Subsection 2: Appointment and terms of office of heads of department, heads of internal structure and heads of functional unit

In hospital centres and university hospital centres, the heads of department and the heads of internal structures or functional units of clinical or medico-technical activity clusters are appointed, after consultation with the head of the cluster, by joint decision of the director and the chairman of the establishment’s medical commission. When the head of department or the head of the internal structure or functional unit is an armed forces practitioner,…

In the interests of the service, the duties of head of department or head of internal structure or functional unit may be terminated by a joint decision of the director and the chairman of the establishment’s medical commission, after obtaining the opinion of the department head. This decision may, where appropriate, be taken on the basis of a proposal from the department head. Upon receipt of a proposal to this…

The time devoted to the duties of head of department is valued and counted as part of the service obligations of practitioners. The head of department receives training on taking up his duties, adapted to the exercise of high responsibilities. At his request, the head of department may also receive training at the end of his term of office, with a view to continuing his activity or resuming all his…