French Public Health Code
In forceThe weekly working hours for associate practitioners on a skills consolidation programme are set at ten half-days, but may not exceed forty-eight hours per week, averaged over a period of three months.
Practitioners undergoing adaptation training may work part-time. However, the adaptation period may only be validated if the duties are performed for at least five half-days per week. These duties are taken into account on the basis of the fraction of full time worked.
Night work is counted as two half-days.
When medical activity is organised on a continuous basis, the weekly service obligation of practitioners is, by way of derogation, calculated in hours, on average over a period of three months, and may not exceed forty-eight hours per week.
Associate practitioners assigned to a university hospital centre may, as part of their service obligations and taking into account teaching requirements, take part in training sessions within the training and research unit of the university hospital centre to which they are assigned.
Associate practitioners 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 set out in this section. However, the number of additional periods worked and deducted over a period of three months may not lead to an increase in the working time of the practitioner concerned of more than 30%.
Associate practitioners are entitled to a minimum daily rest period of eleven consecutive hours per twenty-four hour period. However, in the event of operational requirements, they may work continuously for longer periods, provided that these do not exceed twenty-four hours; in this case, they are entitled to an equivalent amount of rest immediately following this period. If interns are on call, they are guaranteed a daily rest period after the last journey made during the on-call period.
