REGULATIONS GOVERNING DEPARTMENTS, ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES USSR

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REGULATIONS GOVERNING DEPARTMENTS,
ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES USSR
The following regulations were approved by the Presidium, Academy of Medical
Sciences USSR, on 12 May 1945.
A. Structure of a Department
1. The Charter. of the Academy of Medical. Sciences USSR provides for
three departments: (1) Medicobiological Sciences; (2) Clinical medicine;
(3) Hygiene, Microbiology, and Epidemiology.
2.. A department of the Academy of Medical Sciences USSR includes active,
honorary, and corresponding members who are specialists in a particular field.
A department consists of institutes dealing with related branches of medical
science.
3. The principal agencies of scientific research work of a department are
scientific research institutions (institutes, independent laboratories, and others)
which constitute a department.
4. The directing authorities of a department are its assembly and bureau.
5. In accordance with Article 9 of the Charter of the Academy of Medical
Sciences USSR, active, honorary and corresponding members of the Academy have a
deciding vote in assemblies of the department. Directors of institutes who are
neither active nor corresponding members of the Academy of Medical Sciences, take
part in general assemblies of a department with the right of a deciding vote on
matters introduced by their institutions and a consultative vote on all other
matters. The right to participate in elections of the Academy of Medical Sciences
is enjoyed by honorary and active members.
6. The bureau of a department consists of the academician secretary of
the department, his deputy, members of the bureau, and the scientific secretary
of the department.
The academician secretary is elected for a 2-year period by the respective
depa-'tments-from among the active members of the Academy of Medical Sciences USSR.
His appointment is subject to the approval of the General Assembly, Academy?of?--
Medical Sciences USSR.
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Electicra of the. of the. bureau of a department are held at
least once every 2 yearn,
B. Ri. hts an?i. Dutiei of a Pepa: tment
The principle tasks of a department are-
a. Scientific development of theoretical and practical problems in
medicine a d promoting the further expansion of medical science in accordance
with the needs of public health, medical-sanitary requirements of national de-
f en s, the P ople'e Commissariat of Public Health USSR, and higher government
bodies, and plane of the General Assembly or Presidum, Academy of Medical
Sciences.
b. Pla.cirg high priority problems in the field of medical science
and general cork of a scientific research institutes before appropriate medical
scientific research institutions.
-. Scientific approbation of the most important discoveries and rec-
ommendations in the various branches of medical science.
d. Scientific examination of medical problems related to the work
conducted by the department in accordance with instructions of the Presidium,
Academy of Medical Sciences USER.
e. .Training of highly qualified scientific workers in the various
branches of medicine.
2. In accordance with Article. 26 of the Charter of the Academy of Medical
Science, USSR, a department carries out scientific supervision of institutions
under, the jurisdiction of the department.
a. The department formulates the plan for the more important works
of the Academy of Me-dir.-el Sci?~n+:.es USSR in the various sciences and presents it
to the Presidium for, approval and inclusion into the general pplan foreyhe Academy
of Medical Science:;. The general plan is ubieT-the aenl .ly approved Assembly, .Academy of Medical Scien.es USSR.
b. The department examine.: and submits for approval to the Presidium,
Academy of Medical work plans of institutes and other scientific in-
stitutions within itsjuriadiction. The above procedure applies also to work
plans of active members of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
c. The department controls the quality and time of completion of
scientific works an.- tecei.ves and, approver reports from its scientific institu-
tions, active members of the Aca.iemy of Medical Sciences, and, in special cases,
from individual scientific workers. Subsequently, these reports are submitted
to the Presidium, Academy of. Medina! Sciences.
3. In accordance. with Article 26 of the Charter of the Academy of Medical
Science.: USSR, a department hears scientific reports and recommendations.
!i. The depa.;.tment recommends certain wexke for reports to the General As-
sembly, Academy of Medical Sciences.
5. The department. reviews and approves reports on the scientific activity
of institutions and submits a collated report of its activities to the Presidium,
Academy of Medical Sciences USSR.
6. The department approves outstanding works submitted by scientific insti-
tutions to the. Pre.i.dium, Academy of Manisa.! Sciences USSR, to be considered for
prizes .
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7. The department organizes complex development of scientific problem
utilizing the resources of institutions under its jurisdiction and refers to
the Presidium, Academy of Medical Sciences USSR, recommendations on problems
for organization of complex problems which involve several departments.
