Art. 1:
A Federation was founded named: Arab Hospitals Federation.
It is non-political and non-profit Federation.
Art. 2: Goals of the Federation:
a. Improve cooperation within Arab hospitals, medical and
health institutions members in this federation, in different
technical and scientific fields.
b. Cooperate with Arab and International associations to develop
training programs for employees in these institutions in order
to get on a later stage the Arab Hospital’s Board in
collaboration with the specialized parties.
c. Benefit from the human and technological resources through
experience exchange among the members.
d. Establish research centers to improve the scientific and
administrative competence in member hospitals.
e. Cooperate with specialized parties in order to set a common
basis for a standardized system of hospitalization and to
work for its improvement in cooperation with all member institutions,
in addition to setting basis for Hospitals Accreditation System.
f. Issue specialized medical – health magazine dedicated
to health awareness for all units and components of Arab Societies.
These goals are executed according to laws and regulations
in force.
Art.
3:
The financial resources are:
Members subscription
Governmental aids
Donations and grants
The money of the federation is spent to achieve its goals.
Art. 4:
The Federation is formed of two Assemblies: General Assembly
and Administrative Board. The Administrative Board represents
the Federation and manages its functions according to the
laws and regulations in force.
Art.
5:
The bylaws of the Federation can include the designation of
committees and special assemblies, their names, obligations,
the way of selection or nomination of these committee members.
Art.
6: Subscription
Any party desiring to be member in the Federation should be:
1. Hospital or medical center or health center, organizations
involved in the medical field that are officially authorized.
Members should be represented by the Chairman of the Board
or any person delegated by the Board according to a special
decision.
2. The representative should be enjoying his full civil rights
and not condemned by any crime or scandalous misdemeanor.
3. The representative should accept, on behalf of the institution,
the statute and work for achieving its goals.
Art. 7:
Any person fulfilling the requirements of membership shall
present a request declaring his wishes to be member in the
Federation along with a juridical record and a copy of his
identity card.
The Administrative Board would study, during an official meeting,
the request along with the attached documents and take the
suitable decision by majority.
Art. 8:
The General Assembly is formed of all the
members of the Federation. Its authorities and obligations
are detailed in the bylaws.
The General Assembly holds its meetings, as well as Board
of Directors, in the Federation’s country of establishment
or in any other Arab country, according to the decision of
the Board. The sessions during which the elections are conducted
should be held in the Federation’s country of establishment
or in any place of one of the members.
The right of voting is given only to members who had settled
their contributions two months before the election’s
date.
Art. 9:
The Administrative Board is formed of 12 members elected by
the General Assembly by secrete voting, and the quorum of
the election session should be more than half of the General
Assembly stipulated in the article 8 of the statute. The term
of the Administrative Board is 3 years.
The election session is directed by a committee of minimum
3 members from the General Assembly.
Art.10:
The Administrative Board is elected directly by the General
Assembly, as stipulated by the bylaws and under the presidency
of the Federation’s President. After this, the elected
Administrative Board is called by the president of the Federation
for a meeting after one week maximum to choose the President,
2 Vice Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer. The Administrative
Board may appoint a General Secretary from the members of
the Federation and an administrative office.
It is to be noted that more than two duties cannot be given
to one member in the Administrative Board.
The obligations of the Administrative Board and its members
will be determined in the bylaws.
Art. 11:
The founders are entitled to practice the authorities of the
Administrative Board for one year starting the date of the
federation license.
Modification:
The General Assembly is entitled to modify this statute by
majority of its members and according to the suggestion of
the Administrative Board or the suggestion of 20% of its members.
The modification is deemed legal by the attendance and the
approval of two thirds of the members, who have settled their
contributions.
Art. 12:
The Federation is entitled to call for the election of the
new Administrative Board before the term of the previous board
by one month, on condition to have the suggestion of one third
of the General Assembly and the approval of two thirds in
each time.
Art. 13:
In addition to the requirements mentioned above in the statute,
the Federation can be dissolved upon request and according
to the decision of the General Assembly along with the approval
of 75% of its total members.
Art. 14:
If the federation is dissolved, its funds and properties would
go to the Red Cross and Red Crescent international organizations,
to be spent in order to achieve their goals and services
Art.1: General Assembly:
The General Assembly is formed of all members affiliated to
the Federation.
Art. 2:
The General Assembly holds its regular meetings once a year
as minimum; it can hold extraordinary sessions according to
an invitation done by the President upon the request of the
Administrative Board or 10% of the members.
