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Constitution and Bylaws

Bylaws

Chapter XI—The Membership Committee

Section 1

The Membership Committee shall consist of not less than seven and not more than ten members and shall be appointed by the President. Six members shall represent the organizational membership categories as defined in Article II of the Constitution and additional members shall be appointed without regard to their affiliation. The President shall appoint the Committee and name the chairperson, not later than sixty days after the stated meeting of the Pharmacopeial Convention. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, the President, and the Executive Vice President-CEO shall be members, ex officio, of the Membership Committee. The Secretary of the Pharmacopeial Convention shall serve as the secretary. Members of the Membership Committee shall retain their Pharmacopeial Convention membership until their successors are appointed.

Section 2

The Membership Committee shall identify and recommend organizations eligible to appoint a delegate for the Board of Trustees' consideration. Such recommendations shall take into account any guidelines provided by the Convention at the previous stated meetings. The Membership Committee shall adopt such procedures and criteria as are sufficient to ensure the fair and orderly consideration in the identification and recommendation of organizations eligible to appoint a delegate. The Board of Trustees shall approve such procedures. The Membership Committee shall report to the Board of Trustees at least annually on the composition of the Pharmacopeial Convention and the work of the committee since its last report.

Section 3

The Membership Committee shall also examine carefully the credentials of all delegates or alternate delegates in the absence of delegates. Credentials issued in blank, with the names of the delegates and alternate delegates to be inserted subsequently by other than the regularly constituted officers of the appointing eligible organization shall not be accepted. Credential forms presented for the first time at a meeting shall be independently verified before acceptance. Immediately prior to the opening of the stated meeting of the Pharmacopeial Convention, the Committee shall furnish to the Secretary of the Pharmacopeial Convention a list of delegates whose credentials have been approved by the Committee and a list of alternate delegates whom it has approved in lieu of delegates who are absent.

Section 4

The Membership Committee shall make a report to the Pharmacopeial Convention concerning all credentials that have not been approved. A majority vote of the members of the Pharmacopeial Convention shall be required to overrule a decision approving or disapproving the credentials of any person by the Membership Committee.

Section 5

The Membership Committee shall make a report to the Pharmacopeial Convention regarding the composition of the Convention and the work of the committee since the last stated meeting. The Membership Committee shall also provide to the Resolutions Committee guidelines for the types of institutions and bodies that should be invited to appoint a delegate for the following stated meeting.