THE CONSTITUTION OF KERALA STATE CHAPTER OF INDIAN RADIOLOGICAL AND IMAGING ASSOCIATION
THE CONSTITUTION
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KERALA STATE CHAPTER
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INDIAN RADIOLOGICAL & IMAGING association
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PART-I
ARTICLE OF MEMORANDUM
A. NAME
1. The name of the State Chapter is KERALA STATE CHAPTER OF INDIAN RADIOLOGICAL & IMAGING ASSOCIATION, hereinafter called the State Chapter.
2. The State Chapter is affiliated with ‘Indian Radiological & Imaging Association’, here after referred as IRIA, which shall be the supreme body of different state chapters.
3. The Office of the State Chapter shall have Registered Office at Kochi and Administrative Office at the Secretary’s place in Kerala.
B. AIMS AND OBJECTS
4. The Association shall be a non-profitable organisation to promote the study, teaching and practice of Radio-diagnosis, Ultrasound, C.T., M.R.I. and other Imaging Modalities like PET, SPECT etc, Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Radio-Biology, molecular imaging, Radiation Medicine and Interventional Radiology and other related sub-specialties/ super-specialities.
5.
(a) To assist Government and non-governmental agencies in all matters pertaining to the above mentioned areas.
(b) To propagate, impart and adopt methods for community welfare, through its members and branches.
(d) To protect and preserve the acceptable interests of the members.
C. METHODS
For the attainment of these objectives, the State Chapter may:
6. Hold periodical meetings, CME programs and conferences on Radiological & Imaging Science.
7. Arrange from time to time Conferences, lectures, discussions and Workshops on any aspect of Radio-diagnosis, Ultrasound, C.T., M.R.I. and other Imaging Modalities like PET, SPECT etc, Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Radio-Biology, molecular imaging, Radiation Medicine and Interventional Radiology and other related sub-specialties/ super-specialities
8. Maintain a library, Radiology Museum and an Association Office. Collect Historical records and preserve these in a library.
9. Encourage research in Radio-diagnosis, Ultrasound, C.T., M.R.I. and other Imaging Modalities like PET,SPECT etc, Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Radio-Biology, molecular imaging, Radiation Medicine and Interventional Radiology and other related sub-specialties/ super-specialities , with grants out of the funds of the Association or from donations received.
10. Purchase, take lease of, or otherwise acquire, hold, manage, let, sell, exchange, mortgage or otherwise dispose movable or immovable property of every description and all rights or privileges necessary or convenient for the purpose of the Association and in particular any land, building, furniture, house-hold or other effects, conveyance and accommodation and when deemed necessary or desirable in the interest of the Association, sell, demise, let, hire out, mortgage, transfer or otherwise dispose the same in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Societies Act 21 of 1860 or as amended from time to time.
11. To acquire, construct, improve or alter and maintain building or buildings on behalf of and for the Association.
12. To accept endowments and grants from the national or international, official or non-official, sponsored by the government or other charitable or similar institutions, foundations, etc. or from individuals to advance the aims and objectives and purposes of the Association subject to prevailing Govt. regulations.
13. To borrow or raise money, collect subscriptions, donations for the Association in such a manner as the Association may deem fit and legally valid.
14. To invest any money of the Association or proceeds from the movable and/or immovable properties of the Association if not immediately required by the Association, and to withdraw the same in the manner provided by law of the nation.
15. To create or assist in creating City Chapters for any of the purposes aforesaid for the aims & objects for which the State Chapter stands.
16. To do all such other things as are cognate to the objectives of the Association or are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objectives.
17. To start educational Institutions, if necessary, for teaching and practice of Radio-diagnosis, Ultrasound, C.T., M.R.I. and other Imaging Modalities like PET, SPECT etc, Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Radio-Biology, molecular imaging, Radiation Medicine and Interventional Radiology and other related sub-specialties/ super-specialities
18. In case of a dispute between the member and the Association, the matter will be submitted to a Sub-Committee appointed by the President of the State Chapter. The decision of the Sub-Committee shall be subject to ratification by the State Chapter Headquarters through the General Body Meeting of the IRIA State Chapter. The matter requiring the decision of the IRIA may be referred to the IRIA (Central).
