BY-LAWS

of

CINP
Collegium Internationale Neuro-Psychopharmacologicum Association domiciled in Zurich, Switzerland

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Classes of Members

1.

Applications for all classes of membership shall be made upon forms authorised by the Executive Committee. The Credentials and Membership Committee will review all applications and make recommendations to the Executive Committee. Those individuals approved for membership by the Executive Committee will be announced at the biennial meeting and their names sent to all members. The President, with the concurrence of the Executive Committee has the prerogative to invite and approve for membership individuals with established reputations in the international field of neuropsychopharmacology.

2.

Founding Members
(a) Members of this class have already been designated, and are individuals responsible for the founding of CINP in 1957. Founding Members shall be eligible to participate in all activities of CINP, as well as to vote, hold office, serve as members of committees, propose amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws, and nominate candidates for officers and members of Council. Founding Members shall receive all official material distributed to the membership, including access to the online version of the IJNP, and must pay dues.

(b)

(c)

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3.

Members
(a) A Member shall have training or experience in any of the biomedical fields relevant to neuropsychopharmacology. He/she (hereinafter called he) must demonstrate to the Credentials and Membership Committee his sincere interest and ability in some aspect of neuropsychopharmacology. Members shall have all privileges of Founding Members, as described in Article I, Paragraph 2(b). Members shall receive all official material distributed to the membership, including access to the online version of the IJNP, and must pay dues. Membership is intended for predoctoral, early post-doctoral or other younger workers. It will be available to those under the age of 35 and will be followed by Fellowship at age 35.

(b)

(c)

(d)

4.

Fellows
(a) A Fellow shall have earned a doctorate or have equivalent experience in any of the biomedical fields relevant to psychopharmacology. He must demonstrate to the Credentials and Membership Committee his sincere interest and ability in some aspect of neuropsychopharmacology. Fellows shall have all privileges of Founding Members, as described in Article I, Paragraph 2(b). Fellows shall receive all official material distributed to the membership, including access to the online version of the IJNP, and must pay dues. Fellowship may follow membership or may be conferred on joining the CINP at age 35 or over where the criteria are met. On the date of the adoption of these By-Laws, all existing Fellows will continue to be Fellows regardless of the date of their doctorate and Members aged 35 and over will become fellows.

(b)

(c)

(d)

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5.

Associate Members
(a) Associate Members shall have training or experience in any of the biomedical fields relevant to basic and clinical neuropsychopharmacology, including psychiatrists with a clinical focus in psychopharmacology. They must demonstrate to the Credentials and Membership Committee their sincere interest and ability in some aspect of neuropsychopharmacology. They need not have any peer reviewed publications. Associate Members shall have voice but are not eligible to vote or hold office. They are eligible to serve as members of committees and propose amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws. Associate Members shall receive all official material distributed to the membership, including access to the online version of the IJNP and must pay dues. Associate Members can apply to become Members or Fellows status after achieving any required milestones and by applying to the Credentials and Membership Committee following fully paid membership of a minimum of five years.

(b)

(c)

(d)

6.

Emeritus Fellows
(a) Any member in good standing who has been a member for not less than 15 years, has reached the age of 65, and is no longer engaged in scientific or professional activities (or for other reasons acceptable to the Council) on his request may become an Emeritus Fellow. Emeritus Fellows shall have voice, but are not eligible to vote or hold office. They are eligible to serve as members of committees and propose amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws. Emeritus Fellows shall receive all official material distributed to the membership, with the exclusion of the IJNP, but shall not pay dues.

(b)

(c)

7.

Honorary Fellows
(a) Any person of truly outstanding ability or accomplishment who has demonstrated or manifested extraordinary interest, concern or accomplishment related in some way to the field of neuropsychopharmacology may be designated by the Executive Committee as an Honorary Fellow. Such honorary fellowships usually will be awarded to scientists in related disciplines. Membership

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in CINP shall not exclude such consideration, nor need the individual necessarily be a scientist or physician. (b) Honorary Fellows shall have all privileges of Emeritus Fellows, as described in Article I, Paragraph 5(b). Honorary Fellows shall receive all official material distributed to the membership, including access to the online version of the IJNP, but shall not pay dues.

(c)

8.

Supporting Members
A number of classes of Supporting Members such as Patron, Benefactor, Sponsor and Contributor shall be established by the Council to designate support at different levels (to be determined by the Executive Committee) upon recommendation of the Finance and Budget Committee in consultation with the Treasurer and President.

