The Society shall be named "International Society of Oriental Medicine."

The headquarters of the Society shall be located in Seoul, Korea.

The objectives of the Society shall be 1) development of Traditional Medicine through international congress and interchange of knowledge and information and 2) promotion of the health and welfare of human beings in accordance with the ends and functions of WHO and other international bodies.

Main member countries of the Society are Korea, Japan and Taiwan.

The qualification for membership of the Society shall be as follows:

Members of the Society shall be the subject of rights and obligations regulated on the constitution. Members shall enjoy their status when registered at the Secretariat.

Members shall have the rights and obligations as follows

The Society shall function as outlined below to achieve its objectives in Chapter 2.

The Society shall have such officers as listed below.

The position shall be honorary and the term of office for each position is as follows:

The President of the Society shall be elected by the board of directors. A member of the Society who is not director can be elected as president.

The President shall preside over the affairs of the Society.

In the absence of the President by resignation or disqualification by other causes, a successor to the President shall be elected within three months.

The Vice-President shall assist the president and execute the affairs of the Society in the absence of the president. The order of the Vice-President as the acting President shall be decided by the president’s appointment and if otherwise shall be decided according to seniority.

The Secretary General shall be appointed in the board meeting of the headquarter country.

The Vice Secretary-General assists the Secretary General execute the affairs of the Secretariat and overlooks the affairs of respective main member country.

Directors of each member country shall be appointed by the respective country.

The bodies of Society are composed of the board and the secretariat.

The board of directors meeting shall be held 1-2 times in each year in the nation having the Secretariat or the host nation of the congress. The meeting shall be convoked by the request of the president or the majority of the directors. The President shall preside over the meeting.

The board of directors meeting shall be convened with a majority of the members participating. Decisions of the Board of Directors shall be made by the agreement of the majority of the members attending the meeting. In case of ties, the president shall decide the issue. The President shall preside over the meeting.

1. The responsibilities of the board of directors shall be as follows..

2. When directors or members breach order, defamation of the dignity of the Society or failure in or violation of the constitution of the Society, the Society can take disciplinary actions by the agreement of two thirds majority of a majority present and voting. The details of the grounds and kinds of disciplinary action shall be regulated separately.

The Secretariat shall have a necessary number of staff members.

Each member nation shall establish a permanent branch for maintaining contact with the Secretariat.

The name of the branch office shall be ---Chapter of the International Society of Oriental Medicine.

The Congress shall be held every two years. The site for the congress shall be deliberated on and selected by the Board of Directors.

The host nation of the International Congress of Oriental Medicine shall set up a preparatory office and submit detailed schedules to the Secretariat 12 months prior to the congress. The host nation shall report to the Secretariat all progress made in the preparation on an on-going basis.

The holding of the International Congress of Oriental medicine shall be financed by entry fees from member nations and appropriation for the congress such as donations from the host nation.

The operation of the Secretariat shall be financed by ISOM fund and other financial resources.

The ISOM fund shall be contributed by the main member countries(Korea, Japan, Taiwan)

The budget of the Society shall be formulated by the board. The board shall notify member nations of the budget six months prior to the next Congress, and collect the dues in US dollars in the year congress is held.

Main member countries shall be responsible for paying contributions on ISOM fund. Otherwise, the qualification of hosting the next Congress shall be divested and rights as main member country shall be deprived.

For the dissolution of the Society, the agenda requires the attendance of majority number of members and approval of at least 2/3 of the members present.

The Society may establish an academic committee to support academic research activities on Traditional Medicine.

This constitution shall be effective upon resolution by the Board of Directors meeting of the 7th International Congress of Oriental Medicine.

This constitution shall be amended upon the resolution by the Board of Directors meeting of the 8th International Congress of Oriental Medicine.

This constitution shall be amended upon resolution by the Board of Directors meeting of the 13th International Congress of Oriental Medicine.

This constitution shall be amended upon resolution by the Board of Directors meeting of the 14th International Congress of Oriental Medicine.

This constitution shall be amended upon resolution by the Board of Directors meeting of the 39th International Congress of Oriental Medicine.