CHAMBER OF NURSES AND HEALTH TECHNICIANS OF

SERBIA

STATUTE

OF CHAMBER OF NURSES AND HEALTH TECHNICIANS OF SERBIA

Belgrade, 16th of September 2006

According to Article 19, paragraph 2, point 1 in Law on Chambers of medical workers (Sluzbeni Glasnik RS nr 107/05), the Assembly of the Chamber of nurses and health technicians of Serbia in the meeting held on 16th of September 2006, brought

STATUTE

OF THE CHAMBER OF NURSES AND HEALTH TECHNICIANS OF SERBIA

I. General provisions

Article 1

Chamber of nurses and health technicians of Serbia (further: Chamber) is obligatory, independent and professional organization of nurses an health technicians from health institutions and private practice, or other employer with activities in health branch as a profession in Serbia.

Chamber is working in Republic of Serbia. Chamber is the company with rights, responsibilities and obligations defined in

the Law and this Statute. In relationship with third parties the Chamber comes autonomously and unlimited

in its name and for its account. Chamber is responsible with all its means for its obligations.

Article 2

The name of the Chamber is CHAMBER OF NURSES AND HEALTH TECHINICIANS OF SERBIA. Headquarters of the Chamber is in Belgrade, in Omladinskih Brigada street in Novi Beograd.

Article 3

The Chamber have the stamp and the register stamp. Text of the stamp and register stamp is written in Serbian language, cyrilic letter. The stamp is roundish with 32 mm amplitude, with the logo of Republic of Serbia in the middle and with the text “Republic of Serbia, Chamber of nurses and health technicians of Serbia – Belgrade”.

The Chamber have the register stamp squareness, size 55mm * 25mm with the same text as the stamp, with additional space for the number of register protocole and the date. Branch of the Chamber have the stamp and the register stamp, who are the same like the stamp and the register stamp from the premise 2 of this Article with the mention of the Chamber branch office.

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The Chamber have the symbol, which shape, form and the contents is decided by the Managing Board of the Chamber.

Article 4

The Chamber is represented by the director of the Chamber.

Article 5

Work of the Chamber and its departments is public. Publicity in work of the Chamber and its departments will be secured by organization of public sessions of Chamber departments, public announcements about the work of the Chamber and its departments, by Chamber newsletters and distribution of the information about the Chamber in electronic media.

Article 6

Membership in the Chamber is obligatory for all nurses and health technicians, according to the Law.

The Chamber can have its honoured members and members – donors according to the Statute.

Honoured member of the Chamber is person who contributed to development of the profession in the country and abroad.

Donor of the Chamber can become every citizen of Serbia or foreign citizen, who testate movable property and estate or financial means to the Chamber.

Honoured member and donor of the Chamber is selected by the Parliament of the Chamber on proposal of the Managing Board.

Volunteer members of the Chamber can be nurses and health technicians who don’t have the profession in public health.

Members of the Chamber, beside rights and responsibilities defined in the Law,

have following rights and responsibilities: - to select and be selected in the departments of the Chamber, - to actively participate in the work of the Chamber, - to use the services of the Chamber, - to respect the acts and documents brought by the Chamber, - To fulfill promptly material obligations to the Chamber, - To participate in the events organized by the Chamber, - To realize other rights secured by the Chamber for its members and to

implement the duties assigned by the Chamber.

Article 7

The Chamber have six branch offices as organizational units of the Chamber.

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II. Tasks and duties of the Chamber

Article 8

According to the Law about Chambers of medical workers (furthermore: The Law), the Chamber have the assignments as public jurisdiction as fiduciary tasks and other tasks.

Article 9 Chamber, as public jurisdisction:

1. Adopt the codex of professional ethics; 2. subscribe nurses and health technicians and record the directory of the Chamber; 3. publish, renew and remove licence for autonomous work (furthermore: licence) to

the members of the Chamber and record the directory about published, renewed and confiscated licences;

4. intermediate in the cases between the members of the Chamber, or between the members of the Chamber and users of health services;

5. organize the Courts of honour for assertion of violation of professional duty and responsibility of the members of the Chamber, as well as pronouncement of the measures for those violations;

6. record the directory of pronouced measures to the members of the Chamber; 7. publish summaries from the directory, certificates and factbooks for which there

is recorded directory, and who are public data 8. establish the amount of the membership fee, amount for subscription fee in the

directory of the Chamber, reimbursement for provision and renew of the licence and establish the fee for provision of directory summary, certificates and confirmations about membership in the Chamber;

9. publish membership ID card to all of the mambers of the Chamber who have the licence and ID number to the members with the licence.

