The practitioner’s application to be placed on leave or to have his leave renewed must be submitted to the director of the establishment to which he is assigned two months before the date on which the leave is due to begin.
Placement on leave and its renewal are decided by order of the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion and, except in the cases mentioned in I of article R. 6152-64, after obtaining the opinion of the head of the department, the head of the service, the chairman of the establishment’s medical commission and the director of the establishment in which the person concerned is working for the initial application and the first renewal thereof. These opinions are not required for subsequent renewals.