Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

In the event that a position in an approved structure likely to be offered to an intern or resident has not been offered to interns or residents, or if it has not been chosen, the director of the health establishment may, on the proposal of the head of the department or, failing this, the head of the service, of the functional unit or any other internal structure concerned, decide to…

The following may be appointed as interns: 1° Doctors or pharmacists who hold a doctor of medicine or pharmacy diploma allowing them to practise in the country in which they obtained their diploma or country of origin and who are studying in France with a view to preparing for certain diplomas, the list of which is set by order of the ministers responsible for higher education and health; 2° Medical…

At the end of the selection process and where there are still vacancies for interns or residents, students in the third cycle of medical and pharmacy studies and former residents who have just completed their course may, at their request, complete an additional semester, which may be renewable once, with the agreement of the director of the establishment and after receiving the opinion of the practitioner responsible for the internship.

The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article R. 6153-2 and those of articles R. 6153-3 to R. 6153-7, R. 6153-12 to R. 6153-19 and R. 6153-21 to R. 6153-24 apply to students acting as interns and former residents who complete one or two additional semesters in public health establishments. The provisions of articles R. 6153-29 to R. 6153-40 apply to students acting as interns mentioned in 1°…