Article 10

Beside the duties in Article 9, which is working as commited duties, the Chamber:

- lobby and protect professional interests of the members in their professional service

- takes care about the honour of the Chamber members, about health activity duties according to the Codex of Ethics

- record the directory of the membres of the Chamber who are working in private practice, and who are subscribed in proper directory

- propose the list of monitors for ordinary and exceptional monitoring of the quality of vocational work, according to the Law on health care

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- gives the initiative for better definition of the probation period and imposure of vocational exam for nurses and heatlh technicians, as well as their vocational improvement, creation of conditions for probation work of nurses and health technicians

- participate in definition of nomenclature of medical services, criteria and measures for signing of the Agreements about provision of medical services according to the Law, from which is defined health insurance

- suggest criteria and measures of establishment of the prices for medical services drovided in private practice, and also the prices in medical institutions, who are not secured from obligatory health insurance, as well as about the prices of health insurance

- gives the initiative for adoptation of the law regulatives in area of health protection and health insurance

- gives the initiative and implement the measures for insurance for the members of the Chamber at insurance carriers for risk which can be caused by vocational mistake in implementation of the assignments in health protection

- provide vocational help to the citizens in implementation of the rights in health protection in case of un-ethical and inexpert work of the Chamber members

- provide vocational help to members of the Chamber and advocate the interests of members of the Chamber who are working in private practice during the Agreement with health insurance institution

- follow and start the intitiative for implementation of Law measures related to violation of the regulation of advertising in health protection

- implement other duties defined by the Law and this Statute

II.I Committed duties

Article 10

In performing committed duties the Chamber decides on the contents and data in the registry, way of keeping the registry, the form of the transcript, certificates, record keeping, as well as on the procedure of including data in the registry pursuant to article 9 of this Statute, in accordance with the law.

Article 11

In performing committed duties in accordance with the law, the Chamber, at its own discretion:

• decides on the content and form of certificates, record keeping, as well as on the procedure of including data in Chamber's registry,

• includes a nurse or a medical technician in the registry on their own demand • issues licence to those members of the Chamber who are already in the registry,

renews and removes the licence to the members of the Chamber

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• decides on the content, data and form of an identity card and assigns a personal identity number to licensed members of the Chamber

• performs other duties in keeping with the Law and this Statute

Article 12

Apart from the committed duties listed in Article 10 and 11, the Chamber also:

• represents and protects professional interests of its members in performing their duties

• maintains a good reputation of the Chamber's members, i.e. ensures that in performing their duties the medical workers adhere to the Code of Ethics

• keeps a record of the Chamber's members who own a private practice and who are listed in a relevant professional body's registry

• suggests a list of inspectors for regular and additional external quality checks of professional work, in accordance with the Law concerning healthcare

• suggests ways to regulate internship training, State examination for nurses and medical technicians as well as their professional development, i.e. the criteria that medical institutions and private practice have to meet in order to be eligible for internship training of nurses and medical technicians

• participates in determining the nomenclature of healthcare services, criteria and standards for signing contracts of healthcare provision in keeping with the law governing medical insurance.

