ARTICLE 4. Members of Organization, Rights and Duties

4.1 Organization disposes both individual and joint membership. Membership in Organization is voluntary.

4.1.1 Individual members of Organization may be citizens of Ukraine or foreign citizens, generally medical practitioners, who share tasks and objectives of Organization, having will to take part in Organization programs implementation and who reached the age of 18.

4.1.2 Labour groups of institutions, organizations and enterprises of any form of ownership may be joint members of Organization. The rights and duties of joint members are realized through their delegate representatives.

4.1.3 Institutes of honourable membership have been established in Organization. Persons known by their significance for development of medicine, medical education and science, self-government among health care workers may be honourable members of Organization.

4.2 Conditions and order of admission to the ranks of members of Organization and quit with membership are determined by appropriate regulations approved by the Council of Organization.

4.3 Rights and duties of members of Organization:

Members of Organization have right to:
• receive complete information about Organization and its head authorities;
• obtain non-material assistance from Organization in relation to protection of rights and freedoms as well as representation and protection of own interests in various organizations, institutions, enterprises, including state, foreign and international;
• participation in programs of Organization, in particular through their financial assistance and other support measures;
• put forward proposals as for directions and forms of activity of Organization, preparing and introducing target programs projects for the Conference of Organization;
• take part in work of the Conference of Organization with the vote;
• elect and be elected to the ranks of authorities of Organization in order determined by this Statute;
• announce about the status of a member of Organization in public, extending information about their participation in programs of Organization, including publications of Organization;

Members of Organization have obligations:
• assist the progress of tasks and objectives of Organization directly through activities;
• follow directions of this Statute and implement decisions of authorities of Organization, accepted within their competence;
• pay membership fees in time;
• participate in programs of Organization;

Membership in Organization is subject to quit in regard to relieving membership rights in Organization or free escape from the ranks of Organization;

Quit of membership rights in Organization is accomplished in case:
• member of Organization does not fulfil with requirements, provided by the statute of Organization;
• unpaid membership fees;
• member of Organization due to his deliberate actions committed material and non-material damages for Organization;

Member of Organization is free to escape from the ranks of Organization of his own accord on the basis of requests applied.