French Public Health Code
In forceThe hospital duties performed by university professors-hospital practitioners cease at the end of the academic year during which they reach the age limit set for hospital practitioners.
However, university professors-hospital practitioners who benefit from an extension of their activity beyond the age mentioned in 1° of article L. 556-1 of the General Civil Service Code in accordance witharticle L. 952-10 of the Education Code may ask to continue, as consultants, hospital duties excluding those of head of department or internal structure.
Some of these hospital duties are carried out in one or more public health establishments other than the university hospital centres created in application of article L. 6142-1 of this code. It may also be carried out in one or more public social or medico-social establishments. When, due to the nature of his speciality, the consultant's hospital duties cannot be carried out in an establishment other than a hospital and university centre, he carries out an expert appraisal and advisory activity relating to the operation of establishments in the region or territory in which he practices. A decree sets the conditions for the implementation of this paragraph.
Applications and the nature of the assignments entrusted to consultants, whether inside or outside the institution, are examined by the president of the institution's medical commission, who issues a reasoned opinion on the appropriateness and content of the application. The status of consultant is laid down by decree.
