Subsection 3: Service obligations

The weekly working hours of full-time contractual practitioners are set at ten half-days per week, but may not exceed forty-eight hours per week, calculated as an average over a period of four months. When work is performed at night, it is counted as two half-days. The weekly service of practitioners recruited under the terms of 3° of article R. 6152-338 and working part-time may not be less than five half-days….

In order to ensure continuity of care, the organisation of medical, pharmaceutical and odontological working hours, based on the specific characteristics of the different structures, is decided annually by the Director of the establishment after consultation with the establishment’s medical committee. A nominative duty roster, drawn up on this basis, is approved on a monthly basis by the director after consultation with the head of the department, on the proposal…

The contractual practitioner may, on a voluntary basis, work additional time over and above his weekly service obligations, giving rise, at the practitioner’s choice, either to time off or to compensation.

Contractual practitioners are entitled to a minimum daily rest period of eleven consecutive hours per twenty-four hour period. By way of derogation from the provisions of the previous paragraph, in the event of service requirements, they may work a continuous period not exceeding twenty-four hours. In this case, the employee will be entitled to an equivalent amount of rest immediately after this period.

The time spent on site and the time spent travelling during an on-call period constitute actual working time and are taken into account when allocating the daily rest period.

Practitioners governed by this section participate in continuity of care or pharmaceutical duty with other practitioners in the establishment. To this end, the practitioners: 1° In facilities organised on a continuous basis, carry out day and night work under the conditions defined by the internal regulations and the duty roster; 2° In other facilities, carry out daily morning and afternoon work and, in addition, participate in continuity of care or…