Section 6: Status of attached practitioners

In order to ensure continuity of care, the organisation of medical, pharmaceutical and odontological attendance time, based on the specific characteristics of the various structures, is decided annually by the Director of the establishment after consultation with the establishment medical committee or, where applicable, the local establishment medical committee. A nominative duty roster, drawn up on this basis, is drawn up monthly by the director on the proposal of the…

For a full-time practitioner, the working week is 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. Night work is counted as two half-days. When the practitioner works part-time, the hourly limit of his service obligations is defined, on the basis of forty-eight hours, in proportion to the half-days included in the contract. When medical…

Practitioners governed by this section participate in continuity of care or pharmaceutical duty with other practitioners in the establishment, subject to the provisions of article R. 6152-632. In this respect, practitioners attached, in particular : 1° In facilities organised on a continuous basis, work day and night shifts under the conditions defined by the internal regulations and the duty roster; 2° In other structures, they are responsible for daily morning…

Attached practitioners maintain and improve their knowledge. Their continuing professional development is organised by the plan mentioned in 8° of article R. 6144-1 and within the framework of the territorial policy mentioned in 5° of II of article R. 6132-10-1.