Subsection 12: Associate practitioners.

Practitioners who do not meet the conditions indicated in 1° and 2° of article R. 6152-602, but who have completed their medical, odontological or pharmaceutical studies and who, in addition, meet the diploma, qualification and training conditions laid down by joint order of the ministers responsible for health and higher education, may be recruited as associate practitioners. Associate practitioners take part in the activities of the public health establishment under…

Articles R. 6152-601, with the exception of the second paragraph, R. 6152-602, with the exception of 1° and 2°, R. 6152-603 to R. 6152-611, R. 6152-612, with the exception of 2°, and R. 6152-613 to R. 6152-630-9 are applicable to associate practitioners. A decree sets the list of allowances mentioned in 2° of article R. 6152-612 from which associate practitioners benefit.

The allowances available to associate practitioners are as follows: 1° Hardship allowances corresponding to the time worked, within the framework of weekly service obligations, at night, on Saturday afternoons, Sundays and public holidays; 2° Flat-rate allowances for any additional time worked, on a voluntary basis, over and above the weekly service obligations. The allowances mentioned in 2° above are paid when, according to the practitioner’s choice, the working time is…

Associate practitioners may claim the title of consultant associate practitioner from their eighth year of consecutive service in the same establishment as an associate practitioner and, for practitioners who have benefited from the provisions of article 33 of decree no. 2003-769 of 1st August 2003, as an associate practitioner. Each year, the director of the establishment draws up a list of associate practitioners who meet the conditions for the title…

The following may also be recruited as associate practitioners, without the conditions of diploma, qualification and training mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 6152-632 being imposed on them: 1° Candidates for authorisation to practise the profession of doctor, dental surgeon or pharmacist as defined in I of article L. 4111-2 and article L. 4221-12, who have passed the knowledge verification tests, in order to carry out the duties…