STATUTE

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1.1. The Lithuanian Society for Biomedical Engineering (hereinafter Society) is public organization, which purpose is to develop the science of biomedical engineering in Lithuania.

1.2. The name of the Society: Lietuvos biomedicininės inžinerijos draugija (LBID) - in Lithuanian, Lithuanian Society for Biomedical Engineering (LSBE) - in English.

1.3. The Society is a legal entity under the law, and has own seal, bank accounts of settlement and currency in a bank, which is registered in Lithuania, and symbols. The address of the headquarters of the Society is: Studentu st. 50-343, LT-3028 Kaunas, Lithuania, phone: (370 37) 351206, fax: (370 37) 407118.

1.4. The Society follows in its activities the Constitution of Lithuania Republic, laws and law of Public organizations of Lithuania Republic, other deeds of law, and the present Statute, resolutions of Meetings.

1.5. An activity of the Society, as a legal entity under the law, comes into force in day of the Statute registration.

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2.1. Aims of the Society are to:
2.1.1. support science and technologies in field of biomedical engineering;
2.1.2. co-ordinate the collaboration of specialists of medicine and technics;
2.1.3. organize publication activities within its areas;
2.1.4. give an experts help in fields of science and studies, organize conferences and courses;
2.1.5. collaborate and exchange information with other professional society and institution in Lithuania and abroad;
2.1.6. give proposals for legislative institutions to improve and amend existing legislation or present new projects of laws.

2.2. Directions of activity of the Society are to:
2.2.1. suggest an experts help in fields, related to activity of the Society;
2.2.2. present experts conclusions in field of biomedical engineering about professional qualification of specialists;
2.2.3. join federations, associations and other organizations;
2.2.4. organize exhibitions, conferences and other events in Lithuania and abroad, support its members' participation in international exhibitions, conferences and fairs;
2.2.5. establish funds, which help to achieve purposes provided in the present Statute;
2.2.6. seek to enter to international organizations.

2.3. The Society has right to:
2.3.1. have own supporters - physical and juridical persons, who support the Society;
2.3.2. spread information about its activity in writing, in verbal or other way, propagate aims and problems of organization;
2.3.3. establish means for society informing, take part in publishing;
2.3.4. buy or get in other way the property necessary for own activity, use, control and dispose of it;
2.3.5. employ persons for activities provided in the Statute;
2.3.6. obtain means or other property from international, public organizations, no public organizations, funds, also persons;
2.3.7. establish companies, registered and functioned according to law of Lithuania Republic.

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3.1. Members of the Society can be citizens of Lithuania Republic. The Society has certain members and student members. Everybody, who has received diploma of high education and is occupied in the fields of medicine, biomedical engineering and technics, after writing application and filling the form of participant, becomes a certain member. Students, who have interests in biomedical engineering or medical physics, have opportunity to become student members.

3.2. Certain members of the Society take part actively in activities of the Society.

3.3. Every candidate to certain members has to present application form and form of participant for the Board. The Board confirms the membership on next sitting and notifies candidate on that within 10 days.

3.4. Every member of Society has right to:
3.4.1. take part in all activities organized by the Society;
3.4.2. raise questions, concerning the activities of the Society, at the Meeting or at the sitting of the Board;
3.4.3. ask for information about activities of the Society from the Meeting and the Board;
3.4.4. terminate membership of the Society.

3.5. Certain members of the Society and student members have to:
3.5.1. recognize and adhere to the present Statute and resolutions of the Board;
3.5.2. pay membership fee in due time.

3.6. To terminate the membership of the Society, a member has to present an application for the Board. Upon voluntary termination, the Board makes decision within a month after receipt of an application and informs the applicant about decision in writing within 10 days.

3.7. The membership of the Society may be terminated by the resolution of the Meeting, if a member violates rudely the articles of the present Statute. The member is notified in writing about the termination of his or her membership of the Society before fourteen days prior to the next Meeting, provided on the agenda. In case non-attendance by the member, he or she are notified, in writing, about the decision of the Meeting within 10 days.

3.8. Upon voluntary and non-voluntary termination, the membership fees and annual payments are not refunded.

3.9. The Secretary orders the list of members.

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4.1. The supreme body for control of the Society is the Meeting. Between Meetings the activities of the Society are directed by the Board. The control body of the Society is the Audit Commission.

