Regulations Governing Collection and Review of Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund Article 10

The Working Group shall comprise 19 to 25 members whom shall be appointed on a part-time basis by the central competent authority from experts in the fields of medicine and health, anatomy and pathology, or law, or just and impartial persons in the community; one of the members shall be appointed convener.The total number of experts in the field of law and just and impartial persons in the community shall be not less than one third of the Working Group members; the total number of members in either gender shall comprise not less than one third of the Working Group members.Members will serve a term of two years and may be re-appointed after expiry of the current term. When there is a vacancy during the term of members, a person with same or similar background as that of the original member may be appointed to fill the vacancy and serve until the end of the original term of office.The convener of the Working Group shall be responsible for calling meetings and shall serve as the chairperson. In cases where the convener cannot attend a meeting for some reasons, members will elect one among themselves to chair the meeting.