• suggests criteria and standards for determining the price of medical services provided by private practice, the price of medical services provided in medical institutions, but which are not paid for by the compulsory medical insurance fund as well as determining the price of these services

• advises on healthcare legislation and medical insurance legislation • suggests measures to insure members of the Chamber against risk that can

ensue as a result of an error on the part of the provider of a medical service • offers professional assistance to citizens in exercising their right to medical

care in cases of unprofessional and unethical conduct on the part of the members of the Chamber

• offers professional assistance to the members of the Chamber and represents interests of those members who own a private practice when signing a contract with a medical insurance organisation

• oversees and starts initiatives for taking legal actions pertaining to the violation of an advertising ban in healthcare

• performs other duties as regulated by law and this statute

Article 13

In accordance with the law, the Chamber keeps the following registries:

• a registry of all members, kept by the Chamber's department

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• a registry of issued, renewed and removed licences of the Chamber's members run by the Chamber

• a registry of disciplinary sanctions imposed on the members of the Chamber run by the Chamber's department

A registry of issued, renewed and removed licences is run in accordance with the Law. The registry mentioned in point 2 of this article contains data necessary for issuance, renewal and removal of a licence in keeping with the Law

Article 14 Directories from the Article 12 of this Statute is defined as a book and collection of the data imported electronically. Data in the directory and electronic processing have to be identical. Data entry and publishment of certificates, summaries from the directory and confirmations, are implementing on personal requirement of member of the Chamber or any person or corporation who have interest according to the Law. Summary from the directory is consisted of the data required, defined by the Article 13 of this Statute, who are collected in the public document. Confirmation is consisted of the data from the directory collected in the directory as the public document.

Certificate is consisted of the data who are not prepresenting the contents of the credentials.

Article 15 Credential, summary from the directory and certificate have the logo of the Chamber in upper corner, date of issue, indicator that it is about credential, summary or certificate, required data and sign of the director or authorized person. The blank form of the directory is defined by the Managing Board of the Chamber. Managing Board with its decision may define other columns in the directory, beside obligatory. Certain Law regulatives are applicable in case of issue the credential, summary or certificate, in which is defined general administrative process.

Article 16 Collection of the documents is common paper for all of the directories and it is

consisted of the documents defined in the Law and with this Statute as a proof of fulfilled conditions for the membership in the Chamber.

Collection of the documents consist the documents and confirmed copies of the documents defined in Article 13, line 2 of this Statute.

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The collectiion of the documents for every member of the Chamber is particulary archived in unique dossier which have number same as number of data entry in the directory of the members of the Chamber.

Article 17

Identification number of the member of the Chamber are the same as number on

which person is registered in the directory of all members of the Chamber. ID card consist the data about name and surname of the member, ID number, date

of issue and period of validity of the document. The form of ID card is the same as the form of the card for electronis use. About color and other elements of the contents will be decided by the Managing

Board of the Chamber. III. Organization of the Chamber

Article 18

. Chamber, as its organizational units, has:

1. Branch office Belgrade formed for city of Belgrade, with the residence in Belgade.

2. Branch office Vojvodina, formed for the area of Juznobacki, Zapadnobacki, Огранак Војводина којим се образује за подручје Јужнобачког, Severnobacki, Juznobanatski, Srednjebanatski, Severnobanatski and Sremski districts, with the residence in Novi Sad.

3. Branch office Nis, formed for the area of Nisava, Zajecar, Rasina, Pirot, Toplica, Jablanica and Pcinja districts, with the residence in Nis.

4. Branch office Uzice, formed for the area of Macvanski, Kolubarski, Moravicki and Zlatiborski districts with the residence in Uzice.

5. Branch office Kragujevac, formed for the area of Sumadijski, Podunavski, Branicevski, Borski, Pomoravski and Raski districts with the residence in Kragujevac.

6. Branch office Kosovo and Metohija, formed for the area of Kosovska Mitrovica, Pec, Kosovo, Kosovsko Pomoravlje and Prizren distrcits with the residence in Kosovska Mitrovica.

1. Duties and responsibilities of the branch offices

Article 19

Branch office of the Chamber, beside the duties defined by the Law, also have following duties:

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1. gives opinions, proposals and remarks to the departments of the Chamber related to issues in the Chamber jurisdiction,

2. advocate the interests of the Chamber members in its area, 3. bring annual work program of the Branch office and report on material-

financial annual work of the Branch office, 4. decide upon the use of means of the Branch office, 5. implement the duties defined with the acts on Chamber Parliament, 6. bring financial plan of the Chamber Branch office, 7. propose the the Chamber Parliament candidates for presidents and members of

the Chamber departments, 8. report to the Managing Board of the Chamber.

