1.      NAME AND STATUS 

1.1.   The Society is a voluntary association recognized as a special group by the Council of the Medical Association of South Africa and its name shall be ’ THE SOUTH AFRICAN AEROSPACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICAL SOCIETY’.

 1.2.   The society shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession, capable of suing and being sued in its own name and of holding property of all kinds, movable and immovable, corporeal and incorporeal, apart from its members.

 2.      OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY 

2.1.   The Society is a specialized organization dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of medical and allied sciences in the field of aeronautics, aviation, space, environmental, underwater and hyperbaric medicine in South Africa (in this clause referred to as the ‘the discipline’). 

2.2.   Accordingly, the objects of the Society shall be: 

2.2.1.      to promote and maintain the membership of the Society;

2.2.2.      to improve the knowledge and skills of the members of the Society in the discipline and the community which it serves;

2.2.3.      to advise on development, maintenance and review of medical standards;

2.2.4.      to co-operate with other related sciences, disciplines and respective authorities; to promote safety in the man, machine and environment interface.

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