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Faculty Members Bylaws

Faculty Members Bylaws

Faculty Members Bylaws at the American University of Madaba No. (1) / 2022

 

Article 1

This Bylaw shall be called (Academic Staff Bylaw at the American University of Madaba and it shall come into force as of the date of its approval by the Higher Education Council).

Article 2

The following words and phrases shall have, wherever they appear in this Bylaw, shall have the meanings assigned unless context indicates otherwise:

The University: The American University of Madaba.

Board of Trustees: University Board of Trustees.

The Council: University Council of Deans.

Article 3 

University Faculty Member is:

  1. Professor

  2. Associate Professor

  3. Assistant Professor

  4. practicing professor

  5. Lecturer

  6. Teaching Assistant.

Article 4:

Appointment and Tenure A faculty member shall be appointed in the University, promoted, to a higher rank, placed to a full-time job, transferred to a different category, seconded, delegated and granted sabbatical and unpaid leaves and accepting his resignation upon the Council’s decision. 

Article 5:

A faculty member, to be appointed at the University, must meet the following conditions, in addition to other conditions and requirements stipulated in this Bylaw: 

  1. He should have an academic degree or a vocational certificate in a field enabling him to teach at the University. The degree or certificate should be obtained after a high school certificate or an equivalent. The degree or certificate should not be less than a bachelor degree obtained from a recognized University. 

  2. He should be capable of carrying out the job, especially teaching. 

  3. He should be healthy, pursuant to the medical committee approved by the University. 

  4. He should not have been convicted of a crime breaching honor or public morality or a felony. 

  5. He should not have been fired, removed or his job terminated during the probation period

Article 6

A teaching assistant should hold a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent with fulltime attendance from a recognized university in the area of specialization of his work. He should also have five years of experience in the field of specialty or any related industrial or vocational experience after obtaining the bachelor’s degree.

Article 7

A lecturer at the University should:

  1. Hold a master’s degree or an equivalent in the field of his major.

  2. Have at least three years of working experience after obtaining the master’s degree in the field of his major, either in teaching, research or practical specialty.

Article 8:

A. A practitioner in the University should: 

  1. Have obtained a bachelor’s degree or an equivalent in the field of specialty. 

  2. Have at least ten years of working experience after obtaining the bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in an industrial or vocational field and have conducted distinguished works that led to a cognitive tangible progress or achieved an unprecedented invention, innovation or development for his field of study. 

B. The Council, pursuant to instructions it issues, shall determine other conditions for hiring a practitioner.

Article 9

An assistant professor to be appointed at the University should hold a PhD or an equivalent from a recognized University, or hold a specialized certificate equivalent to a PhD from a recognized academic or vocational institute.

Article 10

A. An associate professor to be appointed at the University should: 

  1. Hold the educational qualification stipulated in Article (9) in this Bylaw. 

  2. Have an experience of no less than four years as an assistant professor at a university or an institute of a recognized University level. 

  3. Have published a scientific work, which resulted in academic progress after obtaining the educational qualification stipulated in Article (9) of this Bylaw. This work should fulfill the University’s requirements for promotion to an associate professor. 

B. A Person who has not worked before as an associate professor can be appointed as an associate professor if he has held the education qualification stipulated in Article (9) of this Bylaw for at least seven years during which he has published valuable scientific production recognized by the international scientific reference, or worked during these years in research, industrial or applied vocational field in which he achieved technical excellence through an invention or scientific innovation that led to the development of the field he works in; and such achievement or excellence should be outstanding according to all known international standards recognized for evaluating scientists’ achievements.

Article 11     

A. A person may be appointed as full professor at the University should have: 

  1. Obtained the education qualification stipulated in Article (9) of this Bylaw. 

  2. Had experience in working as an associate professor for a period of no less than four years at a university or an academic institute on a recognized university level. 

  3. Published work whiles an associate professor which led to tangible educational progress in the field of knowledge. 

B. A person who has not worked as an associate professor can appointed as a full professor if he has obtained the educational qualification stipulated in Article (9) of this Bylaw for fourteen years at least and has, during these years, published scientific production that led to the progress of knowledge according to the recognized scientific resource, and has worked in an industrial or an applied vocational field, where he has achieved a scientific or a technical breakthrough where he was awarded local or international rewards for an invention which is outstanding according to the global standards recognized and known for evaluating scientists, or a scientific innovation which led to the progress in the field he is working in.

