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Constitution of the Continuing Dental Education Committee.

Constitution

1. The name of the committee shall be the 'Continuing Dental Education Committee of The University of Western Australia'.

2. The purpose of the committee is the promotion within the University and the dental profession of postgraduate and continuing dental education and research other than that leading to the higher degrees of the University.

3. The committee consists of:

(a) a chair nominated jointly by the Vice-Chancellor and the President of the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Dental Association;

(b) four members nominated by the Senate on the recommendation of the School of Dentistry;

(c) four members nominated by the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Dental Association; and

(d) not more than three co-opted members.

4. Five members present shall constitute a quorum.

5. The tenure of appointment of the nominated members shall be for two years, provided that two of the members first nominated by the Senate, and two of the members first nominated by the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Dental Association, shall hold office for three years. The four members to serve the three-year period shall be chosen by lot.

6. The nominated members shall be appointed as from the first day of January in each year.

7. The co-opted members shall end their terms of service on 31 December of the year in which they were co-opted.

8. If the chair or any member of the committee or a co-opted member is absent without leave for three consecutive meetings or more than half the meetings in any one year, his or her position on the committee shall be taken to have been vacated and the authority which nominated him or her shall be requested to submit an alternative nomination.

9. The committee may appoint sub-committees in which it may include persons who are not members of the committee.

10. Any funds of the committee shall be placed in a trust fund under the control of the University, and shall be used solely for the promotion within the University and the dental profession of postgraduate and continuing dental education and research other than that leading to the higher degrees of the University.

11. Copies of all written communications from the committee to the Senate shall be sent to the Council of the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Dental Association for such comment as the Council may think fit to address direct to the Senate.

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