Subsection 3: Service obligations.

For a full-time practitioner, the working week is 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. Night work is counted as two half-days. When the practitioner works part-time, the hourly limit of his service obligations is defined, on the basis of forty-eight hours, in proportion to the half-days included in the contract.

When medical activity is organised on a continuous basis, the weekly service obligation of practitioners is, by way of derogation from the above paragraph, calculated in hours, on average over a period of four months, and may not exceed forty-eight hours.

When the practitioner works part-time, his weekly service obligation may not exceed a period defined, on the basis of forty-eight hours, in proportion to the half-days of weekly service obligation defined in the contract.

Attached practitioners whose contract provides for a work quota of at least five half-days may, on a voluntary basis, work additional time over and above their weekly service obligations, giving rise either to recuperation or to compensation, under the conditions laid down in this section. However, the number of additional periods worked and deducted over a period of four months may not result in an increase in the working time of the practitioner concerned of more than 40%.

By way of derogation from the provisions of the previous paragraph, in the event of service requirements, on an exceptional basis and for a limited period, a practitioner whose working time is less than five half-days may be asked to work additional periods of time.

Attached practitioners are entitled to a daily rest period of at least eleven consecutive hours per twenty-four hour period.

The practitioner is guaranteed a daily rest period after the end of the last journey made during an on-call period.

By way of derogation from the provisions of the previous paragraph, they may carry out a continuous period of work not exceeding twenty-four hours; in this case, they shall benefit, immediately at the end of this period, from a rest of an equivalent duration.

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.