 

Article 12

 

  1. A visiting professor, with a contract or a monthly remuneration, may be appointed if he: 

  1. Holds a rank from a university recognized by the University. 

  2. Holds the academic qualification stipulated in this Bylaw. 

 

  1. The time period of appointing the academic staff member stipulated in paragraph (A) of this Article does not serve the purpose for promotion, end of service remuneration or the benefit from housing projects and funds.

Article 13

  1. Upon the appointment of a faculty member, each year of his experience in fields other than teaching may be counted as one year for rank, seniority and salary purposes. The rank he held while working at a different yet recognized university may be counted on the condition that he has had the educational qualification stipulated in this Bylaw. 

 

  1. Upon the appointment of a faculty member, a previous experience that exceed six-months at a different university may be counted as one year, but the experience gained before obtaining the minimum required educational qualification for the current position is not counted.

Article - 14

A. academic staff member shall be appointed at the University after a probation period if he meets the following requirements: 

  1. Holding the Jordanian nationality. 

  2. Having worked for a minimum of four consecutive years at the University. 

  3. Having proved merit in developing University connections with industrial and productive entities inside and outside the country. 

  4. Having been promoted to a higher academic position in the University, unless he was appointed as a professor. In this case he may be tenured after a minimum period of four continuous years of working at the University. If he has not been tenured, his service shall automatically terminate.

 B. A lecturer or a lecturer assistant is tenured if he has spent a minimum period of four continuous years of working at the University and has been promoted to rank (A). 

 C. A teaching faculty’s probation period is considered to be a part of his actual working period.

  D. Taking clause (4) of paragraph (A) of this Article into consideration, the maximum probationary period is ten years, commencing the date of appointment in his rank for the first time. If he is not tenured during this time, his service shall automatically terminate.

 E. The council, upon a justified recommendation from the President based on the recommendation of the faculty council, may terminate a faculty member’s contract during his probation period, provided that a one-month notice at least is given from the date of notification. The Council does not have to abide by this condition if it finds justifications not to. 

F.   A faculty member may be reappointed at the University. In such a case, this member shall be on probation period again pursuant to the provisions of this Article, with the exception of a academic staff member whose service at the University has ended and was reappointed during the first year after end of service. In such a case, the faculty member shall be automatically tenured, provided that this takes place before the end of his service.

Article - 15

A faculty member appointed in any of the academic departments of any of the University's schools may be jointly appointed in another department of the same school or any other school, provided that the two departments are related in field. Conditions and bases of joint appointment shall be determined pursuant to instructions issued by the Council for such a purpose.

Article - 16

Transfer and promotion

  1. A professor, assistant professor, or an associate professor shall be transferred from a category to a higher one, if he has served for a period of no less than four years in the category he applies to be promoted from, has published a work or a scientific production which meets the conditions and descriptions assigned by the University, and has introduced scientific research to the University.

  2. A lecturer or an assistant lecturer shall be transferred from a category to a higher one, if he has served for a period of no less than seven years in the category he applies to be promoted from, has published scientific research, which meets the conditions and descriptions assigned by the University, and has substantially developed the University’s relation with the industrial, vocational, and other production sectors.

Article - 17

Those to be promoted to associate professor or professor ranks should meet the following conditions: 

  1. He has served for four years at least in the previous rank in the University. If a previous academic service in another university, recognized by the University, is to be counted, he should have served for eighteen months at least in the previous rank from the time of his appointment in the University.

  2. He has already, while at the previous rank, published valuable research or scientific production, which resulted in knowledge development in his field of specialization, has done valuable vocational and technical works, and has established successful relationships with industrial and production entities and with entities that use developed technology, and any other conditions determined by the University.