19. The Kerala State Chapter shall be affiliated wholly to the Indian Radiological & Imaging Association and the decision of IRIA General Body Meeting (central) shall be binding upon the State Chapter.
PART-II
RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION
A. GENERAL
1. The Association shall consist of members whose names are currently on the Register of the members of the Kerala State Chapter and of subsequent members, who shall be those persons who, being eligible, be duly enrolled in such a manner and upon such conditions as may be amended from time to time.
2. The Kerala State Chapter shall be under direct jurisdiction of IRIA Headquarters. The Kerala State Chapter shall function as independent entity in respect of financial matters and shall file State Chapter Income Tax Returns and comply with requirements of prevailing Income Tax Laws of the State and inform the IRIA Headquarters periodically and when asked for details.
B. REGISTER OF MEMBERS
3. There shall be a register in which the names of all the members of the Kerala State Chapter shall be entered with their qualifications, addresses and bio-data provided by the members. The photograph, copy of educational qualifications and registration certificates from medical council, of the individual members will also be obtained and retained in the records of the Office of the Kerala State Chapter. Records shall be updated from time to time.
C. ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF STATE CHAPTER
4. An Annual conference of State Chapter shall be organised every year or as the General Body of the State Chapter decides. The City Chapters or individual members of the Kerala State Chapter shall have the privileges of inviting the Conference. The place and the time of the Conference shall be decided at the Annual General Body Meeting in advance. The Annual Conference will be stated as the --th Annual Conference of Kerala State Chapter of IRIA, and nomenclature shall not be changed.
5. A formal invitation for the next Annual Conference must come to State Office one month before the coming Annual conference and it must be signed by 5 members of the State / City Chapter.
6. No City Chapter/ individualswill be allowed to host annual conference if the accounts of the previous conference, if any, hosted by it/them, is not submitted.
7. If the annual conference is allotted to a City Chapter/ individuals and if for some reasons, they are unable to hold the conference, such a Chapter/ individuals will be debarred from contesting for next 2 years and they will be considered as incapable of holding annual conference.
D RECORDS OF STATE CHAPTER
8. All records as regards the membership, attendance at the meetings, minutes of the General Body and State council meetings, subscriptions, receipt books, vouchers and challans, cash books, ledger bank documents including FDRs, etc. and also accounts and balance sheet shall be maintained properly and kept in the safe custody by the branch Secretary or the Treasurer as prescribed.
E. DONATIONS
9. All donations made to the Association may be exempted under Section 15B of the Income Tax Act, 1922 and corresponding provision of Section 80G of Income Tax Act, 1961 (subject to the limits and conditions prescribed in the said section), from payment of income tax provided such donations are made to IRIA Headquarters(State). The application for getting this sanction for the State Chapter shall be made by the Secretary to the authorities concerned each year or as required under the said act.
BYE-LAWS OF THE STATE CHAPTER
1. MEMBERS
Members shall be the following two categories
(A) State Chapter Members:
Every candidate for membership as Life, Annual, Provisional Life and Student Members of the State Chapter, shall fill up both a membership application form and a declaration or, both in duplicate (one copy to be retained by the State Chapter) in the manner prescribed by the State Chapter and forward it to the Chapter Secretary along with the required subscription and copy of degree/diploma certificates. The Secretary of State Chapter shall consider the application and submit it with the declaration form with its recommendation to the IRIA Headquarters (Central), along with the required subscription within a month of the receipt of the application form. The application and the declaration form shall be filed as documents of the State Chapter. The Secretary of the City Chapter is also authorised to recommend the Membership forms to the State Secretary.
(B) Direct Members:
State Chapter will not enrol Defence & Central Services Officers. No State Chapter will enrol members of direct category through State Chapter. Direct member residing in a particular State can attend the academic activities of the State Chapter and they will be in the mailing list of the State Chapter where they are posted / residing, provided they inform their address to State Chapter Secretary and also to Central Headquarters.