2. Work of the Branch offices

Article 20

Management of work in the Branch office of the Chamber is in responsibility of the Managing Board of the Branch office.

In the Managing Board of the Branch office is selected one representative per district.

Members of the Managing Board of the Branch office select the president of the Managing Board among them.

Members of the Managing Board are selected from the members of the Chamber Parliament from particular Branch office taking into consideration all of the profiles of health workers.

For Branch office Belgrade members of the Managing Board are selected one representative in every five members of the Parliament, taking into account that those are selected from the members of the Parliament.

Article 21

Managing Board of the Branch office:

1. adopt internal rules for work in the Managing Board 2. adopt annual plan and program of the Branch office 3. adopt financial plan of the Branch office 4. propose to the Parliament of the Chamber candidates for the

departments in the Chamber 5. reports to the Managing Board of the Chamber 6. implement other duties defined by the special acts of the Chamber

Parliament

Article 22

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Expert duties of the Branch office will be implemented by expert team of the Branch office. Organization and systematization of expert team of the Branch office will be

defined by the director of the Chamber according to the proposal of the president of the Managing Board of the Branch office. IV. Chamber departments

Article 23

Chamber departments are:

1. Parliament 2. Managing Board 3. Steering Committee 4. Director 5. Ethic council 6. First degree Court of honour 7. Second degree Court of honour 8. Discipline prosecutor 9. Council for education 10. Council per expert profiles

• Council of nurses: - In pre-school institutions, - In primary health care, - In secondary health care, - In tertiary health care, - accoucheuse, - in dentists.

• Council of laboratory technicians, • Council of physios with work therapetists, • Council of radiology technicians, • Council of pharmaceutical technicians, • Council of dentist technicians, • Council of sanitary technicians, • Council of nutritionists - dietetics

1.Committee for intermediation. Mandate for the members of the Chamber departments is four years. Department of the member of the Chamber can be suspended before the expiry of the

mandate on which he/she was selected if he/she is working in the way in which are not implementing the assignments of the Chamber.

The decision about suspension of the department or the member of the department is making with 2/3 majority of the members in Chamber Parliament.

1. Parliament of the Chamber

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Article 24

Parliament is the highest department of the Chamber. Parliament is consisted of the members of the Parliament selected in the Branch offices. Every Branch office is selecting one member of the Parliament in every 300 employees nurses and health technicians.

Ways for selection and expiry of the mandate of the members in the Parliament is more accurately defined with the decision on election and suspension of the member of the Parliament adopted by the Parliament. Parliament of the Chamber can engage temporary working bodies for implementation of certain assignments. а) Jurisdiction

Article 25 The Parliament adopts:

1. Statute of the Chamber and other general acts 2. Codex of ethics 3. Annual work program of the Chamber 4. Internal rules for its work as well as internal rules for work of created working

bodies 5. The dicision about the amount and mechanisms of Chmaber incomes in the

Fund for mutual help to the members of the Chamber which are accounting in special sub-account of the Chamber

6. Acknowledgement acts brought by the Chamber.

Select and suspend: 1. President of the Parliament and deputy of the president 2. director, member and president of the Managing Board and Steering

Committee 3. president and the members of the Council of ethics 4. First and second degree Court of honour 5. honoured members and donor members

Define:

1. membership fee for the members of the Chamber 2. Subscription fee for the directory of the Chamber, for provision and

renew the licence and fee for other summaries, certificates and credentials from the directory of the Chamber.

Consider:

1. Reports of work and financial of the Chamber with annual accounting, and other reports given by the Managing Board and Steering Committee.

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Establish:

1. Cooperation with the Chambers of medical workers in Republic of Serbia and abroad.

Monitor: 1. Development of health activities in framework of nursing and health

technicians 2. work of Branch offices of the Chamber.

б) Ways of work

Article 26

Parliament of the Chamber is implementing in the sessions. Parliament of the Chamber is announcing by the president of the Parliament of the Chamber, who manage its work.