Article - 18

Subject to Article 16 of this Bylaw, the Council, in accordance with instructions issued by it, determines the other conditions for the purpose of transferring a faculty member from one category to a higher category within the same rank, or promoting them from one rank to a higher rank, including the number of academic research, the conditions for publishing such research, the method of their evaluation, and the value of the financial support amounts required for a faculty member to obtain from external parties for the purposes of developing academic research, the effectiveness of the faculty member in the field of teaching and other university activities, their relations inside and outside the university, and other conditions.

Article - 19

  1. The council, upon the recommendation of the president based on a recommendation from the faculty council and the department council, grant a faculty member a seniority in rank and salary not exceeding two years in a single rank, if they have made distinguished works in the field of academic research and achieved external financial support for the development of this research or achieved an unprecedented invention or innovation in their field on the global academic scale.

  2. The bases and conditions under which seniority is granted as stipulated in Paragraph (a) of this Article shall be determined by virtue of instructions issued by the Council for this purpose.

 

Article - 20

The Council, in accordance with instructions issued by it, determines the necessary conditions for the following:

  1. Granting distinguished faculty members who have spent many years in the service of the university or who have distinguished themselves in their lecturing or who have contributed to raising the status of the university financial or moral incentives or both, by offering them prizes in the form of gifts or non-recurring financial rewards or in the form of distinguished academic titles or all of the aforementioned.

  2. Granting honorary titles (Professor), (Associate Professor), (Assistant Professor) or (Practicing Professor) for the distinguished persons from outside the university who hold academic qualifications of no less than a bachelor’s degree as a minimum and have achieved significant and remarkable excellence in the engineering, technical, applied, technological or industrial fields.

Article 21

The duties of a faculty member

Within the scope of their university work, a faculty member at the university enjoys complete freedom of thought, expression, publication and exchange of opinion with regard to teaching, academic research and other university activities, within the limits of the applicable bylaws and with adherence to university values and Bylaw and instructions issued thereto.

Article 22

The duties of a faculty member at the university include the following:

  1. Teaching and conducting exams.

  1. Conducting innovative research and studies with a focus on linking these research with industry and applied aspects.

  2. Supervising university theses, students’ research and reports, and academic  and social activities, and guiding them academically and ethically.

  3. Academic advising.

  4. Participation in university councils and committees, and in those in which the university participates.

  5. Any work that promotes the university and pushes it to progress.

  6. To devote themselves to their academic duty at the university and to make an effort to advance its academic mission and maintain a level appropriate to the university’s position in the fields of research, teaching, guidance and administration.

  7. Community service and development through openness to the industrial, professional and technical sectors and linking the theoretical side with the practical and applied aspects.



Article 23

  1. A faculty member must submit an annual report to their Head of Department or division supervisor on their academic activities in teaching, supervision, academic research and non-academic activities related to community service and development, committees, and others. The division supervisor must submit a consolidated report on the division to the Head of the Department.

 

  1. 1- The Head of the Department must submit a report including their opinion on the department and submit it to the Dean of the faculty.

2- The Dean of the Faculty must prepare a report including their opinion on the faculty and the activities of the departments and submit it to the president at the end of the second semester of each academic year.

Article - 24

The department council may, with the approval of the faculty council, establish a division for the specialization that has more than one faculty member in one field of specialization working within the scope of the council. The affairs of this division are managed by a supervisor appointed by the Dean of the Faculty from among the faculty members in that specialization based on the recommendation of the Head of the Department.

Article - 25

A- The weekly working hours for a faculty member shall be (40) forty hours, distributed among the following tasks:

1- Teaching.

2- Supervising university theses.

3- Academic research.

4- Academic guidance.

5- Student reviews.

6- Participation in councils and committees.

8- Community service and development.

9- Other university duties.

 

B-1- The teaching load for the professor is (9) nine credit hours, the associate professor and assistant professor (12) twelve credit hours, and the teacher and assistant teacher (15) fifteen credit hours.

2- The teaching load of the practicing professor is determined according to instructions issued by the council for this purpose.

C- The president, if necessary, may reduce the teaching load for a faculty member who assumes administrative burdens or responsibilities or coordinating responsibilities with the industrial and production sectors.