2. MEMBERSHIP
The Secretary shall decide the eligibility or otherwise and the class to which a member could be admitted in consultation with the President on the basis of scrutiny and such decision shall be final. For Direct members, eligibility will be decided by IRIA (Central). The members shall consist of the following categories:
Annual Members, Life Members, Emeritus Members, Honorary Members, Corresponding Members, Associate Members (for Healthcare Industry only), Student Members, Provisional Life Members and Affiliate members.
(A) Annual Members:
Means Medical Practitioners possessing post graduate Medical Degrees, D.N.B., or Diplomas, all in Radiology/Radio-diagnosis and Imaging recognised by Medical Council of India. Those applying for fresh membership with degrees/ diplomas in radio-therapy or nuclear medicine or medical physics will be allowed to become affiliate members only.
(B) Life Members:
Means Annual members who pay subscription in lump sum, according to the Bye-laws laid down for the purpose, in lieu of yearly subscription. Life membership will only be given to those who have MCI recognised post-graduate degrees/diplomas/D.N.B in Radiology/ Radio-diagnosis and Imaging.
(C) Student Members:
(a) Annual
Students undergoing post graduate degree/diploma courses in MD, DMRD, and DNB (all in Radiology/Radio-diagnosis and Imaging recognised by Medical Council of India) in the State. Their membership as such shall be limited for the period of their training/instructions in MD, DMRD, or DNB (all in Radiology/Radio-diagnosis and Imaging recognised by Medical Council of India). The membership in this category shall be for a maximum period of four years. The student members shall be enrolled only when their application for membership is duly certified by the respective Head of the Department of the medical institution/college, where they are enrolled. They will have no voting rights. The Student membership, will be counted as continuous membership for election purpose etc., provided it has been converted into regular Annual / life membership, immediately after the award of Degree/Diploma, thus there is no break in membership of State Chapter. The subscription for this category will be annual.
(b)Provisional Life Members:
Students undergoing post graduate degree/diploma courses in MD, DMRD, and DNB (all in Radiology/Radio-diagnosis and Imaging recognised by Medical Council of India) in the State can be enrolled as Provisional Life Members on payment of full Life Member Subscription and will be converted to regular Life Membership after acquiring post graduate degree / diploma and they will have no voting right during the period of provisional life membership. In case provisional life member does not pass his qualifying degree/ diploma within the time stipulated (four years) he / she may be allowed to have extension / continuation of provisional life membership upon request to the President. Upon successful completion of degree the Provisional life member shall submit a copy of his degree / diploma to the State and IRIA Headquarters (Central) and will become a full Life member after approval by the IRIA Head quarters (Central) / Secretary General, IRIA (Central). Provisional life membership period will be counted as continuous membership for purposes of elections, voting rights, eligibility for orations, awards etc.
(D) Emeritus Members:
Means Annual members and life members who have:
(i) attained the age of the 65 years, or
(ii) been retired from the active practice by reason of physical disability.
No delegation fee will be charged from the Emeritus Members attending the Annual Conferences.
(E) Honorary Members:
(a) Eminent members of the medical profession, who are not already enrolled as members of the State Chapter.
(b) Other persons who have contributed for original research, scientific advancement in the Radio-diagnosis, Ultrasound, C.T., M.R.I. and other Imaging Modalities like PET,SPECT etc, Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Radio-Biology, molecular imaging, Radiation Medicine and Interventional Radiology and other related sub-specialties/ super-specialities. This category of members will have no voting rights. This is open to both Indians and Foreign Nationals.
The name of the honorary member shall be proposed and seconded by any member of the State Chapter where the merits of the candidate for such honour will be set forth by the proposers. The election shall take place at a meeting of the General Body (Central) voting being done by the secret ballot. No discussion shall be permitted on the merits of the person proposed. The person shall be considered elected if two thirds of the members present, vote in his/her favour. Every honorary member shall cease to be such a member upon a resolution of the General Body (Central) to the effect, passed by a majority, of less than two thirds of members present and voting.
