Section 1: Occupational physician.

The Labour Inspector conducts an adversarial investigation during which the occupational physician may, at his request, be assisted by a person of his choice from the staff of the occupational health and prevention service or from the company. The Labour Inspector takes his decision within a period of fifteen days, reduced to eight days in the event of a lay-off. This period runs from receipt of the reasoned request submitted…

The Labour Inspector’s decision is reasoned. It is notified by any means capable of giving it a date certain: 1° To the employer ; 2° To the company doctor; 3° In the case of an autonomous service, to the social and economic committee; 4° In the case of an inter-company service, to the board of directors and, depending on the case, either to the inter-company committee or to the control…

In the event of a partial transfer of the undertaking or establishment to which the occupational health physician belongs, only the provisions of articles R. 4623-21 and R. 4623-22 apply. The request for transfer authorisation provided for in article L. 4623-5-3 is sent to the labour inspector by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt fifteen days before the date set for the transfer.

The Minister may annul or reverse the decision of the Labour Inspector referred to in Article R. 4623-22 upon appeal by the employer or the occupational physician. This appeal is lodged within two months of notification of the inspector’s decision. Silence on this appeal for more than four months is deemed to be a rejection decision.