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Constitution

Article V—The Council of the Convention

There is hereby created a Council of the Convention. The President of the Pharmacopeial Convention shall be the Chairperson of the Council. The Council of the Convention shall be appointed by the President and Executive Vice President-CEO with the advice and consent of the Board of Trustees.

The Council shall be composed of not more than 25 members of the Pharmacopeial Convention, with at least one member representing the institutions named in Article II, Sections 1(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (i).