Article 27

Ordinary session of the Parliament is announcing by the president if needed, and at least once a year.. President of the Parliament is obliged to organize eceptional session in 30 days from the acceptance of the proposal from the Managing Board, Steering Committee or one of the Branch offices. Proposal from this Article in line 2 have to be in written form with the proposal for agenda and working materials on which the proposal is addressed. In case that president of the Parliament do not organize the exceptional session in defined period in line 2, proposer can organize exceptional session in next 30 days.

Article 28 Invitation for the Parliament of the Chamber is addressed to each member of the Parliament, not later than 15 days before the session, and in extraordinary cases seven days before the session.

Article 29

Parliament can work valid if there are present more than 50% of toal number of members of the Chamber. Parliament is making a decision if vote majority of present members. Statute of the Chamber and its changes are adopting with 2/3 majority of present members. Terms of the Statute related to foundation of new, cancellation of existing, merging with others or division on more Branch offices, Parliament can decide with 2/3 majority of present members with approval of the Branch office on which the issue is adressed.

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Article 30

Parliament make its decision by public voting. Parliament of the Chamber can decide to have secret voting for particular issues of its jurisdiction.

Article 31 In its work, Parliament brings decisions, recommendation and conclusions. With decision is adopting the Statute and general acts of the Chamber. With recommendation it is pointing of importance of certain issues related to work of Chamber departments and the Branch offices, also are expressed opinions about attitudes for particular issue and direct to measures which have to be taken by the departments or Branch offices in order to fulfill the assignment according to their rights and responsibilities.; With conclusion is directing work of the Chamber departments and Branch offices in its hierarchy.

2. Managing Board

Article 32

Managing Board is department of the Chamber who implement rights and responsibilities defined in the Law and this Statute .

Article 33

Managing Board have 19 members, selected by the Chamber Parliament, from its members, and one member of the Managing Board comes from every 10 members of the Parliament from the Branch office.

Article 34

Managing Board have the president who is selected from the Managing Board members. Members of the Managing Board are proposed by the Branch offices in the Chamber, in correlation to number of members selected in the Parliament, so every Branch office must have at least one member in the Managing Board.

Candidates for the members of the Managing Board can propose every member of the Chamber Parliament.

Article 35

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Managing Board, beside suties defined in the Law, also have following duties: 1. adopt plan of work of the Managing Board, 2. adopt internal rules of work and general acts not adopted by the Parliament, 3. define decision proposal about the amount of membership fee and ways of

charging, 4. define decision proposal about the amount of subscription fee for provision

and renew of the licence, as well as for summaries, certificates and credentials,

5. define proposal for the hunoured member of the Chamber and donor member, 6. decide on appeal on decision of the director of the Chamber, when it is

defined in the Law, 7. solve about appeals on decision of the Branch offices about subscription in the

directory of the Chamber as well as procedure of credential provision about things Chamber have evidence according to the Law,

8. decide upon use of Chamber means up to the amount defined by the decision of the Chamber Parliament,

9. have other duties according to the Statute, general acts of the Chamber and duties committed by the Parliament and other institutions of the Chamber.

Article 36

For the president of the Managing Board can be selected person who:

1. have at least IV or VI education degree 2. have published and exposed vocational articles 3. have knowledge of at least one foreign language 4. have developed computer skills 5. not prosecuted by the Law 6. is citizen of Republic of Serbia 7. have at least 10 years of experience in practice

9. is not in function in state institution, in institution of territorial autonomy and local authorities ot vocational associations of medical workers.

Article 37

Beside the members of the Managing Board, to the session of the Managing Board can be invited the president of the Parliament, director, representative of Ministry of health and other inveited people without right to decide. By internal rules of Managing Board are closer defined ways of work of the Managing Board, rights and responsibilities of the president and members of the Managing Board and other issues important for work of the Managing Board.

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Article 38

For implementation of its activities, Managing Board can found permanent and temporary working bodies and name the members of those bodies both from nurses and health technicians who are not members of the Parliament. 3. Steering committee

Article 39

Steering Committee is department of the Chamber who monitor the work of the

Chamber, and for its work is responsible to the Parliament.

Article 40

Steering Committee have 6 members named by the Parliament of the Chamber

from its members, on proposal of the Branch offices Steering Committee have its president who is selected from the members of the

Steering Committee. Candidates for the members of the Steering Committee can propose every

member of the Chamber Parliament .

