Based on Article 35 of the Statute of the Croatian Medical Association, the Assembly of the Croatian Society for Burns

of the Croatian Medical Association at the session held on 02.07.2024, adopted

THE REGULATIONS ON THE WORK OF THE CROATIAN SOCIETY FOR BURN INJURIES OF THE CROATIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.

(1) The Croatian Society for Burns is an entity of the Croatian Medical Association (hereinafter referred to as: the Expert Society)

that members establish for the purpose of professional and scientific work in the field of treatment and prevention of burns in children and

adults.

(2) The Expert Society operates in accordance with the goals and tasks of the Croatian Medical Association (hereinafter referred to as:

HMA).

Article 2.

The Expert Society is named:

CROATIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

CROATIAN SOCIETY FOR BURN INJURIES

or in English:

CROATIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,

CROATIAN SOCIETY FOR BURN INJURIES

Article 3.

The headquarters of the Expert Society is in Zagreb, Šubićeva 9.

Article 4.

(1) The Expert Society has a square-shaped seal with the following content:

• in the top row:

CROATIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

• in the bottom row:

CROATIAN SOCIETY FOR BURN INJURIES

or in English:

CROATIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,

CROATIAN SOCIETY FOR BURN INJURIES

(2) Below the title, the address of the secretariat may be placed.

(3) The Expert Society may have its own emblem.

(4) The emblem of the Expert Society may be an integral part of the seal.

Article 5.

(1) The work of the Expert Society is regulated by the Statute of the HMA and other acts of the HMA, as well as these Regulations.

(2) If required by the rules of international associations of which this Expert Society will be a member, the operation

of the Expert Society will be regulated in accordance with those rules, with the consent of the HMA Executive Board.

(3) The Expert Society may become a member of appropriate international associations as the representative of the HMA in

its area of activity.

(4) The Expert Society is registered in the list of professional societies of the HMA under the number ___ for the year 2024.

II. TASKS

Article 6.

The tasks of the Expert Society are:

1. continuous professional and scientific advancement of its members by organizing professional and scientific meetings,

congresses, seminars, lectures, and courses, or all forms of continuous medical education,

2. cooperation with professional scientific and educational organizations,

3. representing the profession in the bodies of the HMA,

4. cooperation with the societies and sections of the HMA in areas of mutual interest,

5. proposing measures for the improvement and enhancement of the organization of work in professional and scientific activity in

the field of its profession, as well as monitoring the organization and operation of health activities in its

field,

6. cooperation with related professional and scientific societies from other countries,

7. representing the national interests of its profession in relevant international societies,

8. promoting the health culture of the population,

9. nurturing and developing principles of connectivity and medical ethics among its members,

11. monitoring and supervising the implementation of health care measures for patients,

12. providing expert opinions and expertise,

13. proposing scientific projects,

14. monitoring lifelong education of its members,

15. The Expert Society independently manages its financial resources under the oversight of the HMA Headquarters and the co-signature

of authorized persons for payment execution. The Expert Society has its financial account with a reference number in

which all transactions are recorded,

16. if the Expert Society of the HMA contracts certain jobs with other legal or physical persons,

the president of the Expert Society co-signs the contract with the president of the HMA,

17. The President and the Management Board of the Expert Society are responsible for the implementation of the contract that the Croatian

Medical Association has negotiated for its operation,

18. The Regulations on the work of the Expert Society are mandatorily adopted in accordance with the Statute of the HMA and with

the consent of the Main Board of the HMA.

III. MEMBERSHIP

Article 7.

(1) Membership in the Expert Society can be regular, associated, and honorary.

(2) A regular member of the Expert Society can become a doctor, a member of the HMA.

(3) Associated members can be highly educated professionals from other fields and scientific workers who are not

doctors but work in the field of activity of the Expert Society, in health care, or are scientists from

the field of medicine.

(4) Associated members have all rights and obligations but cannot be elected as president and first

vice-president.

(5) An honorary member of the Expert Society can be a health and scientific worker, a citizen of the Republic

of Croatia or a foreigner who has contributed to the development of scientific thought and professional activity in the field of activity

of the Society.

(6) Regular and associated members are elected by the Management Board of the Expert Society, while honorary members are elected by the Assembly of the Expert

Society.

(7) The Main Board of the HMA is informed about the election of honorary members, who confirm them.

(8) An honorary member of the Expert Society can be a health and scientific worker, a citizen of the Republic

of Croatia. Similarly, an honorary member can be a member from abroad who has contributed to the development of scientific

thought and professional activity in the area of the activities of the HMA.

(9) Regular and associated members are confirmed by the Management Board of the Expert Society, while honorary members are confirmed by the Assembly

of the Expert Society based on the explanations of the members of the Management Board of the Expert Society.

