Constitution and Bylaws

Bylaws

Chapter XVI—Amendments

Section 1

Every proposition to amend these Bylaws, except as hereinafter provided, shall be submitted in accordance with the procedures to amend the Constitution as set forth in Article IX, Sections 1 and 2, of the Constitution, and shall, under either procedure, upon receiving the affirmative votes of not less than three-fourths of the members present and voting, become a part of these Bylaws.

Section 2

The Board of Trustees may at its discretion mail to the members of the Pharmacopeial Convention a proposition to amend or alter these Bylaws. A period of sixty days shall be allowed for the submission of comments on the proposition. A summary of the comments shall accompany the mail ballot by which the vote of the member may be recorded and returned within ninety days of the date printed on the ballot. Upon receiving the affirmative vote of seven-eighths of the members voting, with a total of not less than one hundred and thirty members voting, it shall become a part of these Bylaws.