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3. The Health Authority shall assign or create an organizational unit to accomplish the
administrative tasks related to the work of the Committee.

Article (10)

The Committee’s rapporteur is responsible for the following specializations:

1. Receiving the requests to be submitted to the Committee and register them in the relevant
records;
2. Requesting the original medical file and documents and files of the present case before the
Committee;
3. Inviting the concerned parties and whoever the Committee deems necessary to be invited to
hear his Statements;
4. Inviting members to attend meetings in coordination with the chairman of the Committee;
5. Preparing the Committee's agenda in coordination with the chairman of the Committee;
6. Preparing minutes of the Committee’s meetings;
7. Preparing the final report of the Committee signed by all the attending members and sending
it to the Health Authority;
8. Any other tasks assigned to it by the chairman of the Committee.

Article (11)

1. The Committee shall convene a meeting upon the invitation of its chairman or the vice-
chairman, in the absence of the chairman, to consider any cases referred thereto;
2. The quorum of the Committee meeting shall be deemed correct with the presence of two-thirds
of the members, provided that the Chairmen or the Vice Chairman shall be amongst the
attendees, and the opinion of the Committee is issued by the majority of the votes of its
attending members, and in the event of a tie, the side of the chairperson of the meeting shall
have the casting vote. In the event that the medical error is conditioned as a gross error, two-
thirds of the attending members shall agree to that.

Article (12)
1. It is prohibited for any member of the Committee to attend its meetings or express his opinion
on any topic submitted thereto, in any of the following cases:
a. If he is related to one of the complaining parties up to the fourth degree;
b. If he is working under the management or supervision of one of the complaining parties;
c. If he has previously treated the patient for the disease, subject matter of the complaint;
d. If the physician under investigation has previously consulted him regarding the case, subject
matter of the complaint;
e. If there is any other relationship that constitutes a conflict of interest and creates doubts around
the principle of neutrality.
2. The prohibition stipulated in Clause (1) of this Article shall apply to whoever assisting the
Committee to perform its duties.

*In case of any misinterpretation, the Arabic version of this legislation prevails.