(10) The Main Board of the HMA is informed about the election of honorary members, who confirm them.

(11) The honorary president of the Expert Society can be a longtime president of the expert society who has

contributed to the professional and/or scientific affirmation of the society.

Article 8.

Membership in the Expert Society ceases:

(1) by voluntary resignation or death,

(2) by termination of membership in the HMA,

(3) for non-payment of dues to the Society for at least one year, after written warning, if the

dues to the Expert Society are defined.

Article 9.

The rights and obligations of members are:

(1) to adhere to the principles of medical ethics and deontology and by their actions and work not to harm the reputation

of the Expert Society, the HMA, and the medical profession,

(2) to develop and enhance their knowledge,

(1) to publish their scientific and professional papers in the publications of the Expert Society and the HMA,

(2) to elect and be elected in the bodies of the Expert Society,

(3) to make proposals and comments on the work of the Expert Society and its bodies,

(4) to submit grievances and objections in cases provided for by these Regulations and the Statute of the HMA,

(5) members have the right that the Expert Society protects their moral reputation and material position,

(6) the obligation of regular payment of dues to the HMA and the Expert Society if the dues are defined,

(7) to benefit from discounts at gatherings organized by the Expert Society or the HMA,

(8) to join international and foreign medical societies with all rights and obligations arising therefrom.

IV. BODIES OF THE SOCIETY

Article 10.

The bodies of the Expert Society are:

1. Assembly,

2. Management Board,

3. president,

4. secretary,

5. treasurer,

6. branches,

7. sections,

8. committees or working groups.

Assembly

Article 11.

(1) The Assembly meets as needed, but at least once a year.

(2) The electoral Assembly of the Expert Society is held every four years before the electoral Assembly

of the HMA.

(3) The Assembly is convened by the president of the Expert Society based on the decision of the Management Board.

(4) The Management Board decides on convening the Assembly on its own initiative or if at least 20%

of members or at least two branches of the Expert Society or the Main Board of the HMA request it.

(5) The Management Board must decide to convene the Assembly no later than thirty days after receiving

a written request.

(6) Invitations for holding the Assembly of the expert society along with the proposed agenda, authorization, and other

assembly materials must be sent to all members/delegates at least 15 days before the Assembly is held. Invitations are sent to members/delegates who are on the membership list of the HMA and

who have paid their dues to the HMA and the Expert Society if the dues in the Expert Society are defined. Before

sending invitations, all members of the expert society must be timely informed about the date

of holding the Assembly.

(7) Meetings of the Expert Society Assembly are regularly held with the physical presence and participation

of members/delegates at the Assembly. In cases where due to extraordinary circumstances, such as war, terrorist activities, fires, natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, etc.), health-medical reasons (pandemic, epidemic, etc.) and other unforeseen or urgent reasons, it is impossible to hold the Assembly with the physical presence and participation of members/delegates,

the Assembly may also be held at another location or virtually-electronically.

(8) In the case of holding the Assembly virtually-electronically, the Management Board of the expert society of the HMA

is obliged to (in addition to all conditions and actions required for holding meetings of the Assembly according to the Statute of the HMA,

the Regulations on the work of the expert society of the HMA and the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the expert society of the HMA in

regular circumstances), provide the technical-technological conditions for holding such a meeting (delivery of

assembly materials to members/delegates electronically, and if necessary to other participants,

validating members/delegates and other participants, granting access and entry to the virtual room for members/delegates and

if necessary to other participants, enabling members/delegates to participate and debate at the Assembly,

enabling voting for members/delegates, etc.).

(9) The Assembly can be regular and extraordinary, and based on the content, founding, renewing, or electoral.

(10) Invitations for holding the Assembly of the expert society along with the proposed agenda, authorization, and other

assembly materials must be sent to all members/delegates at least 15 days before the Assembly is held. Invitations are sent to members/delegates who are on the membership list of the HMA and

who have paid their dues to the HMA and the Expert Society if the dues in the Expert Society are defined. Before

sending invitations, all members of the expert society must be timely informed about the date

of holding the Assembly.

(11) Members who join later will be able to vote in the following years.

(12) The HMA Headquarters verifies the list of members of the expert society by inspecting the Register of HMA members which

it returns to the president of the expert society to create the final list of members of the Society's Assembly. The Management

Board is obliged to submit the list of members to the HMA Headquarters 30 days before the Assembly is held so that the

HMA Headquarters can verify the membership. The list of members/delegates must contain their full

name and surname, corresponding OIB, and valid address. By verifying members/delegates based on the submitted

authorization at the Assembly meeting, they become members of the Assembly.

(13) The Assembly of the expert society makes valid decisions if a majority of more than half of the members/delegates of the society are present.