(F) Corresponding Members:
Means Scientists residing in foreign countries, engaged in Radio-diagnosis, Ultrasound, C.T., M.R.I. and other Imaging Modalities like PET, SPECT etc, Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Radio-Biology, molecular imaging, Radiation Medicine and Interventional Radiology and other related sub-specialties/ super-specialities and of standing in their discipline in their country. This class of members shall consists of scientists residing in foreign countries who are actively interested in Radio-diagnosis, Ultrasound, C.T., M.R.I. and other Imaging Modalities like PET,SPECT etc, Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy, Oncology, Radio-Biology, molecular imaging, Radiation Medicine and Interventional Radiology and other related sub-specialties/ super-specialities and who are in good ethical standing in the respective countries. The annual subscription will be decided by the General Body (Central) from time to time. They shall pay yearly subscription to the State Chapter but shall neither have the privileges of voting nor of holding elective Office.
(G) Associate Members:
Companies from Health Care Industry will be enrolled as Associate Members on annual subscription basis. They will have no voting rights. The enrolment of Associate Members (Healthcare Industry) will be done directly through the IRIA Headquarters only.
(H) Affiliate members:
Persons with degrees/diplomas in radio-therapy or nuclear medicine or medical physics will be allowed to become affiliate members only. They have no voting rights.
3. RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE MEMBERS
Every Life / Annual, Student, Provisional and Emeritus Members shall be entitled:-
a) To attend, take part and vote in the meetings of the Association for which they are qualified to attend and vote, and be entitled to vote in any manner prescribed by the Association provided he/she has 3 years continuous membership and has paid his subscription of the current year before 30th June, or he/she is a life/emeritus member.
b) To become a member of the Central/State Council of IRIA and Office bearer of the State/Centre provided he /she has the prescribed qualifications for the same.
c) To propose or second candidates for admission to the State Chapter provided he /she has the prescribed qualifications for the same.
d) To propose or second candidates for election of Office bearers of the IRIA (Central), provided he /she has the prescribed qualifications for the same.
e) To introduce visitors to scientific meetings of the State Chapter.
f) To receive a copy of each issue of the Journal and News Bulletin and other publications of the Indian Radiological & Imaging Association (to which the State Chapter is affiliated) free.
g) To use Library and Museum and premises of the State Chapter/ IRIA Headquarters under the regulations, which may from time to time be laid down by the State Council / Sate Chapter.
4. ADMISSION FEE
All categories of members except for honorary and student members will have to pay the admission fee at the time of their admission to State Chapter as decided by the General Body from time to time. Accordingly, student members on becoming Life, Annual members shall have to pay the admission fee.
5. SUBSCRIPTION
a) All members attached to the State Chapter shall pay their subscription to the State Chapter. The State Chapter shall not revise the membership subscription charges without ratification by the General Body of the IRIA (Central). The State Chapter shall, however, pay to the IRIA Headquarters (Central) the amount fixed by the General Body of IRIA (Central) from time to time. These rates are subject to change as decided by the General Body (Central) of Indian Radiological & Imaging Association from time to time. Subscription shall become due from 1st April of every year. All the members except Emeritus / Honorary / Life Members shall pay as annual subscription the sum decided in this regard as decided in the General Body Meeting of IRIA (Central) for the Central share and State for the State contribution, from time to time.
b) Non-receipt of the subscription by 31st May by the State Chapter and 30th June (of the same year) by the IRIA Headquarters(Central), shall deprive, the member, of the privileges of his/her membership and his/her name will be deleted from the list of Members. Such persons will not be eligible to vote in the election of Office bearers (both State and National) of IRIA.
c) In case of husband and wife both being members (the couple) shall pay between them one full and one half subscription for the year and shall be entitled to one copy of the journal between them. Admission Fee has to be paid by both of them.