Art. 3: Authorities of the General
Assembly:
1. Election of the Administrative Assembly by secret voting.
2. Discussion of reports submitted by the Administrative Board
and proposed projects awaiting for decisions.
3. Submission of suggestions and recommendations to the Administrative
Board.
4. Discussion of the Balance Sheet.
5. Achievement of the Federations’ goals.
6. Modification of the Federation statute.
Art.4: The Administrative Board:
The
Administrative Board is formed of 12 members elected by the
General Assembly by secret voting. The needed quorum for the
Administrative Board election is the attendance of more than
half of the General Assembly members.
The Administrative Board holds a meeting after its election
in order to elect the Administrative office in the presence
of the majority.
If the quorum is not achieved, the session is adjourned for
one week maximum, and it’s not considered legal unless
the majority of the members are present.
Only members, who have settled their membership fees two weeks
before the fixed date, are allowed to vote.
Representation
and voting in the General Assembly:
The
hospitals are represented in the General Board by one delegate.
Seats in the Administrative Board:
The Administrative Board is formed of 12 members elected by
the General Assembly; the Hospitals are represented by the
half of the Administrative Board.
Art.
5:
1. The legal quorum for the meeting of the Administrative
Board is the attendance of more than half of the members.
2. The session is opened by reading the minutes of the previous
meeting, for approval and discussing the agenda.
3. The decisions of the Administrative Board are taken by
the approval of the majority of attendees. In case the votes
are in parity, the President would be the casting vote.
Responsibilities
President of the Administrative
Board
1. Is the President of the Federation & its spokesman
2. Presides both Administrative Board and General Assembly
and supervises the activities of the committees.
3. Signs on correspondences and minutes with the Secretary
and with the Treasurer on financial issues of the Federation.
4. Calls both Administrative Board and General Assembly for
extraordinary meetings according to these bylaws.
* Vice President:
Acts on behalf of the President during his absence.
*
Secretary:
1. Records and prepares the minutes of meeting and decisions
from Administrative Board and General Assembly.
2. Receives incoming mail and informs the president about
it. Then, he prepares a reply and sends it back after signing
it with the President.
3. Sends convocations and notifies the concerned parties about
the decisions of the Federation.
4. Acts on behalf of the Treasurer during his absence.
* Treasurer:
1. Is responsible for all fixed and movable assets of the
Federation.
2. Collects the fees from the members according to receipts
with counterfoils.
3. Is considered a permanent member in the financial committee.
4. Collects all incoming amounts, transfers and deeds.
5. Acts on behalf of the secretary during his absence.
* General Secretary:
1. Is appointed by the Administrative Board for a period of
time similar to the period of the Administrative Board. His
period can be renewed by the elected Administrative Board.
2. Handles all necessary calls with the institutions, specialized
organizations and concerned people in the Health Sector in
coordination with the President.
3. Participates in the meetings of the Administrative Board
and all emerging committees.
Art. 6:
1. The Administrative Board chooses the members of the committees
by secret voting from the members of General Assembly. Each
committee elects its own president and moderator.
2. The Administrative Board appoints the following Committees:
Hospital ethics, Media, Educational, Economical, Legal &
Other committees … and determines their bylaws and goals.
Each committee works, according to its specialization, on
preparing the subjects submitted by the Administrative Board
and then remits its report to this Board.
3. Membership in committees is open to all active members
and every member cannot participate in more than one committee.
4. The President of the Federation can call the committees
when deemed necessary or each committee separately.
Art.
7: Finance
The membership fees are determined by 500 US$ for every member.
The fees are renewable on yearly basis for every member. It
should be paid in cash to the fund or according to what is
decided by the Administrative Board that has the right to
modify this amount after the approval of the General Assembly.
Art.
8: Penalties
If any member commits what can engender any damage, material
or moral, to the Federation or oversteps its authorities,
he would be assigned by a decision from the Administrative
Board to a disciplinary council formed of the Board members
to look in this contravention or in the accusation; and consequently
to determine the penalty and prepare a report to be submitted
to the Administrative Board that is empowered to take the
final decision.
The approval of the two thirds of the members on the contravention
and penalty is binding, and the member can appeal before the
General Board within two weeks from his notification.
Art.9:
1. Every member who does not fulfill one of the memberships
conditions, or abstains from attending three consecutive meetings
without legal excuse, or settling due participation fees is
considered resigned from the Federation after one month notification.
2. If the resigned person or the one considered resigned is
member in the Administrative Board, he does not loose his
membership in the General Assembly.
Art.10:
The General Assembly has the right to modify these bylaws
upon the suggestion of the Administrative board or 20% of
the General Assembly.
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