Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine

ANZSNM Constitution

The Objectives of the ANZSNM

The objects for which this Society has been established are: -
a. to promote the advancement of scientific and clinical practice of Nuclear Medicine in Australia and New Zealand;
b. to promote research in Nuclear Medicine;
c. to promote public education regarding the principles and applications of Nuclear Medicine techniques in medicine and biology at national and regional levels;
d. to promote co-operation between organisations and individuals interested in Nuclear Medicine;
e. to promote the training of persons in all fields of Nuclear Medicine;
f. to provide opportunities for collective discussion on all aspects of Nuclear Medicine;
g. to foster the growth and development of knowledge, understanding and exchange of information about Nuclear Medicine;
h. to encourage and assist research by persons into medical, biological, scientific or other subjects relating to or impacting upon Nuclear Medicine and the publication of books, monographs, articles and other writings by such persons upon such subjects;
i. to encourage and provide for instruction by members of the Society or other persons of undergraduate or postgraduate students in medicine, science, allied or associated subjects at or in any university, medical school, hospital, laboratory or other training school or teaching institution;
j. to provide, endow or support scholarships, lectureships, readerships, professorships in subjects appertaining to or associated with the science or practice of Nuclear Medicine;
k. to support professional, scientific and technical development of all persons engaged in the practice of Nuclear Medicine;
l. to promote and assist in the achievement of high standards of scientific and technical practice by the development and promulgation of guidelines, position statements, policies and accreditation;
m. to give, grant, issue or bestow certificates, accreditations and distinctions in recognition of proficiency or attainment in the science and practice of Nuclear Medicine;
n. to advise government and statutory authorities on any aspect of the practice and profession of Nuclear Medicine; and
o. to subscribe to, become a member of and co-operate with any other association or organisation, whether incorporated or not, whose objects are altogether or in part similar to those of the Society provided that the Society will not subscribe to or support with its funds any association or organisation which does not prohibit the distribution of its income and property among its members to an extent at least as great as that imposed on the Society under or by virtue of Clause 94 of this Constitution

"The objects for which this Society has been established are: -

  1. to promote the advancement of scientific and clinical practice of Nuclear Medicine in Australia and New Zealand;
  2. to promote research in Nuclear Medicine;
  3. to promote public education regarding the principles and applications of Nuclear Medicine techniques in medicine and biology at national and regional levels;
  4. to promote co-operation between organisations and individuals interested in Nuclear Medicine;
  5. to promote the training of persons in all fields of Nuclear Medicine;
  6. to provide opportunities for collective discussion on all aspects of Nuclear Medicine;
  7. to foster the growth and development of knowledge, understanding and exchange of information about Nuclear Medicine;
  8. to encourage and assist research by persons into medical, biological, scientific or other subjects relating to or impacting upon Nuclear Medicine and the publication of books, monographs, articles and other writings by such persons upon such subjects;
  9. to encourage and provide for instruction by members of the Society or other persons of undergraduate or postgraduate students in medicine, science, allied or associated subjects at or in any university, medical school, hospital, laboratory or other training school or teaching institution;
  10. to provide, endow or support scholarships, lectureships, readerships, professorships in subjects appertaining to or associated with the science or practice of Nuclear Medicine;
  11. to support professional, scientific and technical development of all persons engaged in the practice of Nuclear Medicine;
  12. to promote and assist in the achievement of high standards of scientific and technical practice by the development and promulgation of guidelines, position statements, policies and accreditation;
  13. to give, grant, issue or bestow certificates, accreditations and distinctions in recognition of proficiency or attainment in the science and practice of Nuclear Medicine;
  14. to advise government and statutory authorities on any aspect of the practice and profession of Nuclear Medicine; and
  15. to subscribe to, become a member of and co-operate with any other association or organisation, whether incorporated or not, whose objects are altogether or in part similar to those of the Society provided that the Society will not subscribe to or support with its funds any association or organisation which does not prohibit the distribution of its income and property among its members to an extent at least as great as that imposed on the Society under or by virtue of Clause 94 of this Constitution."




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