Proposal STATUTE of the Doctor's Chamber of Macedonia, Adopted by the Assembly of the Doctor's Chamber of Macedonia
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Proposal STATUTE of the Doctor's Chamber of Macedonia, adopted by the Assembly of the Doctor's Chamber of Macedonia (REVISED TEXT) I. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1 The Doctor's Chamber of Macedonia (hereinafter: the Chamber) is an independent and professional organization of all doctors of medicine who perform medical profession as a profession on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. The Chamber is established with the aim of protecting and promoting the expertise and ethical duties and rights of doctors in medicine, improving the quality of health care, monitoring the attitude of health workers towards society and citizens, protecting the rights and professional interests of doctors of medicine that are its members and take care of the dignity, reputation, integrity and promotion of the overall Medical profession and its proper and honest performance. Article 1- a This Statute regulates: 1. the name and the seat of the Chamber; 2. goals and tasks of the Chamber; 3. the bodies of the Chamber, the procedure for their election, namely, the appointing and reasons and the manner of their dismissal, i.e. revocation, their composition, their competences and the manner of their decision-making; 4. persons representing the Chamber in legal transactions; 5. the rights, obligations and responsibilities of the members of the Chamber and their representatives in the bodies of the Chamber; 6. the manner of providing the funds necessary for the performance of the tasks of the Chamber; 7. the manner and procedure for determining the membership fee and the criteria for its determination; 8. the tasks of the Chamber financed by the membership fee; 9. the procedure for adopting and amending the Statute of the Chamber; 10. other general acts and the procedure for their adoption; 11. manner and obligations of the member in accessing and leaving the Chamber; and 12. other things important for the medical activity and profession. Article 1-b The Chamber is registered in the Central Register of the Republic of Macedonia, in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Health Care. The Chamber is a legal entity with rights, obligations and responsibilities in accordance with the Law on Health Care, other laws and this Statute. The Chamber carries out public authorizations in accordance with the Law on Health Care. The Chamber operates throughout the Republic of Macedonia and represents the interests of all doctors of medicine who are members of the Doctor's Chamber of Macedonia. The work of the Chamber and its organs is public.” 1) Name and seat Article 2 The name of the Chamber is: DOCTOR'S CHAMBER OF MACEDONIA. The abbreviated name of the Chamber is: LKM. The name of the Chamber in English is: Doctor's Chamber of Macedonia The seat of the Chamber is in Skopje, at st. Partizanski odredi number 3, Centar, Skopje. On the object where the Chamber is located there is an inscription with the name and the sign of the Chamber. Article 2-a The Chamber is a legal entity with rights, obligations and responsibilities determined by law and this Statute. In the legal transactions with third parties, the Chamber shall act independently on its own behalf and on its own account with its own funds. The Chamber has the right to acquire and dispose of its property and property rights independently. The Chamber obtains the means of work in a manner determined by the Law on Health Care and this Statute. Article 2-b The President of the Chamber represents the Chamber in legal transactions. In addition to the President of the Chamber, within the scope of his / her powers, the Chamber is represented by the Vice-President of the Chamber in legal transactions. Article 3 The chamber has a stamp and a seal. The Chamber stamp has a round shape, 4 cm in diameter, with a semicircular inside inscription: "DOCTOR'S CHAMBER OF MACEDONIA Skopje ". In the middle of the stamp is the sign of the Chamber The seal of the Chamber has a rectangular shape in which the name and the seat of the Chamber are written horizontally, then there is a line with an empty space for entering the number and date of the business protocol. The boards of the Chamber also have stamps. The board stamp has a round shape, 4 cm in diameter, with a semicircular inside inscription: “DOCTOR'S CHAMBER MACEDONIA - Skopje" and name of the board. In the middle of the stamp is the sign of the Chamber. Article 3-a The Chamber has a sign (emblem), the form, appearance and design of which is determined by the Assembly by special decision. Article 4 Membership in the Chamber is an obligation and honor for all doctors in the Republic of Macedonia. Article 5 Article 5 shall be deleted. Article 6 Article 6 shall be deleted. 