9.

Corporate Members
Institutions or corporate organisations who contribute to the financial support of CINP are permitted to name individuals as corporate members in proportion to the support offered, as defined by the Council. These corporate members shall receive all official material distributed to the membership, shall pay no dues, and are not eligible to vote or hold office. The corporate members will be listed as such in the membership directory. They may be replaced by the Corporate Organisation as deemed appropriate, and shall serve as representatives at the pleasure of CINP and the Supporting Organisations. The names of the Supporting Organisations and their corporate members will be listed alphabetically in a special section of the Scientific Program Book of the biennial meeting.

10.

Each member shall be responsible for his own acts of commission or omission and shall not be able to legally bind the other members of CINP without their expressed consent. This includes the Treasurer, President, and other officers.

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II

Powers

1.

The Council (Executive Committee plus ten Councillors) will meet immediately prior to the biennial meeting and at such other times as the President or Executive Committee direct to review, modify if necessary, and approve the actions and recommendations of the Executive Committee. These recommendations will subsequently be presented to the general membership for action as needed.

2.

The Executive Committee shall meet at such times and places as designated by the President and conduct the business of CINP in the interim between meetings of Council and the general membership.

3.

The President shall act as the Chief Executive Officer of CINP, with the concurrence of a majority of Executive Committee Members. The President shall be Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Council. He shall be an ex-officio member of all committees. He shall preside at the meetings of CINP and be responsible for the program and various functions at the biennial meeting and may deliver an address at the biennial meeting. He shall, with the approval of the Executive Committee, appoint, other committees as he deems necessary for proper functioning of CINP, except as specifically provided for otherwise in these By-Laws.

4.

The President-Elect shall be a member of the Executive Committee and perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the President and Council.

5.

The two Vice-Presidents shall be members of the Executive Committee and shall by virtue of their election have full voting power. They shall carry out such other duties as may be delegated to them by the President.

6.

The Secretary shall keep a record of the transactions of CINP and its committees, and be responsible for the correspondence of CINP. The record and seal of CINP shall be his responsibility. He or she shall also serve as Secretary to the Executive Committee.

7.

The Treasurer shall enter into all necessary transactions to carry on the functions of CINP. He shall collect all the monies due to CINP, including annual membership dues, disperse the same as provided for in a budget recommended by the Executive

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Committee and by the Council, keep a proper account of all such transactions and render a biennial statement to CINP. Any deviation from the budget in excess of twenty (20%) percent shall require the approval of the Executive Committee before the expenditure is made or the Treasurer may be held responsible. He shall have charge of all property belonging to CINP not otherwise provided for. He shall be bonded in a sum designated by the Executive Committee, the premium to be paid by CINP.

8.

The Executive Committee may appoint a qualified person as administrator and secretary or a company providing secretarial and administrative services ("Executive Secretary") to handle day-to-day business, economic affairs of the CINP and to provide supportive services for the scientific activities of the CINP. The Executive Secretary answers to the Executive Committee as chaired by the President and works within the bounds of the CINP Constitution. The Consultancy agreement for the position of Executive Secretary shall be brought to the Executive Committee for approval. All Executive Secretary contracts should be defined in time as approved by the Executive Committee.

III

Committees
All committees, with the exception of the Congress Organising Committee, shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Council, and consist of at least five members. The Congress Organising Committee shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Congress Organising Committee with the approval of the Executive Committee. The term of office of members is four years with an option to reappointment for an additional four years. [The President appoints half of the members of the committee so that only half of the members of each committee are replaced by each President in order to guarantee continuity. This rule does not apply to the Nomination Committee.] (a) Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee will propose for election a slate of two candidates for each of the five offices and the open positions of Councillors of the Collegium. This committee will consist of a Past President, a member of the Executive Committee and three members of the Collegium who are not also members of the Council. The Chairman shall be appointed from one of these three non-members of the Council. The Nominating Committee shall report to the Executive Committee its recommendations of a slate of two candidates for each office and for each member of the Council approximately six months prior to the biennial meeting. The Executive Committee will approve and ratify the recommended election slate.

