French Public Health Code
In forceSeeking assignment is the situation in which a hospital practitioner in active employment is placed, taking into account the requirements of the service, with the National Management Centre, either at his request or automatically, with a view to his professional adaptation or retraining or to promoting the reorganisation or restructuring of hospital structures.
When the request for placement on assignment is submitted by the practitioner, the director forwards it to the director general of the Centre national de gestion, together with his opinion and that of the chairman of the establishment's medical committee.
When the request for placement on assignment is presented in application of article L. 6143-7, the director of the establishment sends his request to the director general of the Centre national de gestion. This is accompanied by a proposal from the head of the division or, failing that, the head of the department, functional unit or other internal structure, as well as the opinion of the chairman of the establishment's medical committee.
When the request for a hospital practitioner to be placed on assignment is presented in application of the provisions of article L. 6131-5 by the director of the establishment or, in the event of failure to act, by the director general of the regional health agency, the latter shall refer the matter to the director general of the Centre national de gestion without the proposals and opinions mentioned in the third paragraph being required.
The placement of a hospital practitioner seeking an assignment is decided, after the opinion of the national status committee and for a maximum period of two years, by order of the director general of the National Management Centre, who exercises all the prerogatives of the appointing authority.
