ASCPaLM｜Asian Society for Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Organization & Committees

Fang-Yeh Chu
Taiwan
The President
Hiroaki Onishi
Japan
Secretary and Treasurer
DR. Dr. Teguh Triyono
Vice President
Gye-Cheol KWON
Korea
Immediate Past President
Hiroaki Onishi
President, The Japanese Society of Laboratory Medicine
Fang-Yeh Chu
President Taiwan Society of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Prof. DR. Dr. ARYATI, MS, Sp.PK(K)
President Indonesian Society of Clinical Pathology
Sail CHUN
Chairman The Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine
Namid Munkhtuvshin
President Mongolian Society of Clinical Pathology

ASCPaLM Executive Board and Council members (2023-2024)

Executive Board members

President
  • Fang-Yeh ChuTaiwanjacpha@mail.femh.org.tw
Immediate past President
  • Gye-Cheol KwonKoreakckwon@cnu.ac.kr
Vice President
  • Teguh TriyonoIndonesiapakteguhtri@yahoo.com
Secretary General
  • Hiroaki OnishiJapanonishi@ks.kyorin-u.ac.jp
Auditor
  • Sail ChunKoreasailchun@gmail.com
Webmaster
  • Tjin-Shing JapTaiwantsjap1119@gmail.com

Council members

  • Ida ParwatiIndonesiaidaparwati2008@gmail.com
  • dr AryatiIndonesiadr_aryati@yahoo.com
  • Katsue InoueJapankatsuei@yamanashi.ac.jp
  • Masami MurakamiJapanmmurakam@gunma-u.ac.jp
  • Yeo-Min YunKoreayun7640@gmail.com
  • Woochang LeeKoreawoochang.lee1@gmail.com
  • Namid MunkhtuvshinMongoliaicplab@magicnet.mn
  • M. OyundelgerMongoliaonukha69@gmail.com
  • Tzong-Shi ChiuehTaiwandrche0523@gmail.com
  • Pei-Chin LinTaiwanu9901407@cmu.edu.tw

1. Organization and its Name

The organization is a “non-profit” organization for the societies whose main activities are in laboratory medicine (clinical pathology). It shall be known as “the Asian Society for Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine”.
Abbreviation of the Society shall be ASCPaLM.

2. Purpose

The purpose of the Asian Society for Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, herein after referred to as the Society, exists 1) to promote improvement in the health and well-being of the communities it serves through improving the development and practice of laboratory medicine (clinical pathology), and 2) to support not only its constituent societies in Asia, but also its other members through communication, cooperation in education, research and practice.

3. Membership

3.1 Geographic eligibility for membership shall apply to societies and normally having its activities in countries/areas in Asia, and the areas shall be based on geography and not political considerations.
3.2 Classes of memberships are Full membership (Constituent Society), Affiliate membership, and Corporate membership.
3.2.1 Full Membership (Constituent Society): Full membership is available to the recognized and established national/area societies of laboratory medicine (clinical pathology) operated mainly by physicians in the area, and has the voting right and the eligibility for election.
3.2.2 Affiliate membership has three categories; 1) A society from a country/area within Asia may apply to be an Affiliate membership if there is no recognized and established society of laboratory medicine (clinical pathology) in that country/area. 2) An international or national society not from Asia, but having an interest in laboratory medicine (clinical pathology) may apply for an Affiliate membership. 3) An individual physician from a country/area in Asia may apply to be an Affiliate membership for a certain period of time if there is no recognized and established society of laboratory medicine (clinical pathology) or no appropriate affiliate membership society in that country/area, and shall be encouraged to organize a national/area society of laboratory medicine.
3.2.3 Corporate membership: Corporate membership is open to manufacturers and also distributors of clinical laboratory equipment and reagents.
3.2.4 Each Affiliate and Corporate member may send one observer to the meetings of the Society. The observers will not have the voting rights and the eligibility for election.
3.2.5 There shall be only one class of membership for any one geographical area except for Corporate membership.

4. Council

4.1 The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a Council.
4.2 Each constituent society shall appoint two delegates to Council who shall be a member of the governing body of that constituent society. The society may appoint a deputy who may attend a Council Meeting in place of the delegate.
4.3 Members of the Executive Committee shall be members of the Council ex-officio.
4.4 Affiliate and Corporate members shall not be a member of Council.
4.5 At least a half (50%) plus one of the total memberships of the Society present at the Council Meeting shall form a quorum.
4.6 The Executive Committee may determine matters by postal or e-mail ballot of the Executive Committee, or by postal or e-mail ballot of the members of Council, as it shall deem fit. At least one half of either the Executive Committee or Council members’ replies must be received before such matters are considered valid.
4.7 Important issues, such as proposal for changes of bylaws, should be decided by more than a half of attending council members or members replying the E-mail.
4.8 Council shall meet every year in which one is at times and in places to coincide with the Congress which is scheduled to be held every two years.
4.8 Council shall meet every year in which one is at times and in places to coincide with the Congress which is scheduled to be held every two years or on occasions as deemed necessary by the Executive Committee.
4.9 At least three months’ notice will be given of a Council Meeting and particulars of its agenda will be circulated to all members at least one month in advance of the meeting.
4.10 The following points will be considered at the Council Meeting:
4.10.1 The previous term’s accounts and report of the Executive Committee.
4.10.2 The election of office-bearers for the next term of office.
4.11 The admission of new members to the Society shall be decided by Council by a simple majority vote.

5. Executive Committee

5.1 There shall be an Executive Committee which shall be responsible for the day-to-day affairs of the Society.
5.2 The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, the President-Elect (the Vice-President), Past-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Auditors.
5.3 The term of office of the President, the Vice President, Past-President, Auditors, and Treasurer shall be two years, whichever is the longer. The President, the Vice-President, Past-President, Auditors, and Treasurer shall retire on completion of the term of office and shall be ineligible for re-election for a further term in the same office.
5.4 The first term for the Secretary shall be three years. After the first term, it shall be two years or from one Council Meeting to the next Council Meeting, whichever is the longer. The Secretary shall be eligible for re-election.
5.5 The duties of the office-bearers are as follows:
5.5.1 The President shall act as Chairman at all Council and Executive Committee Meetings. He or she or a designate shall represent the Society in its dealings with outside organizations. The President or designate will be a member, ex-officio, of all Standing Committees of the Society.
5.5.2 The Vice-President shall deputize for the President in the latter’s absence.
5.5.3 The Secretary shall keep all records, except financial of the Society and shall be responsible for their correctness. He or she will keep Minutes of all Council and Executive Committee Meetings.
5.5.4 The Treasurer shall keep an account of all monies collected and disbursed on behalf of the society, and all other monetary transactions, and shall be responsible for their correctness. All monies will be deposited in a bank in a designated country, to be named by the Committee.

6. Funding of the Society

6.1 With the advice from Council, the Executive committee shall set the membership fee (annual due).
6.2 There shall be no membership fee for Affiliate and Corporate membership.

7. Amendment of the Constitution

7.1 The Constitution will be amended by an affirmative vote of two thirds of the membership of the Council.
7.2 Notice of proposed amendments of the Constitution shall be given by the Secretary in writing no less than three months prior to a vote to amend the Constitution.

8. Audit

Auditors will be required to audit the accounts of the Society and present a report upon them at the Council Meeting. They may be required by the President to audit the Society’s accounts for any period within their tenure of office and make a report to the Council.