National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)NoticesEstablishment of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation10. Working procedures |
| 10.1 | Meetings of the Committee |
| (a) | The Committee must, in its first sitting, determine the rules for the conduct of proceedings at its meetings. |
| (b) | A quorum for a meeting of the Committee is the simple majority (50% plus 1) of its members. |
| (c) | A decision of the majority of the members of the Committee present at a meeting constitutes a decision of the Committee and, in the event of an equality of votes, the member presiding at the meeting must have a casting vote in addition to his or her deliberative vote. |
| (d) | A decision taken, or an act authorised, by the requisite majority of the members of the Committee who were present at the time and entitled to sit as members, is not invalid by reason only of a vacancy on the Committee, or that a person who is not entitled to sit as a member of the Committee sat as a member at the time when the decision was taken, or the act was authorised. |
| (e) | Minutes of the proceedings of a meeting of the Committee must be properly prepared and recorded. |
| (f) | Minutes of the proceedings of a meeting must be submitted at the next meeting of the Committee and, if approved as correct, must be confirmed by the signature of the chairperson or that of a member who chaired the meeting and may, when so confirmed, be evidence, in a court of law, of the proceedings of the meeting. |
| (g) | Members must disclose their conflict of interest in each case discussed and possibly excuse him/her or themselves for all matters affecting them in terms of paragraph 11. |
| 10.2 | Activities of the Committee |
| (a) | Receives the applications including supporting documents from the "Department" for related or unrelated living organ transplantation or placement of foreign nationals on South African citizens on the South African waiting list for living organ transplantation. |
| (b) | Appraise the applications and make recommendations for the Minister's consideration based on the merit of each case. |
| (c) | Compile their recommendations for submission to the Minister for approval or disapproval. |
| (d) | Adhere to the applicable Code of Conduct. |