(14) If there is not a sufficient number of members/delegates present by the beginning of the Assembly, they will wait for one hour. Then

the Assembly can make valid decisions if one third of the members/delegates are present at the meeting.

(15) Minutes are kept during the Assembly meeting, signed by the minute-taker, the validator of the minutes, and the president

of the working presidency. The minute-taker is obliged to submit the minutes with the list of present

members/delegates of the Assembly to the HMA Headquarters within thirty days from the date of the Assembly meeting. If the Assembly is

electoral, the minutes from the Assembly must be submitted along with the minutes from the inaugural meeting of the Management

Board and the list of elected officials with their contact details (employment address, phone, fax, GSM, e-mail).

(16) Complaints regarding the held Assembly of the expert society can be submitted by the President of the HMA and members of the Executive Board

of the HMA, as well as by members of the HMA and members of the expert society who attended the mentioned Assembly, but

even those who did not attend may submit a complaint based on the minutes, no later than within 30

days from the date of the Assembly. Complaints must be submitted in written form. All subsequent complaints will not

be considered.

(17) Complaints are submitted to the president of the HMA, the Executive Board of the HMA, and the Commission for

organizational and legal issues of the HMA.

Article 12.

(1) The Assembly of the Expert Society consists of all its members.

(2) If the Expert Society has more than 100 members, the Assembly consists of delegates.

(3) The number of delegates for the Assembly is determined by the Management Board of the Expert Society such that one delegate comes for

every 10 members of the Expert Society.

(4) The number of delegates for the Assembly cannot be less than 25.

(5) The Assembly makes valid decisions if a majority of more than half of the total number of delegates is present.

(6) The term of office of delegates lasts 4 years.

Article 13.

The Assembly is called and conducted according to the Regulations on the work of the HMA Assembly.

Article 14.

The Assembly of the Expert Society performs these tasks:

(1) adopts the Regulations on the work of the Expert Society,

(2) elects and dismisses the Management Board,

(4) elects the president and the first vice-president of the Expert Society by a majority of votes from present

delegates,

(4) decides on the establishment of branches and sections of the Expert Society,

(5) adopts plans and work programs of the Expert Society,

(6) adopts financial plans of the Expert Society,

(7) decides on the reports of the Management Board and other bodies of the Expert Society,

(8) discusses and decides on all other matters that are brought up on the agenda within its authority

according to the Statute of the HMA and these Regulations,

(9) elects honorary members of the Expert Society,

(10) decides on the termination of membership in the Expert Society, based on the proposal of the Management Board of the Expert

Society.

Management Board

Article 15.

The Management Board performs these tasks:

(1) executes the decisions of the Assembly,

(2) organizes all work to carry out the tasks of the Expert Society from Article 6 of these Regulations,

(3) decides on the admission of regular and associated members of the Expert Society, establishes its committees,

that is, working groups and appoints their members,

(4) appoints delegates to other professional societies of the HMA with a mandate until the first Assembly,

(5) appoints a delegate to the Expert Council of the HMA in accordance with Article 30 of the Statute of the HMA,

(6) proposes candidates for the award of HMA honors,

(7) proposes candidates for election to the membership of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Croatia,

(8) manages the administrative and financial operations of the Expert Society,

(9) submits a report on the work to the Assembly of the Expert Society and the bodies of the HMA,

(10) engages in acquiring material resources for the work of the Expert Society,

(11) acts and decides on other matters within its authority according to the mandates obtained from

the Assembly of the Expert Society, provisions of these Regulations, and the Statute of the HMA.

Article 16.

(1) The Management Board has at least 5 members.

(2) Other members of the Expert Society may also be co-opted to the Management Board, but their total number must be

less than the number of elected members. In the Croatian Society for Burns, the co-opted members are: the president

of the Management Board of the Croatian Society for Burns from the previous term and the editor of the website.

(3) The Management Board operates during its meetings.

(4) Meetings of the Management Board are convened and led by the president of the Expert Society.

(5) The Management Board consists of: president, first vice-president, and members elected at the Assembly

of the Expert Society.

(6) The Management Board elects a second vice-president and treasurer among its members, while the secretary of the Expert

Society is appointed upon the proposal of the president of the Expert Society from among the total membership.

(7) Candidates for members of the Management Board, for president and vice-president of the Expert Society are proposed

by members of the Expert Society among themselves.

(8) The term of members of the Management Board, president, first vice-president, and treasurer of the Expert Society

lasts four years or until the election at the Expert Society's electoral Assembly.

(9) The Expert Society of the HMA that begins operation between two electoral Assemblies of the HMA elects its

bodies whose term lasts until the first electoral Assembly of the HMA.

(10) The president, first vice-president, or member of the Management Board may be elected for a maximum of two consecutive terms.

The President of the Expert Society

Article 17.

