Section 1: Status of hospital practitioners

Subject to the age limit extension rights applicable to them under the provisions of article 46 of law no. 87-588 of 30 July 1987 on various social measures, the age limit for practitioners governed by the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this chapter is set at sixty-seven years for practitioners born on or after 1 January 1955. As a transitional measure, the age limit applicable to these practitioners…

Hospital practitioners governed by sections 1 and 2 who wish to extend their period of service must submit a request to the director general of the Centre national de gestion and at the same time to the director of the establishment, at least six months before the date on which they reach the age limit. The request shall specify the establishment in which they wish to continue working. The extension…

The extension of activity is renewed by tacit agreement, subject to the production by the person concerned of a medical certificate of physical and mental fitness drawn up by an approved doctor. This certificate shall be sent to the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion and at the same time to the Director of the establishment to which the person is assigned, at least three months before the…

The practitioner shall inform the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion and the Director of the establishment to which he is appointed of his intention not to continue working at the end of the current period, at least three months before it expires.

In the event of non-renewal which is not at the practitioner’s initiative, the decision is taken after a reasoned opinion from the head of the department or, failing that, the head of the internal structure to which the practitioner is assigned and the chairman of the establishment’s medical committee. The director of the establishment sends these opinions to the director general of the Centre national de gestion, together with his…