4.2. A regular Meeting is convened no rarely as once in two years.

4.3. An extraordinary Meeting may be convened within a month by the Board on request by the Audit Commission or on request in writing by more than one third of the members of the Society.

4.4. Every certain member has a determinative vote in the Meeting. Student members have a deliberative vote.

4.5. The members of the Society are notified of the time, place and agenda of the Meeting at least 14 days prior to the Meeting.

4.6. Additional questions could be discussed on the Meeting on approval by at least two thirds of the members.

4.7. To constitute quorum, at least half of the members of the Society should take part at a Meeting; upon absence of a quorum, a recurrent Meeting with the same agenda is convened, where the terms of a quorum do not apply. Such Meeting is legal independently of members' number. A recurrent Meeting is convened at least 21 days after the first announcement of the Meeting.

4.8. A Chairperson and a Secretary are elected at each Meeting.

4.9. The Meeting:
4.9.1. adopts, amends and supplements the Statute;
4.9.2. determines the general directions and strategy of the activities of the Society;
4.9.3. provides a rate and date of an annual payment;
4.9.4. approves the annual activity and financial reports;
4.9.5. elects the Board by secret ballot, after establishing its size and headquarters;
4.9.6. resolves size of the Audit Commission and elects members by secret ballot;
4.9.7. makes decisions concerning joining other society unions, associations and federations;
4.9.8. makes decisions on the termination of membership of the Society;
4.9.9. resolves questions about establishing of structural subdivisions of the Society;
4.9.10. makes decisions on the termination of activity of the Society;
4.9.11. discusses and resolves other matters provided in the present Statute;
4.9.12. the resolutions of the Meeting are adopted by a majority of votes of members present.

4.10. The Board:
4.10.1. elects from among its members the Chairmen, the Vice-chairmen of the Society;
4.10.2. resolves about reception of members;
4.10.3. resolves about voluntary termination of the membership of the Society;
4.10.4. presents proposals for law and order institutions to improve and amend existing laws or presents projects of new laws;
4.10.5. confirms a date and agenda of a regular or an extraordinary Meeting;
4.10.6. discusses and resolves on other in the Statute of the Society listed matters, which are not in jurisdiction of the Meeting;
4.10.7. to constitute a quorum, at least half of the members and the Chairperson or the Vice-chairperson have to take part at the meeting of the Board. The resolutions of the Board are adopted by a majority vote. Voting at the Board meeting are public.

4.11. The Chairperson of the Society:
4.11.1. represents the Society;
4.11.2. directs the activities of the Society;
4.11.3. controls the property of the Society in compliance with the Constitution;
4.11.4. may conclude working agreements with workers on the staff;
4.11.5. negotiates and signs agreements in the name of the Society;
4.11.6. resolves all problems related to the Society;
4.11.7. in the absence of the Chairperson, the Vice-chairperson fulfils his functions.

4.12. The financial operations of the Society are supervised by Audit Commission, which elects from among its members the Chairperson of Audit Commission.

4.13. The Chairperson of Audit Commission is authorized to ask for information, papers and explanations about problems raised by the Chairperson, the Vice-chairperson and members of the Board.

4.14. Structural subdivisions:
4.14.1. structural subdivisions acts according the Statute of the Society and by power of the Board;
4.14.2. a structural subdivision can have rights of the juridical person;
4.14.3. the Board notifies, in writing, State institution, which had registered the Statute of the Society, and executive institution of local administration, in which territory is a headquarters of the structural subdivision, about establishing of the structural subdivision, which has rights of juridical person, no later than in 15 days after establishing of the structural subdivision;
4.14.4. the structural subdivision elects its head.

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5.1. Means of the Society consist of:
5.1.1. membership fees, annual payments, donations;
5.1.2. means, presented and offered by physical persons, organizations and funds of charity;
5.1.3. means, presented and offered by non-public organizations, international public organizations;
5.1.4. interest of credit institutions for held means of the Society;
5.1.5. means of borrowed capital;
5.1.6. other incomes, received by right.

5.2. The Society has property right.

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6.1. The Society is reorganized or its activity is terminated upon resolution by the Meeting or other State institution's decision provided according with the law of Lithuania Republic.

6.2. The liquidation commission elected by the Meeting resolves all questions, related with termination of activity of the Society, also question of utilization of means and property.

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The present Statute was adopted on 16 October, 1996.

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