Question 8037 — health professions

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Mr. Franck Riester draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the application of article 138 of Law No. 2004-806 relating to public health policy. In its current application, this law establishes the age limit for doctors and nurses in public health establishments at 72 years. However, during the examination of the 2017 PLFSS by Parliament, this age limit was relaxed by the adoption of an amendment which provided for the possibility of derogating from it under certain conditions. Thus adopted, this measure made it possible to retain within health establishments, at least temporarily, the high-level skills and expertise of certain practitioners who had become leaders in their field, and who wished to continue their activity. Inserted in article 85 of the 2017 social security financing law, the provisions of this amendment were, however, censored by the Constitutional Council in its decision no. 2016-742 of December 22, 2016, given the too indirect effect of this measure on the expenditure of the basic compulsory schemes or the organizations contributing to its financing. Particularly sensitive to the problem of medical desertification which mainly affects the French countryside (for example, 94% of the territory seine-et-marnais and 90% of the population of the department are now covered by the new zoning of the regional health agency), he would like to know the actions it intends to put in place in order to reintroduce this common sense measure into the public health code and thus make it possible to relieve numerous health establishments in the region.

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1. 4 January 2018

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