Bylaws of World Federation of Traditional
 Chinese Orthopedics

I. Purpose

     By using modern scientific method together with traditional, experiential methodology, WFTCO is organized to unite,coordinate, to promote, to cultivate national and international orthopedic experience for the purpose of serving the citizen of the world for better health.

II. Organization

1. Board of Direction
      (1) WFTCO is an organization of those who utilize respactive traditional treatment method together with modern clinical technology to treat bone fracture, to du academic research and instruction with volunteer participation from various sub groups or organizations.
     (2) WFTCO accepts guidance form WHO. The Board consists of 60 board members according to respective national membership which elects board representatives for the term of 5 years.
     (3) WFTCO elects 1 presidnt, 4 deputy chairmen, several vice presidents, 1 treasurer, 2 vice treasurers, ali of them will esrve as standing committee of the borad.
     (4) Standing committee of the board must be those who engage in Chinese or western medical practice or academic instruction as well as research.
     (5) Boared may retain honorable chairman, general advisor, honorable president; honorable president and general advisor can preside at the board meeting of the standing committee, can offer operational suggestion, but they do not have the right to vote.
     (6) The board will award the title of "honorable advisor" to those who make significant contributioin to the organization.
     (7) WFTCO will establish "Shang Tian Yu" scholarship which is the highest academic and technological reward to given to those with special contributioin in the profession on every 5 years. The scientific results will be divided into four categories which will be assessed and evaluated every 2 years in order to honor those who show significant contribution in the orthopedic profession. Specific criterion will be designed and approved by the board.
     2. Office of secretary General
     (1) Headquarter of WFTCO will be set up in Beijing or tienjin, China where houses the and $500.00 for annual membership fee.
     3. Rights and responsibilities
     (1) The association will protect members who engage in bone alignment, medical massage, and acupuncture work.
     (2) The association will coordinate and arbitrate technical disputes under the precondition of legal and ethetical practice in the respective residential country.
     (3) The association will provide members technical information if requested, members will enjoy 20% discount for any association publications.
     (4) Menbers have rights to participate any academic conferences sponsored by the association, will enjoy 20% discount for congruence fee.
     (5) Members will enjoy 20% discount for participating any association sponsored special training seminar.
     (6) Menbers will enjoy 40% discount for participating any association sponsored special training seminar.
     (7) Special funds or scholarship will be provided to eligible members'dependents who have been accepted to medical schools but are having financial difficulties. Special funds will be provided for member family in case of death.
     4. Membership rules
     Oath: we solemnly sweat to observe the organization's rules to serve the citizen of the world to ease their pain, to have compassion for the patients, to serve the public, to learn trom the past.
     (1) Petient must be our utomost concern, we must care, protect, and respect our patients, we will never discriminate against our patient because of disfiguration, filth, and poverty.
     (2) Must be loyal, patient, careful, focused in following proper procedures, not negligent or disobedient of the rules.
     (3) Must be responsible in telling truth to the patients without exaggeration of the facts.
     (4) Must wear proper uniform at work. Must be kind with patients. If necessary to undress a female patient, a female doctor or nurse must be present to esamine the female patient. In the clinics, a professional must not laugh and wise crack or tease the patient.
     (5) Must not cheat the patienty, administer proper medication and charge proper fee.
     (6) Must not be arrogant and proud with the colleagues. Must be helpful to each other and assist the other prfessionasl, never defame your collegues.
       (7) Must be humble in knowledge pursuit, must never cheat the public and standing committee of the board under which office of secretary general will be eatablished.

  (2) WFTCO is a non-profit organization where office of secretary general bears the executive  function of the organization.
     (3) WFTCO's financial matters will be handled by treasurer and vice treasurer, one of whom can submit expense report to secretary general for approval.
     (4) Board will hold standing committee meeting once a year, will listen to operational and financial report, next fiscal year report from the office of secretary general, who will provide specific procedures for execution.
     (5) Board standing committee will em ploy and decide proper personnel to staff office of secretary general who will perform executive function for the organization.
     (6) According to regional necessity, branch WFTCO offices can be established, but must be approved by administrative format can follow the main office.

     III. Membership

     1. Qualification
     (1) They must graduate from Chinese or western medical school, have practiced bone alignment, medical massage, acupuncture, and Chinese herbal medicine in treating bone fracture and disease or combination there of in the field of orthopedics as in academic instruction or research for over three years.
     (2) They can be those who are self taught and in apprentice work, with academic equivalent who may hold a international orthopedic certificate.
     (3) Without the above qualification, they use have clinical experience for over 10 years with special training seminar for over three months, then they can apply for associated membership. The associated members do not have voting right, but enjoy the same benefits as a regular member.
     (4) If applying for admission as an organization membership, the organization must be a member of WHO in its respective country.
     2. condition and procedure for becoming a member
     (1) With proper qualifications as previously stated, any person can apply.
     (2) Prospective applicant must fill application form, pay $40.00 for basic application fee, $20.00 for annual membership due, office of secretary general must apporve the applocation.
     (3) One life membership fee is $400.00.
     (4) Organization membership must be approved by the board, pay initial $1000.00 fee overexaggerate your own ability. Let the public be the fair judge.
     (8) Must respect your teacher, love the young, accept guidance from senior doctors, love the jurior doctors and be kind to them.
     (9) Under acadmic standard, fairness must be applied to all under all circumstance.
     (10) Observe the previously stated"9"taboos, follow the association rules, love and respect your profession and make significant scientific contribution.
     5. Menbership withdrawal
     (1) Member will be automatically withdrawn without paying membership due for two consecutibe years.
    (2) Member violates the association rules continuously without any modification of behaviour. Branch office will report the case to secretary general for approving the membership withdrawal.
     (3) Member withdrawm must not use the expired identification card. If disregard this rule, association has the right to sue in the respective courty to punish the violator.

  IV. Emblam or sign

1. Interpretation of the sign
     WFTCO symbolizes the great world union as supported by the glob model wrapped around by the wheat head. A pictrue in the center is taken from a medical book entitled Yi Zong Jin Jian Zheng Gu Xin Fa Ya Zhi(Essence of Spinal Column Brace), with navy bule background, gold lines, English Litters, WFTCO in red.
     2. conotation
     (1) The symbol represents the the great union of the world orthopedic professionals.
     (2) The spinal colunm btace represents the Chinese orthopedic treatment method of bone fractrue in external stablization.
     (3) The Chinese treatmentof spinal column fractrue was first mentioned in Yong Lei Qian Fang by stretching oneself over the door post.
     (4) Spinal column btace treatment method represents international orthopedics.
     (5) The syumbol overall represents the union of the world orthopedic professionals, union of international orthopedics with view of developing interantionl orthopedic science to bendfit the world citizen.