Article 26

A faculty member shall not be given any rewards for the additional lectures given inside the university, unless they have fulfilled their assigned teaching load in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph (b) of Article (25) of this Bylaw.

Article 27

A faculty member may, with the prior written approval of the president and upon a recommendation from the Dean of the Faculty and a recommendation from the Head of the Department, give lectures or do work outside the university, provided that their number does not exceed six credit hours per week during one semester.

Article 28

Leaves, delegation, assignment and secondment.

  1. The annual leave for faculty members at the university for each academic year is as follows:

  1. Eight weeks for faculty members who hold administrative positions.

  2. Eleven weeks for other faculty members.

 

  1. The annual leave stipulated in paragraph (a) of this article is distributed among the semesters in accordance with the instructions issued by the president for this purpose, unless the nature of the faculty’s work requires a different arrangement. In all cases, the leave is annual and may not be credited for the following year.

 

  1. The President may assign a faculty member to work during his annual vacation against remuneration

Article 29

The president, after consulting the Dean of the Faculty and the Head of the Department, can grant the faculty member a leave of no more than three weeks to perform the Hajj, and this leave is granted to them once throughout the period of their service at the university.

Article - 30

Sick and emergency leave and the conditions for granting them shall be determined in accordance with instructions issued by the Council for this purpose.

 

Article 31

  1. A faculty member at the university who holds the rank of professor or associate professor may be granted a sabbatical leave for a period of one year or divided into two or more semesters for every six years spent in the service of the university, provided that they submit a plan for the research that they will prepare during the leave.

 

  1. The period spent by a faculty member on sabbatical leave shall not be calculated for the purposes of calculating the next sabbatical leave that they are entitled to.

 

  1. 1 - The faculty member receives their salary and all their bonuses during the sabbatical leave, and this leave is calculated as an actual service for the purposes of promotion, end-of-service gratuity, savings, and fulfillment of obligations. If the faculty member spends their sabbatical leave in world-renowned universities, distinguished international research centers, or well-known industrial or technological centers outside the Kingdom, It is permissible to issue them a monthly incentive bonus of no more than (100%) of their salary and allowances, by virtue of the instructions issued by the Council for this purpose, provided that this member devote themselves to their academic research during the leave.

2- A faculty member who is on sabbatical leave may work, with the approval of the president, during this leave in universities, academic research centers, factories, or production places inside or outside the Kingdom.

3- If a licensed faculty member who takes a sabbatical leave, spends this leave or any part of it, outside the Kingdom for the purposes of academic research, the university shall pay them their travel expenses with their spouse and children during the sabbatical year and for one time for departure and return in accordance with instructions issued by the Council specifying the bases for disbursing those expenses, the number of children and others.

D- A faculty member who has been granted a sabbatical leave must submit to the Dean of Faculty at the end of their leave, a full report on the academic research they made during the leave to be evaluated by an academic committee formed by a decision of the president based on the Dean’s recommendation for this purpose. The report and evaluation are then submitted to the presidency of the University for Approval, and if it is not approved, all the sums that were spent on them shall be recovered from them by virtue of paragraph (c) of this article.

E - The resignation of a faculty member from their work at the university will not be accepted during their sabbatical leave or before the passing of such a leave period since their actual service at the university after the end of the leave, unless they refund the amounts paid to them by virtue of paragraph (c) of this article. A faculty member who may be excluded from that is the one who spends their sabbatical leave at an official Jordanian university or an official research center inside the Kingdom recognized by the university, provided that their work in either of them continues for the same period of sabbatical leave at least after the expiry of the previous leave.

 

Article - 32

  1. A faculty member who has spent five years of actual continuous service at the university may be granted a leave without pay for a semester or an academic year, subject to renewal for a period of no more than a total of three years. As for those whose actual service was ten years or more, their leave may be extended for a fourth year, provided that the faculty member not be granted a second leave, in accordance with the provisions of this article, before the passage of twice the period of the previous leave.

  2. The unpaid leave granted to a faculty member is not considered part of their service at the university for the purposes of promotion, end-of-service gratuity, and savings. It is however considered as seniority in terms of salary if they spend the period in university teaching, industrial field or production sectors.