Article 41

Members of the Steering Committee can not be selected from the members of the Managing Board.

Article 42

With internal rules of work of the Steering Committee is closely defined ways of working of the Committee, rights and responsibilities of the president and the members of the Steering Committee, and other issues important for work of the Steering Committee. 4. Director of the Chamber

Article 43 For director of the can be named person who, beside Law regulated conditions, fulfill following special conditions:

1. have 10 years of practical experience, 2. have IV or VI degree of formal education

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3. is the citizen of Republic of Serbia, 4. have published and exposed vocational articles 5. have knwledge of at least one foreign language 6. have developed computer skills 7. is not prosecuted by the Law 8. is not in position in state institution, in institution of terrtorial autonomy and

local authorities or vocational associations of medical workers. Candidate for director of the Chamber give his/ner proposal of the program of work of the Chamber for period of 4 years.

Article 44

Director of the Chamber, beside duties defined by the Law: 1. gives the solutions when the solutions are bringing in administrative

procedure, 2. decide on rights and responsibilities of the workers in vocational departments

of the Chamber and Branch office of the Chamber from labour relations

5. Ethics council

Article 45

Ethics council have 8 members. From its members, Ethics council choose their president.

Members of Ethics council delegate Branch offices of the Chamber, in the way that every Branch office must have at least one member in Ethics council correlated to number of members in Parliament. In Ethics council are selected one representative from vocational profiles nurses and health technicians.

Candidates for the members of Ethics council can propose every member of the Chamber Parliament.

Ethics council, beside the duties defined by the Law: 1. monitor respect of the rules of Codex of medical ethics, 2. monitor international standards of medical ethics, 3. give the propositions for changes of the Codex of medical ethics, 4. implement other activities according to the Law and this Statute.

Ways of work of the Ethics council will be regulated by internal rules of Ethics council.

6. Court of honour

а) Organization and ways of selection Article 46

For decision about violation of duties and honour of nurses and health

technicians, Chamber Parliament found in the Branch office residence the Court of

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honour first degree, and in the residence of the Chamber the Court of honour second degree. б) Jurisdiction

Article 47

First degree Court of honour have its president and two members. Second degree Court of honour have its president and 5 members. Residence of first degree Court of honour is in the residence of Branch office. Residence of second degree Court of honour is in the residence of the Chamber.

Article 48

Members of the Court of honour are delegated by the Branch offices of the Chamber.

Candidates for the members of the Court of honour can be proposed by every member of Chamber Parliament.

For president and judges of the Court of honour can not be named the president and members of the Managing Board, Steering Committee of the Chamber as well as Managing Board of the Branch office.

Article 49

Court of honour first and second degree are working with internal rules adopted by the Chamber Parliament. в) Discipline procedure in Court of honour

1. Procedure in first degree Court of honour

Article 50

In case that there is essential doubt that the member of the Chamber ciolate the professional duties and honour of the Chamber member, based on accusation of the citizens or other circumstances, or if there is demand of the beneficiary, discipline prosecutor starts discipline procedure with written proposal for start of the procedure for claiming of discipline sanction in Court of honour.

Written proposal for start of the discipline procedure must be consisted of the evidence which confirm essentiality that the member of the Chamber did violate professional duties and honour of the Chamber member.

Article 51

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Court of honour implement oral argument in order to determine the subject of the discipline procedure and to implement the hearing fo weatnesses and/or competent party. Evaluation of other evidence Court of honour, by the rules, implement outside of oral argument, in session of the Court. Decision about the discipline sanction the Court will bring with majority of the votes of all members of the Court of honour. About implemented oral argument, evaluation of other evidence and negotiation and voting, it is recording the miutes.

Article 52

The Court of honour, according to the rules, make a decision in 30 days from he beginning of the procedure. The Court archive the documents about submitted proposals for the discipline procedures. In terms for start of the procedure, the procedure, evidences, oral argument, minutes, public hearing, right for the defence, are applicable lines of the Law on administrative procedure, if the Law or this Statute do not define different.