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Officers shall be elected by mail or electronic ballot from among those duly nominated by the Nominating Committee and the members. The Council will formulate rules for conduct of the election and circulation of material which will be binding on candidates. Each Founding Member, Member and Fellow shall be entitled to cast one vote for each elected office. Votes shall be cast only upon official ballot papers. The Ballots shall be tabulated no later than twenty-one days prior to the next biennial Congress and the results of the election shall be announced at the biennial Congress Business Meeting. The vote shall be null and void if less than 20% of members eligible to vote do so in the electronic ballot vote and if less than 10% of members eligible to vote do so by mail vote. (b) Credentials and Membership Committee This committee shall be responsible for evaluating and making a recommendation to the Executive Committee on each application for membership in CINP. Publications Committee The Publications Committee is to consider and be responsible for the publication or sponsorship of an official journal, as well as other matters relating to publications, as recommended and/or approved by the Executive Committee. All rights and copyrights of publications resulting from any meeting held under the banner of CINP, be it a congress, a regional meeting, a workshop, a presidential symposium or any other type of meeting, or resulting from the work of a CINP committee, task force or any other type of group assembled under the banner of CINP, are the full property of CINP. Thus, upon the transfer, where such transfer is necessary, over to CINP of publishing rights, including all copyrights, by the authors of the manuscripts or any type of material to be published, CINP will hold strict and exclusive copyright over all any such future publication. The CINP President, or a CINP member duly mandated by the Executive Committee, such as the Chair of the Publications Committee, will be responsible for the negotiation and signature of future publishing contracts of such material, written or otherwise. The negotiation and signature of any publishing contract may or may not involve the transfer of the copyrights attached to the material to be published. The Executive Committee reserves the rights to a final approval of such contracts. The CINP shall publish its official scientific journal that will be known as the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology ("IJNP"). The relationship between the IJNP and CINP rests on the following general principles:

(c)

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The IJNP is the official scientific journal of the CINP. Nevertheless, there is and should be complete editorial and scientific independence from the Executive Committee and Council. Cambridge University Press is currently the Publisher of the Journal and a contract has been established between the CINP and the Publisher. While the commitment of CINP to the journal is binding, the Executive Committee may renegotiate this contract in future. The role of the Publications Committee is to provide the Executive Committee and Council specific advice with regard to the running of the Journal. The Chair or another representative of the Publications Committee will be invited to meetings of the Editorial Board. The budget for IJNP is provided by the CINP and covers the running of the Editorial Office. Profits generated by the Journal go to CINP. The Journal implements policies likely to increase profitability provided these do not compromise scientific quality. The Editor-in-Chief is appointed by the Executive Committee, on the basis of the recommendations of the Publications Committee for a term of 5 years, renewable once. The Editor-in-Chief bears overall responsibility for the scientific content and all other aspects of IJNP that are not the responsibility of the Publications Committee and for interactions with the Publisher and the CINP Executive Committee concerning IJNP. The Editor-in-Chief will be a member of the Congress Scientific Committee ex officio, and receive support to attend CINP congresses. The performance of the Editor-in-Chief will be evaluated by the Executive Committee (with the help of the Publications Committee) after two and a half year and after five years. The Executive Committee, with input from the Publications Committee, will have the power to terminate the contract of the Editor-in-Chief should there be clear evidence of failure in performance. The Editor-in-Chief appoints the Field Editors subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. The Editorial Board is selected by the Editor in Chief and Field Editors. The Board will be made up of active researchers who are among the top in their specific fields, and at the same time are willing to commit to reviewing papers and who are likely to submit or to directly recruit at least one paper per year. The Board Members do not have to be CINP members but will be strongly encouraged to join. There should be a balance of expertise and countries on the Board.

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The policies and procedures of IJNP should ensure high scientific and ethical standards. IJNP should be a forum for papers from scientifically developing countries as well as developed countries. All research published in IJNP must have been conducted in accordance with accepted ethical standards. In addition, IJNP should support ongoing and future initiatives to high scientific and ethical standards, including ensuring that conflicts of interest of editors, authors and reviewers must be declared and kept transparent. It should be ensured that authors take responsibility for data presented in clinical trials. (d) International Scientific Program Committees The International Scientific Program Committee shall be responsible for the program of the biennial meeting. It shall include at least one member of the immediately preceding International Scientific Program Committee to provide continuity. CINP Biennial Congress Committee Responsibilities The biennial congress is hosted by the CINP who has overall financial and contractual responsibility for the congress. Congress Committees The Steering Committee is made up of The President, Treasurer, one additional Executive Committee member, the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee and the Executive Secretary. The Steering Committee has overall responsibility for the budgeting, management, contractual and financial aspects of the congress and will report directly to the Executive Committee. Each sub-committee appointed for the biennial congress reports to the Steering Committee via the Executive Secretary. The Local Organising Committee ("LOC") is appointed by the President and approved by the Executive Committee. The LOC is made up of individuals who reside locally to the conference city, or who are part of the national association. They have no responsibility for the contractual or financial aspects of the Congress. They will be offered a budget for local promotional activities only. This amount will be agreed at the time of the budget planning stages and shall be considered following a financial proposal from the LOC. The Professional Conference Organiser ("PCO") shall be contracted by the Executive Committee for a fixed term to assist with the planning and execution of the Congress. The PCO will work in conjunction with the Executive Secretary and the LOC. The PCO reports directly to the Executive Secretary.

