USP Expert Committee Meeting Non-member Registration Form

(Excerpted from the Rules and Procedures of the 2005-2010 Council of Experts)

12. Meetings

12.01 Expert Committee and Ad hoc Advisory Panel Meetings

(a) A meeting of an Expert Committee or ad hoc Advisory Panel shall be open to the public, except that a meeting or a portion of a meeting may be closed if the chairperson of the Expert Committee or ad hoc Advisory Panel and the Chairperson determine that there is good and sufficient reason for closure. Such reasons may include, without limitation: review or discussion of trade secret or confidential, commercial information; or review or discussion of matters the premature disclosure of which could be detrimental to the USP.

12.04 Non-member Participants in Expert Committee Meetings

When a USP meeting is open to the public, a non-Expert Committee member may participate in one of two ways:

(a) Invited guests are non-members who are invited specifically to share a particular expertise or express their particular point of view. This shall be carried out under the control of the chairperson of the Expert Committee and shall be subject to the Rules and Procedures of the Council of Experts. These non-members shall be provided with appropriate briefing materials, excluding confidential information. The Expert Committee chairperson shall ask the invited guest to be excused during a confidential discussion or deliberation.

(b) Observers are non-members who themselves choose to attend the Expert Committee meeting. Observers must notify the Scientific Liaison at least five days in advance of the meeting of their proposed attendance, and provide necessary background information about themselves. Observers may or may not receive briefing materials. USP retains the right to refuse allowing the Observer to attend the meeting. The Expert Committee chairperson shall ask the observer to be excused during a confidential discussion or deliberation.