2. Disciplune prosecutor

Article 53

Discipline prosecutor is autonomous institution of the Chamber and Branch office in Chamber, assigned to prosecute the members of the Chamber who violate the professional duties. Discipline prosecutor have six daputies, who works in discipline procedures with his/her authorization. Discipline prosecutors and his/her deputies are naming and susprend the Parliament on proposal of the Branch office and every member of the Chamber.

Article 54

Discipline prosecutor starts discipline procedure in the Branch office in which directory is signed member of the Chamber, against whom they are starting the procedure. Discipline prosecutor starts the procedure with the application of the person or the institution, Chamber department or own initiative. Discipline procedure will be more accurately defined with internal rules of work adopted by the Chamber Parliament.

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3. Procedure after the complaint

Article 55

Complaint is submitted to the second degree Court of honour over first degree Court of honour who gives necessary and relevant documentation. Complaint can be provided, because of wrong or deficient fact sheet, because of violation of the rules of administrative procedure which can affect the discipline sanction, if the disposition of the decision is unclear or conflicted with brought discipline sanction, as well as the discipline sanction.

Article 56

The Court of honour can confirm, change or decline and return to the first degree Court of honour for new process the discipline measure or to accept the complaint and abolish the discipline measure. If complaint is published by the parties on which suggestion firste degree Court of honour didn’t make a discipline measure, second degree Court of honour will define the period not longer than one month to make a decision, or to provide discipline measure by itself.

Article 57

In complaint process, law regulatives are applicable for general administrative procedure, if is not deifferently defined by the Law or this Statute. г) Soft and hard violations of professional duty and honour of Chamber member

Article 58 As soft violations of professional duties and honour of Chamber member are: • Failure of mmaterial obligations to the Chamber up to three months • Avoid of permanent vocational improvement defined by the Law on health

protection • Unprofessional behavior which can endanger the working process.

Article 59 Hard violations of professional duties and honour of nurse and health technician, beside the one defined in the Law are:

• Violation of Ethics codex • Failure of material obligations to the Chamber for more than 3 months • Permanent repeator of soft violations of professional duties • Failure to implement the decisions of the Chamber • Indecent behavior to the members of the Chamber

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• Failure to implement discipline measure determined because of violation of the regulatives of professional duties and honour of Chamber member.

д) Implementation of the measures of the Court of honour

Article 60

Final decision of the Court of honour, determined in the procedure and in the way defined in the Statute, is implementing and archieving according to Articles 12 and 13 of this Statute.

Article 61

Measure of public caution as well as other discipline measure are implementing by public announcement. Measure of financial punishment is implementing by cutting the adequate monthly fee starting from the first payment up to final rate. Measure of temporary inhibition of independent work in provision of certain services in health protection, starting from the first month after the final decision.

Article 62

Public announcement is defined as announcement on the board of the Chamber and in one of the medias, 8 days after the final decision.

7. Council for education

Article 63 Council for education is monitoring and study the issues of vocational improvement of nurses and health technicians, according to the plan and program of formal education for nurses and health technicians. In education, it is cooperating with secondary medical schools and medical colleagues and faculties, centers for education in health protection.

Members of the Council are candidated by the Branch offices of the Chamber, so that every Branch office have at least one member.

Right to candidate the member of the Council for education also have every member of the Chamber Parliament.

Way of work of the Council for education will be determined by the internal rules of the Council for education. 8. Councils by vocational profiles

Article 64

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Councils by vocational profiles are monitoring and study the issues related to profile of health protection.

Councils by vocational profiles are consisted of representatives of medical profiles from the Chamber members.

Members of the Councils by vocational profiles are candidated by the Branch offices of te Chamber, so that every Branch office have at least one member in the Council. Right to candidate the member for the Council have also every member of the Chamber Parliament.

Way of work of the Councils by vocational profiles will be determined with internal rules on work of every Council. 9. Committee for intermediation а) Composition and domain

Article 65 Committee for intermediation have the president and 5 members named by the Chamber Parliament from the members of the Parliament. Committee from the line 1 of this Article, directing give instructions and explanations necessary for work of the Committee for intermediation and other duties from its domain dedicated by the departments of the Chamber. Committee for intermediation of the Branch office is intermediating in cases between the members of the Chamber and members of the Chamber and beneficiaries. . Committee for intermediation of the Branch office have its president and two members named by the Chamber Parliament from the Branch office of the Chamber. Committee for intermediation of the Chamber is making decisions with majority of the votes.

