French Public Health Code
In forceThe associate practitioner may benefit from therapeutic part-time work allowing him to gradually return to his duties in the event of an improvement in his state of health, following a favourable opinion from the medical committee mentioned in article R. 6152-36, under the following conditions:
1° The associate practitioner may be authorised to work part-time on a therapeutic basis :
a) After long-term sick leave or long-term leave of absence, for a period of three months renewable up to a maximum of one year for each condition for which long-term sick leave or long-term leave of absence is granted;
b) After leave for an accident in the line of duty or a disease contracted in the line of duty, for a maximum period of six months, renewable once;
2° Therapeutic part-time work may be granted :
a) Either because resuming part-time work is recognised as being likely to improve the state of health of the person concerned;
b) or because the person concerned must undergo re-education or readaptation to his duties, compatible with his state of health;
3° Associate practitioners authorised to work part-time for therapeutic reasons receive the full emoluments provided for in 1° of article R. 6152-912.
An associate practitioner who is entitled to work part-time for therapeutic reasons may, at his request, be exempted from performing on-call duty, after receiving the opinion of the occupational physician.