11. GOALS AND TASKS OF THE CHAMBER Article 7 The goals of the Chamber are: 1. protection and promotion of professionalism and ethical duties and rights, 2. improving the quality of health care, 3. protection of the interests of the medical profession, 4. monitoring the relationship of doctors of medicine to society and citizens, 5. protection of the rights and professional interests of doctors of medicine, 6. care and promotion of the dignity, reputation, integrity of doctors of medicine, 7. ensuring organized appearance of doctors of medicine in front of state authorities and, the Health Insurance Fund of the Republic of Macedonia, health care institutions, manufacturers and suppliers of medical equipment, 8. promotion of the overall medical profession for its proper and honest performance; 9. provides proposals and suggestions for organizing health care at all levels and before the institutions of the system, which are in the interest of the citizens and the doctors of medicine on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia." Article 7-a The Chamber performs the following tasks: 1. Ensures compliance with ethical and legal norms in the practice of Medical Practice and to this end monitors and supervises the implementation of the rules of medical ethics and deontology and takes measures in case of their breach; 2. takes care of adherence to moral principles, honesty and the necessary dedication to the Medical profession, to respecting the discipline in the performance of the Medical profession and to keeping a medical secret, 3. Maintains and promotes reputation, dignity and the social status of doctors of medicine, 4. takes care to defend the honor and independence of the Medical profession, 5. issues, extends, revokes and renews licenses to doctors of medicine, 6. keep a register of issued, prolonged, extended and renewed license to works; 7. determines the manner of issuance, extension, renewal and revocation of the license to work and the form and content of the form of the license to work of health professionals with higher education - doctors of medicine, 8. determine the amount of the costs for issuing, extending and renewing the license to work; 9. Supervises the professional work of the health care institutions and other health care providers and health care workers and associates; 10. keep electronic and written records and special files of all members of the doctors of medicine and enable electronic inspection and electronic data updating; 11. cooperates with the Institute of Public Health regarding the entry of data in the Register of Health Professionals; 12. Gives an opinion to the Ministry of Health on the plan and program of probationary work of highly educated health professionals - doctors of medicine, on the form and manner of keeping the trial booklet, 13. Adopts a Code of Medical Ethics and Deontology, 14. Adopts general acts for which it is authorized by the Law on Health Care and other laws, 15. Specifies the probationary educators with appropriate higher education and work experience in the relevant area of specialization under whose supervision the probationary work of the health care providers - doctors of medicine, is conducted; 16. establishes the eligibility criteria to be met by educators and health care providers for the implementation of probationary education and work experience for healthcare professionals with higher education - doctors of medicine, 17. establish Committees for taking the professional exam, 18. determine the composition of the exam Committee, the manner of taking the exam, the manner of checking the acquired knowledge and skills and the forms of the certificate of passed professional examination of health professionals with higher education - doctors of medicine; 19. decides on the recognition of probation and professional examination of doctors of medicine, conducted and passed abroad, 20. Determines the program for further training and verification of the professional knowledge and skills of health professionals with higher education - doctors of medicine, the composition of the Committee of inquiry and the manner of conducting the examination of expert knowledge 21. Selects and accredits health institutions for implementation of additional training of health professionals with higher education - doctors of medicine; 22. conducts the examination of the expert knowledge and abilities of higher education health professionals - doctors of medicine after additional training; 23. issues a license and membership card to the Chamber for its members, with unique individual registration number of doctor of medicine, 24. Take measures to coordinate continuing professional development and take care of the continuous professional development and enhancement of the expertise of its members for the purpose of their continuous professional development and the improvement of the quality of the health services they offer; 25. establishes the conditions and criteria for the accreditation of the organizers of continued professional development, the conditions for accreditation of the plans and programs and the distribution of the forms of KSU, as well as the deadlines for submitting the accreditation requirements of the KSU organizers and the requirements for accrediting the plans and programs for the KSU, 26.