Article 33

In special cases determined by the president, a faculty member may be granted an emergency leave without pay for a period of no more than one semester, renewable once for the duration of their service at the university.

Article - 34

  1. The president, after seeking the opinion of both the Faculty Council and the Department Council, may dispatches the faculty member on academic missions outside the university. Matters related to this dispatch, including financial matters, are organized according to instructions issued by the council for this purpose.

  2. The dispatch period of a faculty member is considered part of their actual service at the university for the purposes of promotion, end-of-service gratuity, and savings.

Article - 35

  1. The Council, upon the recommendation of the Faculty Council based on a recommendation from the Department Council, assigns a faculty member to carry out the works of another job within the university, or to perform another job outside the university for the benefit of the university and with its approval, for a period of one year or any part of it, subject to extension, provided that the total period of assignment does not exceed three years throughout their actual service at the university.

  2. The duration of the faculty member’s assignment is considered an actual service for them at the university for the purposes of promotion, seniority in salary, savings, end of service gratuity, fulfillment of commitment and social security.

Article – 36

  1. The Council, upon a recommendation from the Faculty based on a recommendation from the Department Council, may second a faculty member who is in permanent service to a university or to any governmental, regional or international entity to work there for a period of one semester or more, provided that the secondment period does not exceed in any case the duration of three years, and they are not to be seconded again until twice the period of their previous secondment has passed.

  2. The duration of the secondment of a faculty member is considered an actual service at the university for the purposes of promotion, seniority, end-of-service gratuity, savings, commitment fulfillment, and social security.

Article - 37

Full-time lecturers

  1. The president, upon the recommendation of the Faculty Council and the Department Council, may approve contracting with full-time lecturers who are qualified to teach the subjects they will be assigned to teach, and the appointment for this category is by contract. The names of this category, the conditions for their appointment and their rights are determined in accordance with the instructions issued by the Council for this purpose.

  2. For a full-time lecturer appointed as a faculty member at the university, their service duration are calculated entirely or partly, and this is for promotion purposes, as well as all or some research that they have published or the works conducted during their service at the university or another university while being a full-time lecturer holding a Doctorate Degree or its equivalent. 

Article 38

  1. The president, upon the recommendation of the Dean of the Faculty and taking the opinion of the department council, may assign part-time lecturers to teach or carry out training work at the university during one semester or more, in accordance with the foundations established at the university.

  2. The president, according to the principles and conditions that they determine, may invite people from outside the university to lecture or carry out academic tasks at the university for a specified duration.

Article 39

End of service

The service of a faculty member at the university ends as of the date specified by the decision issued by the specialized authority or from the date of the occurrence of the incident that ends the service at the university in any of the following cases:

  1. Accepting the resignation.

  2. Termination of service due to non-appointment.

  3. Losing the job.

  4. Dismissal of the service, termination of the work for which they were appointed, or termination of the contract.

  5. Expelling.

  6. Missing one of the appointment conditions mentioned in this Bylaw.

  7. Completion of seventy years of age, in which case the termination of service shall be effective from the end of the academic year in which they have completed the seventieth year of age.

  8. Death. In this case, the university pays their salaries and allowances for the month of deceasing, in addition to the salary and allowances for three additional months.

 

Article - 40

  1. A faculty member submits their resignation in writing to the related Dean of the Faculty at least three months before the start of any semester, and the council may not adhere to this time condition if it is deemed justified.

  2. The faculty member shall be notified of the decision regarding their resignation within a period of no more than eight weeks from the date of its submission and registration in the Faculty records; otherwise it shall be deemed legally accepted.

  3. A faculty member who submitted their resignation must remain in their job until it is accepted; otherwise they will be deemed to have lost their job.

Article 41

A faculty member is considered to have lost their job if they were absent from their work without an excuse approved by the Council for a period of more than three consecutive weeks, and they may not be re-appointed and hired at the university without a decision issued by the Council authorizing their re-employment.

Article 42

Disciplinary Actions

The faculty member shall carry out the university tasks and duties entrusted to them, and abide by the provisions of the applicable bylaws, Bylaw, instructions and decisions, and in the context of that, refrain from the following matters, under the responsibility and disciplinary penalties stipulated in this Bylaw:

  1. Carrying out any work that contradicts with their university duties, or offends the reputation of the university or its employees.

