Article 353-A Federal Labor Law

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following is understood as:

I.Resident Physician: The professional of medicine with a degree legally issued and registered before the competent authorities, who enters a Medical Unit Receiving Residents, to complete a residency.

II.Medical Unit Receiving Residents: The hospital establishment in which residencies may be completed, which for the purposes of the General Health Law (Ley General de Salud) requires the specialization of the professionals of medicine; and

III.Residency: The set of activities that a Resident Physician must complete in a training period; to carry out postgraduate studies and practices, with respect to the health discipline to which they intend to dedicate themselves, within a Medical Unit Receiving Residents, during the time and in accordance with the requirements set by the respective academic provisions.