Article 7 : PARA Business

7.01                 (a)        Resident Physicians designated to represent PARA shall be granted
time off without loss of pay for the purpose of carrying out those duties. Such activities shall include:

(i)         meetings of PARA and its national affiliate;
(ii)        meetings with the Authority or Faculties of Medicine;
(iii)       appeal, grievance, adjudication, arbitration or accreditation proceedings;
(iv)       Authority or Faculty proceedings where a Resident Physician has requested, and is entitled to, PARA representation;
(v)        meetings with Alberta Health and Wellness up to a maximum of ten (10) total days in a calendar year; and
(vi)       meetings of the Alberta Medical Association Board of Directors, Representative Forum, and Physician and Family Support Steering Committee to a maximum of eighteen (18) total days in a calendar year.

                        (b)        Resident Physicians designated to represent PARA at meetings of any other organization or committee that PARA has representation upon (directly or through affiliating with other organizations) may be granted time off without loss of pay for the purpose of carrying out those duties with prior consent of their Program Director.

7.02                 Such time off shall not be of such duration as to seriously interfere with the training requirements for that particular Resident Physician.

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