For extra judical solution of the cases between the members of the Chamber ad extra judical cases between the members and the beneficiaries, which are caused during the provision of health protection services, Chamber Parliament name the intermediator from it members.

Committee for intermediation name intermediator in the case. б )Intermediation procedure

Article 66

Request for procedure of mediation can bring the parties in the case or just one of them to the Committee. Submission of the request is determined in the line 1 of this Article, when it starts intermediation process. It is determined that parties in the case have accepted the jurisdiction of the Committee for intermediation related to the case, by the time of its start.

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Article 67

Each side in the process can quit from the intermediation process. In the procedure for intermediation parties can participate personally or by cunsellor. When one side submit the request for the intermediation, the Committee for intermediation announce the opposite side and invite to express its attitude if they are accepting the request for intermediation and if accepted to express in written form facts and evidences. If other side in defined deadline do not accept the request for intermediation, the Committee for intermediation will announce to the parties that intermediation process can not be implemented. When one side accept the request for intermediation of the other side, they can propose the intermediator for that process. If parties in the process do not submit the proposal from tehe line 5 of this Article, the Committee for intermediation is proposing the intermediator.

Article 68

If parties in the process accept the intermediator for implementation of the process, intermediator is testing the evidences. Intermediator can, if needed, to make hearing of all parties involved. Based on implemented process, intermediator give the parties proposal for solution of the case. Parties in the process are not obliged to accept submitted proposal. Results in the process for intermediation are determined in the minutes signed by the intermediator and the parties involved. Division of the costs of intermediation is implementing by the intermediator, if parties are not agreed, which is determined in the minutes. Agreement of the parties in the process is concluded when parties in the process, after red minutes in which was stated that parties have agreed, sign the minutes.

Article 69

Agreement of the parties in the process, achieved in the way determined in the Article 68 of the Statute have the character of compromise achieved extra judical. Intermediator can not be named for the judge of Court of honour, nor participate in the argument in which this case, in which the conclusion is not determined is solving in Court of honour. V. Means of the Chamber

Article 70

The Chamber gets its means for work according to the Law.

Article 71

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Means of the Chamber are accounting on public account. Means of the Branch offices is accounting on sub-account of the Branch office.

In division of the total incomes of the Branch offices, Branch office is keeping 70% of total means, while 30% they are obliged to transfer on the Chamber bank account.

Article 72

Plenipotentiary for implementation of the financial plan of the Chamber, use of Chamber means is director of the Chamber, and for the Branch office is president of the Managing Board of the Branch office.

Article 73

With decision of the Managing Board of the Chamber is determined the amounts and criteria for use of means separated in the fund for mutual help to members of the Chamber. VI. Chamber expert department а) Organization and jurisdiction

Article 74 Because of implementation of expert, administrative and supporting duties of the Chamber is founding expert department. Organization and work of expert department is defined by Act on organization and systematization of job places defined by Chamber Parliament on proposal of the Managing Board. Employees in expert department have the rights and responsibilities determined in regulatives of work.

Article 75

Management of the expert department is in hands of the manager of expert department. For manager of expert department can be named person with VI or VII degree of formal education. Mandate of the manager of expert department is 4 years with possibility of re-election for one more mandate. Manager of expert department is responsible for his/her work to the director of the Chamber.

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Manager of the expert department: 1. Organize the work of expert department 2. provide expert support to the Branch offices of the Chamber 3. takes care about preparations for the session of the Parliament 4. attend the session of the Branch offices without right to vote 5. implement other duties dedicated by the director of the Chamber,

president of the Parliament or president of the Managing Board. VII. Transitional and final provisions

Article 76

Changes and addendums of this Statute is implementing in the way and procedure for its adoptation. This Statute came on power eight days from the date of publishment in “Sluzbeni Glasnik Srbije” number 115/2006. Belgrade, 16th of September 2006

President of the Chamber Parliament Mrs. Nadica Ikic

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