1 Purpose and limits
The Advisory Council provides scientific advice supporting programmes and reviewing awareness content and methods of assessing medical need. It does not replace the treating physician, Assistance Committee or Board. It issues no diagnosis, prescription or treatment report in the Association’s name and does not approve expenditure or cases in its advisory capacity.(1)
2 Formation and independence
A Board resolution defines the chair, members, specialties, term, duties, meeting arrangements and substitutes. Licences, experience and specialty suitability are verified and periodically updated; members sign confidentiality and interest disclosures. Advisory membership grants no right to practise in unlicensed premises or use an institutional title outside the assignment.
3 Scientific review
An advice request defines the question, minimum information, purpose and deadline, removing identity where unnecessary. Advice relies on current, authoritative professional evidence appropriate to age, condition and local context, identifying its source, version and limits. An undocumented medical criterion is marked “requires an approved medical reference” and is not converted into a rejection condition or treatment recommendation.(2)
4 Cases and conflicts of interest
Review of medical documentation to establish service type or appropriate specialty stays within the documents and does not re-diagnose the patient. Missing information is clarified with the care provider through a lawful route; urgent risk is referred to the physician or emergency services. A physician connected to a service provider or financial interest recuses from the affected assessment, with a replacement recorded.
5 Meetings and outputs
The formation resolution establishes quorum and how advice is reached before work starts. Unstated powers are not assumed. Attendance, conflicts, question, evidence, dissent, recommendations and limits are recorded. Advice goes to the relevant Association function; the Assistance Committee retains funding decisions under financial and social criteria and authority limits.
6 Quality and accountability
Medical content is reviewed when evidence changes, a risk arises or the specialist-set review date expires. Response time, conflicts and reference quality are monitored, with annual performance reporting to the Board. Unsafe material is immediately withdrawn; authorised corrections preserve the previous version’s audit trail.
References in the approved document
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The Association’s approved 2026 Articles of Association, Articles 4, 5, 20 and 85 and the limits of its purposes. This document establishes internal implementation controls without changing higher legal powers or requirements.
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Medical-liability and health-profession legislation, including Federal Decree-Law No. 4 of 2016, its executive regulations and amendments within their scope; the health-data policy. This document establishes internal implementation controls without changing higher legal powers or requirements.