applicable to students. In the event of a breach of discipline committed by one of these students within the establishment to which they are assigned, the director of the establishment will inform the director of the training and research unit and, if the establishment in question is not the university hospital centre, the director general of…

As from their enrolment in the first year of the second cycle, the hospital medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 receive remuneration, the annual amount of which is set by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, higher education and health and revalued in line with changes in civil service salaries by order of the minister responsible for health. This remuneration is paid monthly after service has been…

The medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 receive, where applicable: 1° Allowances linked to on-call duty in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, higher education, health and defence; 2° A flat-rate transport allowance, when they complete a work placement outside the university hospital centre to which they are attached, if the work placement is located at a distance of more…

The university hospital centres to which they are attached, which are responsible for the remuneration of all the medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46, pay them a salary throughout their training, with the exception of the period of study abroad and the internship carried out as an intern, as provided for in the fourth and eighth paragraphs of article R. 6153-47 respectively.

The training periods mentioned in article R. 6153-47, with the exception of the period of study abroad and the training period carried out as an intern, carried out outside the university hospital centre to which they are attached, are organised by agreements concluded in accordance with the procedures laid down by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, higher education, health and, where applicable, defence.

The provisions of articles R. 6142-4 and R. 6142-30 do not apply to the agreements relating to the organisation of hospital placements provided for in article R. 6153-60. These agreements determine their period of application and the conditions for their revision. They are periodically evaluated by the signatory parties.