Medical practice

Rights of physicians

The rights of physicians are subject to different texts of legislation, depending on the type of exercise.These texts include ,  right of association, wages, employment contracts, working conditions, health and safety, regulatoring professional institutions.

  • Private physicians

Law No. 92/007 of 14 August 1992 on the Labour Code in Cameroon (in french, Code du Travail au Cameroun )

  • Contract physicians  of the first class hospitals and other public health facilities

They are subject to the national collective agreement (in french, Convention collective nationale ), signed by ;

The Yaounde General Hospital
The Douala General Hospital
The Yaoundé Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital
The Yaoundé University Hospital 
The Pasteur Centre of Cameroon
The National Central Supply of Medicines
The National Control Laboratory of Drug Quality

  • Civil servant physicians

              Decree No. 94/199 of 7 October 1994 on the general status of the Civil Service of the State amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2000/287 of 12 October 2000 (in french , Chapitre II, section 1 du Décret n° 94/199 du 07 octobre 1994  portant statut général de le Fonction Publique de l’État modifié et complété par le décret n ° 2000/287 du 12 octobre 2000).

Decree No. 2000/692/PM of 13 September 2000 to lay down conditions for the enjoyment of the right to health of civil servants (in french , Décret n° 2000/692/PM du 13 Septembre 2000 fixant les modalités d’exercice du droit à la santé du fonctionnaire)

Médical Doctors of Public Health administration
Decree n ° 2001/145 of 3 July 2001 on the special status of servants in Public Health administration (in french, Titre X, Chapitre I du Décret n°2001/145 du 3 juillet 2001 portant statut particulier des fonctionnaires des corps de la Santé Publique).

– Medical Doctors of the military administration
General status of the military;

Medical Doctors  of the police
Special status of national security;

 

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For your information, attached :
o Administrative procedures at the Ministry of Public Service (in french, Procédures administratives de gestion des ressources humaines de l’État)
o Administrative procedures at the public health ministry (in french, Procédures administratives de gestion des ressources humaines du Ministère de la Santé Publique)

 

 

Author

Ngounou Nzietchueng Caline