A contract practitioner may only be recruited in the following cases and under the following conditions:
1° To ensure the replacement of a practitioner during an absence or in the event of a temporary increase in activity; the contract is concluded for an initial period of six months maximum; it is renewable for a maximum period of six months without the total period of exercise of these functions within the same establishment exceeding two years;
2° In the event of particular difficulties in recruitment or exercise for an activity necessary for the supply of care in the territory; the contract is concluded for an initial period of a maximum of three years, without the total period of exercise of these functions within the same establishment exceeding six years;
3° Pending registration on the list of suitable candidates for the national competition for hospital practitioners in public health establishments; the contract is concluded for a maximum period of three years;
4° To complete the establishment’s range of healthcare services with the help of community medicine and private health establishments of collective interest and private establishments mentioned in article L. 6111-1; the contract is concluded for a maximum period of three years; it is renewable by express decision for a maximum period of six years; at the end of one or more contracts concluded for a cumulative period of three years, the contract may be renewed for an indefinite period; after a cumulative period of six years in the same job in the same establishment, the contract is renewed for an indefinite period.