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(f)

Finance and Budget Committee The members of this committee shall consist of the Treasurer, the President and one to five other members from among which the Chairman shall be appointed. Members of this committee shall help to raise support for CINP as well as to review, modify if necessary and approve the budget prepared by the Treasurer. Fellowship and Awards Committee This committee is responsible for publicising the Rafaelsen Scholarship Program and various honorific awards, and for evaluating and selecting awardees. This committee shall also develop and solicit funds to support other honorific awards as well as programs which will encourage the attendance and participation of young scientist/clinicians at the biennial meetings. This committee shall also evaluate and select awardees for other awards and prizes when necessary. Corresponding Organisations Committee This committee will include the President, President-Elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary, and at least three (3) other members. The committee is responsible for developing and maintaining close and open communication with the national and regional neuropsychopharmacology organisations world-wide. The President of CINP will host a meeting at the biennial meeting of the senior officers of the national and regional organisations. Specific collaborative programs may be developed but the fundamental purpose of this committee is to provide a formal committee mechanism to implement and further the object of CINP as provided in Article 2 of the Constitution. Constitution and By-Laws Committee This committee shall regularly review the Constitution and By-Laws of CINP and make recommendations concerning amendments to the Council. History Committee This committee is responsible for the reviewing and continuous updating of the history of the organisation. It will document the results of this review, and the reports based on this documentation will be distributed to the membership. Education Committee This committee is charged to enhance and disseminate practical knowledge and application of Neuropsychopharmacology to clinicians, psychiatrists, primary care physicians and other health care professions. Emphasis will be on developing countries and primary care physicians in underdeveloped countries.

(g)

(h)

(i)

(j)

(k)

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The committee consists of at least six members with a wide geographical and background distribution. The committee will develop education curricula, manuals and teaching materials. Courses, symposia and workshops will be organised for groups and locations according to needs. They will be organised in conjunction with mental health professions and academic departments and/or professional organisations in the countries concerned. Requests for assistance for the committee may be made directly to the CINP President or the committee chairman/co-chairman. Needs for help will be determined according to priorities set by the CINP President in consultation with Education Committee and other CINP policy making bodies. In its operations the Committee will collaborate with other professional and policy organisations with compatible aims. (l) Corporate Membership Committee This committee, comprising at least five members, shall review matters relating to corporate membership and to relationships with supporting organisations. President's Committee The President's Committee consists of the last four past presidents of CINP. This committee will be created by the previous past President rotating on to the committee, and the most senior past President rotating off, every two years. The senior past President will serve as the Chair of the Presidents Committee. The President's Committee has been established to provide continuity and leadership for CINP and to serve as an ad hoc advisory group, to CINP President and Executive Committee. The President's Committee will meet at such times as it is needed and to be determined by the President. In addition, the President can invite members of the President's Committee to attend CINP Executive Committee meetings, but as non-voting members. Ethics Committee This committee will be responsible for writing and maintaining the CINP Professional Code of Conduct and for choosing the recipient of the Ethics in Psychopharmacology Prize.

(m)

(n)

As needs arise, the Executive Committee might create new committees to deal with special unforeseen issues.

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IV 1.

Discontinuance of Membership Grounds for Discontinuance

The Council may discontinue the membership of an individual from any class of membership if the conduct of an individual has been injurious to the good order, peace, reputation or best interest of CINP, or is derogatory to its dignity, inconsistent with its purposes or violates the high standards of ethical and legal conduct in research expected of individuals associated with Collegium. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, conviction of a felony or of any crime involving moral turpitude shall be considered to be conclusive evidence of conduct injurious to the best interest of the Collegium and inconsistent with its purposes. Membership may also be discontinued of any member who has failed to pay dues for two successive years.

2.

