The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Act 2003

Members of the College.

28.— (1) Subject to the following subsections of this section, the Council shall have the power to appoint a new and distinct category of Member to the body politic and corporate of the said College and such category shall be called or known by the name or style of “THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND”.

(2) Members of the College shall be entitled to attend Meetings (not being Council Meetings) and shall be conferred with voting rights in relation to the election of the Council of the College.

(3) Members of the College shall not be eligible to hold the office of President, Vice-President or Member of the Council.

(4) The Examiners of the College or so many of them as may hereafter be declared necessary to constitute a Court or Board, shall from time to time and in the presence of the President or, in his absence of the Vice-President and two or more Members of the Council, upon request made to the President or, in his absence, to the Vice-President, examine in such form and manner, and on such subjects, as the Council may, from time to time, direct and prescribe, any candidate for a Membership who shall pass such examination as the Council of the said College shall, from time to time, think fit and direct that candidates for a membership shall undergo, to the satisfaction of the said Examiners, to be certified to the said Council, then and in such case the said Council shall grant to such persons such diploma under seal of the said Corporation or College, and in such form as the Council of the College shall direct, upon his performance or compliance with the following requisites and provisions, that is to say, every person so examined and approved of shall, before he or she shall obtain or be entitled to obtain such diploma, make and subscribe to the following declaration and affirmation:

I, A.B., do solemnly and sincerely declare that I will observe and be obedient to the Charters, Statutes, Bye-Laws, and Ordinances of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and that I will, to the utmost of my power, endeavour to promote the reputation, honour, and dignity of the said College.”.