- DENOMINATION AND DOMICILE
- The International Union for Physical and Engineering
Sciences in Medicine,
hereinafter called "IUPESM", is an international non-governmental
and
non-profit making scientific organization.
- The legal domicile of IUPESM is Ottawa, Canada.
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- OBJECTIVES
- The principal objectives of IUPESM are:
- (a)
- to contribute to the advancement of physical
and engineering science
in medicine for the benefit and wellbeing of humanity;
- (b)
- to organize international cooperation
and promote communication
among those engaged in health-care science and technology;
- (c)
- to coordinate activities of mutual interest
to engineering and physical
science within the health care field, including international
and regional
scientific conferences, seminars, working groups, regional
support
programs and scientific and technical publications;
- (d)
- to represent the professional interests
and views of engineers and
physical scientists in the health-care community.
- In order to further the attainment of these
objectives, IUPESM shall be
empowered to:
- (a)
- collaborate with the other international
scientific and professional bodies;
- (b)
- establish committees, commissions, working
groups and other bodies
for purposes within its mandate;
- (c)
- organize and coordinate international
meetings or conferences for the
constituent organizations within the IUPESM, including the
triennial
World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering;
- (d)
- represent the IUPESM Members in the International
Council of
Scientific Unions, in accordance with the statutes of ICSU;
- (e)
- disseminate, promote and/or develop standards
of practice in the fields
of medical physics and biomedical engineering in order to
enhance the
quality of health care worldwide;
- (f)
- assist Developing Countries to achieve
appropriate levels of science
and technology in medical physics and biomedical engineering;
- (g)
- provide suitable channels for the exchange
of information between nations.
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- MEMBERSHIP
- Members may adhere to IUPESM in one of the
following categories:
- (a)
- constituent organizations,
- (b)
- national members, and
- (c)
- affiliates
- Constituent Organizations: shall be international
non- governmental organizations
which fully adhere to all the tenets of the IUPESM and fully
support all its
endeavors.
- The founding Constituent Organizations
of the IUPESM are the
International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering
and the
International Organization for Medical Physics.
- National Members: Any country having adherence
with any of the Constituent
Organizations.
- A National Member shall be the designated
representative of a scientific
academy, research council, scientific institution or an
association of such
institutions. The designated representatives shall represent
the fields of
physical and engineering sciences in medicine in that particular
country.
- Affiliates: Affiliates may adhere to IUPESM
in the following categories:
- (a)
- associations
- (b)
- corporations
- Affiliate Associations shall be scientific,
non-governmental associations
having activities in the field of physical and engineering
sciences in medicine.
- Affiliate Corporations shall be companies
with an interest in medical physics
or biomedical engineering.
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- GOVERNING BODIES
- The governing bodies of the IUPESM shall be:
- (a)
- The General Assembly
- (b)
- The IUPESM Council
- The composition and function of these bodies
are defined in Sections 5 and 6 below.
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- GENERAL ASSEMBLY
- The General Assembly, to which the IUPESM
Council is responsible, consists
of the representatives of the Constituent Organizations, the
National Members,
and representatives of the affiliates.
- The General Assembly is the highest authority
of IUPESM and shall determine
its general policy.
- The functions of the General Assembly shall
be:
- (a)
- to provide guidance for the administration
of the IUPESM;
- (b)
- to review, accept or reject recommendations
of the Council;
- (c)
- to elect Officers and Ordinary Members
of IUPESM Council;
- (d)
- to amend the Statutes and Bylaw of the
IUPESM;
- (e)
- to approve the audited accounts of the
IUPESM;
- (f)
- to ratify the creation or dissolution
of Standing Committees, Special
Committees, Commissions and other appropriate bodies recommended
by the IUPESM Council;
- (g)
- to approve applications for membership;
- (h)
- to expel any member or associate of IUPESM
which has failed to fulfil its
obligation;
- (i)
- to deal with any other item that may be
referred to it.
- Sessions of the General Assembly and voting
procedures used by the delegates
shall be as designated in the Bylaws.
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- ADMINISTRATION
- The activities of the IUPESM shall be administered
by a Council which shall
consist of:
- (a)
- the Officers as specified in Bylaw (3.1),
and
- (b)
- Ordinary Members as specified in the Bylaws
(4.5.1)
- Each Officer and Ordinary Member of Council
shall have one vote with the
exception of the President who shall only vote in the event
of a tie.
- The Council shall be empowered to act on behalf
of the IUPESM but shall
be responsible to the General Assembly for its actions.
- The Council conducts the business of the IUPESM
between sessions of the
General Assembly. The business of the Council may be conducted
at meetings
or by correspondence.
- The Council may establish or dissolve Committees,
etc., and appoint Chairmen
and Members to them. This should be ratified at the next General
Assembly Meeting.
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- FINANCE
- The funds of the IUPESM are obtained from:
- (a)
- the dues of its Members according to the
Bylaws
- (b)
- subventions, donations, levies and legacies
accepted by the Council on
behalf of IUPESM, and
- (c)
- revenue from investment
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- CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
- No Officer or Ordinary Member of Council shall
bear individual responsibility
for the Corporate debts and liabilities of the IUPESM or any
of its Commissions
or Committees.
- RESIGNATION OR EXPULSION
- A Constituent Organization, National Member,
or Affiliate member wishing to
withdraw from the IUPESM must give three months' notice to the
Secretary-General.
- The General Assembly may, with the approval
of at least two- thirds of those
voting, expel a Constituent Organization, National Member, or
Affiliate member
for failure to fulfil its obligations. Voting may be by mail
ballot or at a General
Assembly meeting, and a quorum must be achieved.
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- DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION
- If it is proposed to dissolve the IUPESM,
the Secretary- General of each
Constituent Organization, the National Members and Affiliates
must be notified
at least six months before a decisive vote is to be taken.
- A two-thirds majority of those voting is required,
either by mail ballot or at a
General Assembly meeting.
- In the event that the Union is dissolved the
assets of the Union shall revert to the
Constituent Organizations, National Members and Affiliates in
proportion to their
support of the Union over the previous two years.
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- AMENDMENT OF STATUTES
- Proposed amendments shall be circulated to
the General Assembly delegates at
least four months before a vote, and shall require approval
by two-thirds of those
voting. Voting may be my mail ballot or at a General Assembly
meeting, and a
quorum must be achieved.
Approved by General Assembly mailballoted July 15, 1992
Published by:
The International Union for Physical and Engineering Sciences in
Medicine
Secretary General
Heikki Terio, Ph.D.,
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Karolinska University Hospital
Huddinge
SE-141 86 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel: +46-8-585 808 52
Fax: +46-8-585 862 90
e-mail: heikki.terio @ karolinska.se
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