New forensic doctors 2026: assigned destinations after PJC/94/2024 civil service exams

Key data

The new forensic doctors who passed the civil service exams called by Order PJC/94/2024, of January 31, now know their final destination. The General Secretariat of Judicial Services of the Ministry of Justice, Local Administration and Civil Service has formalized through a resolution of April 21, 2026 —published in the Official Gazette on May 5, 2026— the assignment of positions in specific courts and forensic medicine institutes.

This resolution is not a minor formality: it is the administrative act that closes the process of entry into the corps and activates all the rights and obligations of the civil service career. For the receiving judicial bodies, it means the arrival of new personnel specialized in forensic medical expertise that strengthens the technical capacity of the administration of justice.

What does this regulation establish?

The resolution formalizes the assignment of destinations to civil servants of the Forensic Doctors Corps who passed the selection process of Order PJC/94/2024. Each professional receives assignment to a specific court or forensic medicine institute where they will provide their services.

The key legal and administrative elements it establishes are as follows:

• Status as career civil servant: Those affected acquire from the date of the resolution (April 21, 2026) the full status of career civil servants, with all the rights and obligations inherent to the corps.
• Territorial assignment: The assigned destination determines the court or forensic medicine institute where each forensic doctor will provide their services. This assignment directly conditions the civil servant's future mobility.
• Calculation of seniority: The time in the position begins to count from taking office, which has direct implications for the minimum periods to request voluntary transfers or future merit competitions.
• Administrative appeal: The act is appealable within the timeframes and procedures established by current civil service regulations. Those affected who disagree with their assigned destination must act within the legal timeframes from the publication of May 5, 2026.

The resolution culminates the process initiated with the call of the Order PJC/94/2024, closing the complete cycle from the call to effective incorporation into the position.

Economic and operational impact

For the new civil servants, the resolution immediately activates access to the compensation of the Forensic Doctors Corps: base salary, position supplement and specific supplement corresponding to their position level. The calculation of three-year periods and seniority begins from taking office in the assigned destination.

For the receiving judicial bodies, the operational impact is significant:

• Incorporation of personnel specialized in forensic medical expertise that strengthens the capacity to respond to judicial proceedings requiring forensic reports.
• Need for administrative management of taking office: payroll registration, assignment of material resources and accreditation of access to judicial systems.
• Redistribution of workload in forensic medicine institutes and courts that receive new incorporations.

The territorial assignment set in this resolution also has an indirect impact on the personal and family planning of the new civil servants, as it determines the place of habitual residence and the possibilities of mobility in the short and medium term within the corps.

Who does it affect?

• Approved candidates from the Forensic Doctors Corps in the selection process called by Order PJC/94/2024: they receive final destination and acquire the status of career civil servants.
• Receiving courts designated in the resolution: must manage the administrative and operational incorporation of the new professionals.
• Forensic Medicine Institutes assigned as destination: incorporate new personnel specialized in forensic medical expertise.
• Human Resources departments of the regional justice ministries involved: must process registrations, payroll and taking of office.
• Non-selected candidates or on waiting lists from the same call: the resolution closes the process and defines the final status of the entry ranking.

Practical example

A forensic doctor who has passed the civil service exams of the PJC/94/2024 call receives through this resolution their destination at a forensic medicine institute in a city different from their usual place of residence.

From April 21, 2026, the date of the resolution, their calculation of seniority in that specific destination begins. If the applicable civil service regulations require a minimum of two years in the first position before being able to participate in transfer competitions, they will not be able to request a position change until, at the earliest, April 2028.

If they consider that the assigned destination does not comply with the criteria established in the call or in the assignment process, they have the administrative appeal periods that run from the publication in the Official Gazette of May 5, 2026. After that period without appeal, the destination becomes final and can only be modified through the ordinary mobility channels of the corps.

What should those affected do now?

1. Verify the assigned destination in the full text of the resolution published in the Official Gazette on May 5, 2026, accessible from the official source.
2. Review the appeal periods if there is disagreement with the assigned destination. The periods run from the official publication and failure to comply leaves the administrative act final.
3. Process taking office at the assigned court or forensic medicine institute within the period established by civil service regulations, to avoid incurring tacit renunciation of the destination.
4. Receiving judicial bodies: initiate procedures for payroll registration, assignment of resources and accreditation of access to judicial systems for the new professionals.
5. Register the date of taking office as the starting point for calculating seniority in the position, relevant for future transfer competitions and internal promotion.