Disciplinary Procedures
(a) Initiation of a Breach of Ethics Initiation of a breach of ethics by any Member of CINP may be made by any Individual or Individual acting on behalf of a Collective Body. All complaints must be in writing, be personally signed by the complainant and shall be delivered to the President of CINP. Upon receiving a complaint, the President shall appoint an Ethics Committee to investigate the allegations. The Secretary may disclose the complaint to other individuals only to the extent necessary for the proper functioning of the disciplinary process. Preliminary Examination and Investigation of Complaints The Chair of the Ethics Committee is authorised to determine whether the allegations of a complaint merit further investigation. If the Chair of the Ethics Committee determines that a complaint does not state a violation of Article IV, Paragraph 1 of these By-Laws, the complainant shall be notified by the President of CINP. If the Chair of the Ethics Committee determines that a complaint does state a violation of Article IV, Paragraph 1, the complaint shall be investigated by the Ethics Committee. If the Ethics Committee determines after investigation of a complaint that further action is not warranted, it shall direct the President to notify the complainant of the decision. Decision to Seek Council Review If the Ethics Committee makes a preliminary determination that a complaint merits Council review, then during the investigation of a complaint by the Ethics Committee it must notify the individual subject to disciplinary review of the alleged violation and allow a written or oral response to be made by the individual. The Ethics Committee is authorised to conduct all of its business

(b)

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by telephone, by mail, or, if necessary, in person. If after investigation of a complaint, the Ethics Committee determines that Council should act upon a disciplinary complaint, it shall forward its recommendations with proposed disposition in writing to Council. If, after seeking the views of the individual subject of disciplinary review, the Ethics Committee decides that no further action is warranted, it shall direct the President to notify the complainant and the accused of the decision. (d) Notice to an Individual subject to Disciplinary Proceedings An individual subject to disciplinary sanction shall be notified by certified mail or its equivalent sent from the President not less than thirty days prior to the consideration of a disciplinary complaint by the Council. This notice shall contain (1) the time and place of the Council meeting at which the matter my be considered, (2) a copy of the recommendations of the Ethics Committee, and (3) inform an individual subject to disciplinary action that the individual may attend the Council meeting when such matter is being considered and state objection, either in person or through legal counsel or other representative, why disciplinary action should not be taken. Council Hearing The Council may hear disciplinary matters at any regular or specially convened Council Meeting. At the hearing, the Ethics Committee shall present the case for disciplinary action and the individual subject to disciplinary action shall be given a fair opportunity to defend against the action. A two-thirds vote of the Council members present at the meeting shall be sufficient to enact a discontinuance of membership, and such action shall be final action unless the individual exercises his right to appeal in accordance with the provision of Article IV, Paragraph 2(f). Procedure for Appeal Membership ratification is required for the process to be implemented for the expulsion only if the individual appeals. The individual may appeal the decision of the Council only by delivering a notice of an appeal in writing to the President of CINP within fifteen days of receipt of notice of the decision of the Council to expel. If the individual proposed for discontinuance timely notifies the President of CINP, he shall have an opportunity to refute the recommendations of the Ethics Committee and Council through a written statement of no longer than five double-spaced typewritten pages to be mailed with the ballot to all CINP members eligible to vote. The Ethics Committee and Council may respond to the foregoing statement of the same limitation in length. An individual shall be expelled if the Council decision is upheld by a vote of two-thirds of the numbers eligible to vote under Article I of the By-Laws who actually vote.

(e)

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Dues
Annual dues will be determined by the General Meeting. Dues shall be required of all members not exempt under Article I, unless waived in whole or in part upon the recommendation of the Council for good cause.

VI

Audits
The financial statements of the Association shall be subject to annual inspection in accordance with the laws and regulations of the country in which the books and records are maintained. The inspection shall be carried out by an organisation competent in law to conduct the level of inspection required by laws and regulations (hereafter "Auditor"). The report of the Auditor shall go directly to the Executive Committee which shall in turn be presented to the General Assembly.

VII

Parliamentary Procedures
The Business Meeting shall be conducted in accord with Roberts' Rules of Order except that the Constitution and By-Laws shall take precedence.

VIII Final Provisions

These By-Laws were approved by the Incorporation Meeting of CINP in Zurich of July 26, 1999 and amended by mail ballot vote on April 8, 2002, January 23, 2009 and on May 18, 2010 to be valid as of June 9, 2010 and by mail ballot vote on July 25, 2011 to be valid as of September 12, 2011.

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