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Article R6152-352 of the French Public Health Code

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.

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Article R6152-352

Le praticien contractuel bénéficie d’un repos quotidien d’une durée minimale de onze heures consécutives par période de vingt-quatre heures.


Par dérogation aux dispositions de l’alinéa précédent, en cas de nécessité de service, il peut accomplir une durée de travail continue n’excédant pas vingt-quatre heures. Dans ce cas, il bénéficie, immédiatement à l’issue de cette période, d’un repos d’une durée équivalente.

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