Associate practitioner status applies to practitioners who, with a view to practising the profession of doctor, odontologist or pharmacist in France, are required by this code or by other legislative or regulatory provisions to complete a skills consolidation programme or an adaptation period, as well as the practitioners mentioned in articles R. 4111-38 and R. 4221-14-6.
Associate practitioners perform preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic functions and, where appropriate, medical biology procedures. Holders of a diploma in pharmacy perform either the duties defined in articles L. 5126-1 et seq. or duties related to the speciality for which they are completing the skills consolidation programme or the adaptation period. Associate practitioners carry out their duties by delegation, under the direct responsibility of the practitioner in charge of the structure…
No person may be covered by the present statute : 1° If he does not enjoy his civic rights in the State of which he is a national ; 2° If he has been convicted of an offence incompatible with the performance of his duties. The absence of a conviction is attested by : a) For French nationals, an extract from bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record less than…
In order to complete their skills consolidation programme or their adaptation period, associate practitioners are assigned to a healthcare establishment by the director general of the Centre national de gestion des praticiens hospitaliers et des personnels de direction de la fonction publique hospitalière or by the director general of the regional health agency, as appropriate.
Associate practitioners may work in several establishments, within the “groupements hospitaliers de territoire” mentioned in article L. 6132-1 or to promote the development of the networking of health establishments mentioned in article 2 of the aforementioned law of 9 January 1986 and the cooperation actions mentioned in article L. 6134-1. An agreement concluded to this end between the establishments, with the agreement of the practitioner concerned and after a reasoned…
Associate practitioners are responsible to their establishment of assignment for management actions relating to remuneration, working time, leave and discipline. However, practitioners assigned to a university hospital centre but carrying out their consolidation of skills in another establishment or with an approved practitioner/university training supervisor come under the responsibility of the latter for these management acts, with the exception of discipline.
When an associate practitioner is assigned to a private health establishment or a private health establishment of collective interest to carry out his skills consolidation programme, he is made available to this establishment. This secondment is decided by the director of the university hospital centre to which the associate practitioner is attached, after signature of an agreement between the university hospital centre and the host establishment. A copy of the…
When the associate practitioner is assigned to work with a university-approved senior practitioner, an agreement is signed between the university hospital centre and the practitioner concerned. It sets out the duration of the assignment, the conditions of practice, the terms of remuneration of the associate practitioner and, where applicable, the terms of total or partial reimbursement to the registered practitioner training supervisor of the sums paid and the related charges…
Associate practitioners take part in the on-call duty of interns. They may also be called upon to collaborate in the continuity of care and pharmaceutical duty organised on site, in support of and under the responsibility of medical staff statutorily authorised to participate in the continuity of care and pharmaceutical duty. They are not authorised to act as replacements. Time spent on call and travelling during a period of on-call…
The weekly working hours for associate practitioners on a skills consolidation programme are set at ten half-days, but may not exceed forty-eight hours per week, averaged over a period of three months. Practitioners undergoing adaptation training may work part-time. However, the adaptation period may only be validated if the duties are performed for at least five half-days per week. These duties are taken into account on the basis of the…
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