(1) The president of the Expert Society represents and stands for the Expert Society.

(2) The president of the Expert Society is responsible for the legality of the work of the Expert Society, and for his work

he is accountable to the Assembly of the Expert Society and the president of the HMA.

(3) The president of the Expert Society performs these tasks:

1. convenes meetings of the Management Board,

2. organizes and leads the professional and scientific work of the Expert Society,

3. ensures the implementation of Assembly decisions,

4. together with the secretary signs the documentation of the Expert Society,

5. is obliged at least once a year, but no later than 31 January of the current year, to submit a written

report on the total active work and operations of the Expert Society at the Assembly meeting, and a written report to the president of the HMA.

(4) In case of obstruction, the president is replaced by the first vice-president of the Expert Society, and in case of

his obstruction, the second vice-president.

Secretary

Article 18.

(1) The secretary of the Expert Society manages the secretariat and specifically performs these tasks:

1. ensures orderly administrative operations,

2. keeps the archive,

3. compiles the secretary's report for the Assembly of the Expert Society,

4. signs documentation with the president,

5. organizes meetings of the Management Board,

6. collects and organizes reports from branches,

7. performs other duties assigned by the president and the Management Board.

(2) In cases of obstruction, the secretary is replaced by a member of the Management Board authorized by the president

of the Expert Society.

(3) After the term expires, the secretary is obliged to hand over written documentation and all correspondence he/she manages to the newly appointed secretary or the president of the Expert Society, if the secretary

has not been appointed.

Treasurer

Article 19.

The treasurer performs these tasks:

(1) oversees financial operations,

(2) is responsible for collecting dues, if they are defined,

(3) is responsible for maintaining financial documentation,

(4) submits a report on financial operations to the Assembly of the Expert Society,

(5) prepares a proposal for the financial plan.

Branches

Article 20.

1. A branch is a professional body established by the Expert Society on its own initiative or at the proposal of a branch

of the HMA.

2. The condition for establishing a branch is that it gathers at least 10 members.

3. A branch is established by the Management Board of the Expert Society.

4. A branch bears the name of the Expert Society, the name of the branch, and the name of the place where the branch is headquartered.

5. The Management Board manages the branch, which consists of at least three members, elected by the branch members.

6. The term of the Management Board of the branch lasts four years.

7. The members of the Management Board of the branch elect among themselves the president, secretary, and treasurer.

8. The operation of the branch is regulated by the provisions of these Regulations, the Regulations on the work of the Branch proposing

its establishment, and the Statute of the HMA.

Sections

Article 21.

(1) Sections of the Expert Society can be established for individual narrower areas of scientific and professional activity

within the scope of the Expert Society.

(2) Sections are established at the proposal of at least 10 members of the Expert Society.

(3) The Assembly of the Expert Society decides on the establishment of a section.

(4) A section carries the name of the Expert Society with the subtitle of the section.

(5) The work of the section is managed by the Management Board of at least three members elected by the section members.

(6) The members of the Management Board elect among themselves the president, secretary, and treasurer of the Expert Society.

(7) The term of the members of the Management Board lasts four years, or until the electoral assembly, and is linked to

the term of the members of the Assembly of the Expert Society.

(8) The work of the section is regulated by the provisions of these Regulations, the Regulations on the work of the Branch, and the Statute of the HMA.

Committees and working groups

Article 22.

(1) In order to successfully and timely address issues of the activity of the Expert Society, the Management Board

of the Expert Society may establish appropriate committees and working groups.

(2) Committees and working groups submit opinions and proposals to the Management Board.

(3) Committees and working groups consist of at least three members.

(4) Committees and working groups can be permanent or specially established to address specific issues.

(5) The duration of the term of members of permanent committees or working groups is determined by the Management Board

of the Expert Society.

(6) The president of the committee or working group is elected by the Management Board.

Article 23.

(1) The Expert Society ceases to exist:

1. when decided by a two-thirds majority of all delegates of the Expert Society Assembly,

2. if fewer than 10 members of the HMA remain in the membership of the Expert Society,

3. by a decision of the HMA Assembly at the proposal of the Main Board of the HMA, if the conditions from points 2-4 are fulfilled.

of Article 36 of the Statute of the HMA.

(2) The decision on the criteria for assessing the activity of the Expert Society is made by the Main Board of the HMA.

(3) The property managed by the Expert Society, until the establishment of a new society, is taken over for safekeeping and

managed by the Main Board of the HMA.

VI. TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 24.

(1) This Regulation was adopted by the Assembly of the Expert Society at its session on 02.07.2024, and

confirmed by the Main Board of the HMA at the meeting of __________________.

(2) This Regulation enters into force 8 days from the day of its adoption.

President of the Expert Society

Prim. Zoran Barčot, M.D.