8. The department submits, for approval, to the Presidium, Academy of
Mental Sciences, organizational plans of scientific conferences, meetings,
lectures, d.ispla;,s, expeditions, and special teams and other measures for im-
proving scientific work in a given field of science.
9. In the election of active, honorary, and corresponding members the de-
partment receives from the Presidium Academy of Medical Sciences, all materials
on proposed candidates, hears the report ot the Academician Secretary of the
department on these candidates, approves them, and, at the same meeting, elects,
by secret ballot, candidates to fill existing vacancies. A department enjoys
the right to propose candidates for honorary membership in the academy. Elec-
tion of honorary members is conducted by the General Assembly of the Academy
of Medical Sciences USSR.
10. A department selects and submits for approval to the Presidium and
General Assembly, Academy of Medical Sciences, the names of candidates for
positions as directors of scientific institutions.
11. All?problems related to the organization of new institutions, re-
visicn of structure, etc., which require a decision by the Presidium and Gen-
eral Assembly, Academy of Medical Sciences USSR, or some other higher organi-
zation, must be accompanied by a resolution of the department.
12. The department, at its assemblies, examines scientific and other
problems which fall within its jurisdiction, adopts solutions in appropriate
cases, and. also approves all important measures and decisions of its bureau.
13. The department has ite on press to print documents on subjects
covered by the department.
C, Bureau of a Department
1. The bureau. of. a department arranges the meetings of the department and
approves the dates for holding them.
2. The bureau of a department during the interval between assemblies of
the department;
a. Updertakes scientific direction of institutes which constitute
the department and approves their plans and reports.
b. Adopts decisions on questions related to the activity of a depart-
ment which are subject to the approval of the Presidium or General Assembly of
the department.
3. The bureau prepares a collated plan and. report on the scientific re-
seerch activities of institutions falling within the framework of the depart-
ment and. represents therm at assemblies of the department.
4. The bureau of a department directs the training of graduate students
for candidate's and doctor's degrees in various fields of specialization and,
in particular;
a. Designates the chairman and members of the examining commission
for acceptance of applicants for graduate studies for the candidate's degree.
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b. Organizes a commission for enrolling individuals in graduate
courses for candidate's and doctor's degrees who are sponsered by active and cor-
responding members. of the Academy of Medical Sciences USSR and who are not
serving within the jurisdiction of the academy.
c. If there are in these cases decisions of the commission pertaining
to the enrollment of individuals who have submitted applications for candidate
or doctoral graduate courses, the commission carries out the decisions on their
enrollment and presents these decisions for the approval of the Presidium of
the academy.
d. Forwards conclusions on recommendations of institute directors
to the Presidium of the academy regarding the dismissal of students seeking
candidate or doctoral degrees.
e. Hears reports of institute directors, or their chief deputies,
regarding the training of students seeking candidate or doctoral degrees.
5. The Bureau assigns duties to individual members of the bureau.
6. The bureau meets weekly.
D. Ri 'ts and Duties of the Academician Secretary of a Department
1. The academiciam.secretary of a department:
a. Summons the bureau of the department.
b. Presides over general assemblies of the department and meetings
of the bureau.
c. Acts as spokesman for the department before the Presidium, Academy
of Medical Sciences USSR, on all problems involving the department.
d. Handles correspondence in the name of the department.
e. Directs the administrative work of the department.
if. Between meetings of the bureau, the academician secretary decides
on all matters affecting the department, exclusive of those mentioned above, and
subsequently submits a report to the bureau of the department.
g. Acts as. chairman of all competition commissions for the admission
of doctoral candidates graduate courses at institutes under the jurisdiction of
the department.
2. The academician secretary of a department annually prepares an explan-
atory memorandum containing an accounting and the proposed work plan of a de-
partment and reflecting the department's scientific position in the general
status of sciences.
3. The academician secretary of a department annually submits to the Pres-
idium of the academy explanatory memoranda regarding the work plan of the de-
partment and the collated report on the results of scientific activity of the
department, indicating in these memoranda the relationship of scientific research
works completed by the department of the general status of medical.science in the
field represented by the department.
4. The academician secreatry is responsible for his activity to the General
Assembly of the Academy of Medical Sciences USSR. Between sessions of the assem-
bly, he is accountable to the Presidium, Academy of Medical Sciences, USSR.
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