Constitution

Introduction

The Field Spaniel Health Committee is constituted as a sub-committee of the Field Spaniel Society General Committee and will report thereto on a regular basis, or as when determined by the General Committee.

The Field Spaniel Health Committee may at anytime seek help and/or advice from the Kennel Club Genetics Co-ordinator and/or the Kennel Club BSAVA Scientific Committee regarding its function and/or handling of data collected. (Held by the Health Co-ordinator).

Membership

The membership of The Field Spaniel Health Committee will consist of :

Two (2) members drawn from the Field Spaniel General Committee, one (1) of whom will be the Field Spaniel Society Health Co-ordinator.
Two (2) members from the general membership of the Field Spaniel Society.
A Veterinary Surgeon, approved by the Field Spaniel General Committee, as an ex-officio member to act in an advisory capacity to the committee.

All members of the Field Spaniel Health Committee must be fully subscribed members of the Field Spaniel Society.

The two (2) committee members of the Health Committee will be nominated from within the Field Spaniel Society General Committee membership and will serve their term of office concurrently with their term of office on the General Committee.

Health Committee members nominated from within the Field Spaniel General Committee will be eligible for re-nomination if successfully re-elected to the Field Spaniel Society General Committee, should they stand for re-election.

The general members of the Field Spaniel Health Committee will serve for a period of three (3) years following election and will be eligible to stand for re-election when their term of office comes to an end.

The general members of the Field Spaniel Health Committee will be elected in accordance with rule four (4) of the Field Spaniel Society Rules, April 2000.

Aim of The Field Spaniel Health Committee

The aim of The Field Spaniel Health Committee shall be to establish, maintain, monitor and seek to improve the well-being and health status of the Field Spaniel.

Objectives

To establish channels of communication within the breed and establish a Field Spaniel health database.
To promote existing health schemes e.g. eye surveying and hip scoring.
From the health database, identify the aetiology (origin) and epidemiology (spread) of pathologies detrimental to the survival of the Field Spaniel.
Recommend to the general membership of the Field Spaniel Society, through the Field Spaniel General Committee, any appropriate advice and/or remedial actions that may help preserve the health status of the Field Spaniel.
Provide regular information to the general membership of the Field Spaniel Society
through the Field Spaniel Society Newsletter, Field Spaniel Society Year Book and the Annual General Meeting.
The Field Spaniel Health Committee will not prescribe or seek to control breeding programmes within the membership of the Field Spaniel Society.
Information provided by Field Spaniel Society members will be treated in strictest confidence and unless specified by the person providing the information, will be catalogued anonymously, dog a, dog b, bitch a, bitch c etcetera.
All members of the Field Spaniel Health Committee will subscribe to a Confidentiality Agreement by which: Information from individual owners will be only disclosed with the consent of the owner.
Any member of the Field Spaniel Health Committee proven to have breached this Confidentiality Agreement will be dealt with in accordance with rule (7) of the Field Spaniel Society Rules, April 2000,

I... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... hereby agree to keep any and all information given to me, in my capacity as a member of the Field Spaniel Society Health Committee, in strictest confidence in perpetuity. Such information will only be shared with other members of the Field Spaniel Society Health Committee and with any others on a 'need to know' basis only with the expressed consent of the owner.

Any monies raised on behalf of the Field Spaniel Society Health Committee, will be administered through the Field Spaniel Society normal account /banking arrangement, by the Society Treasurer.

The Field Spaniel Society Health Committee is instituted from within the general membership of the Field Spaniel Society and exists only to serve the best interests of the Field Spaniel and their owners.