  2. Practicing any partisan, sectarian or regional activity within the university or exploiting their employment to advocate for these activities.

  3. Participating in the membership of the Chairman Boards of institutions and companies, unless assigned to do so by the president or with their approval.

Article 43

 If a faculty member violates the applicable bylaws, Bylaw, instructions and decisions, one of the following disciplinary penalties will be imposed on them:

  1. Notice. If this penalty is imposed twice within three consecutive years, it shall be raised the third time to the warning penalty.

  2. Warning. If this penalty is imposed twice within five consecutive years, it shall be raised the third time to the final warning penalty.

  3. A final warning and whoever receives this penalty shall be referred to the Disciplinary Council if they commit any further violations.

  4. Delaying consideration of promotion even if its conditions are met, provided that the delay period is no less than one year and no more than three years.

  5. Suspension of the effects of appointment in permanent service provided that the period of suspension does not exceed three years.

  6. Dismissal of the service with payment of all due financial amounts.

  7. Expulsion from the university with deprivation of the university’s financial contribution to the savings fund, reward or compensation, or both, and they are not to be reappointed at the university.

Article - 44

Subject to the provisions of Article (45) of this Bylaw, the disciplinary penalties stipulated in Article (43) of this Bylaw shall be imposed in accordance with the following powers:

  1. The head of the department may impose the penalty of notice, and the person against whom this penalty is imposed may appeal the decision to the concerned Dean within seven days from the date of its notification to him.

  2. The Dean of the Faculty may impose the penalties of notice and warning, and whoever is inflicted by either of them may appeal the decision to the president within (7) seven days from the date of its notification to him. The Dean may also form an internal tripartite committee of the faculty members of the university to look into the violations related to the faculty member before inflicting any of these two penalties.

  3. The president may impose the notice, the warning, and the final warning penalty.

  4. The Disciplinary Council may impose any of the disciplinary penalties stipulated in Article (43) of this Bylaw, in accordance with what appears to it and in proportion to the circumstances of the disciplinary case submitted to it.

Article 45

  1. No disciplinary penalty is to be imposed by a holder of a lower academic or administrative rank on a holder of a higher rank. In this case, the recommendation to inflict the penalty shall be submitted to the holder of a higher rank, who is entitled to inflict the penalty.

  2. No disciplinary penalty is to be imposed, aggravated or reduced before hearing the statements of the faculty member and giving them the opportunity to defend themselves unless they refuse to make their statement or do not respond within five working days from the date of their notification of the request in writing from the competent authority that has the power to consider the disciplinary measures taken against them.




Article 46

  1. The Primary Disciplinary Council is formed for a period of one year that can be extended by virtue of a decision of the Council from five members of the teaching staff at the university who hold the rank of professor or associate professor. The Council appoints a Chairman of the Disciplinary Council from among its members, and the Council may exempt any of them from the membership of the Disciplinary Council or accept their exemption from it.

  2. The Appealing Disciplinary Council is formed for a period of one year that can be extended by a decision of the Council headed by one of the Vice-Presidents and the membership of four faculty members at the university who hold the rank of professor. The Council may exempt any of them from the membership of the Disciplinary Council or accept their exemption from it.

  3. The Council appoints one or more reserve members in each of the two disciplinary councils to replace any original member who is absent from the sessions of either of them for any reason.

Article 47

Each of the two disciplinary councils meets upon a call made by its president, and the quorum for any session held by either of them is formed by the presence of no less than three of its members, provided that the president is among them, and either of the two councils takes its decisions by the voting of the majority of its members at least.

Article 48

  1. If a violation is attributed to or a complaint is filed against any of the faculty members, and the Dean considers that it requires a more severe disciplinary punishment than he or the head of the department has the authority to impose, then they must refer the matter of the violation or complaint to the president, supported by the investigations that were conducted in the matter with their study or that of the head of the department as appropriate.

  2. The Chairman may take the measures they deem necessary regarding the violation brought to them under the provisions of Paragraph (A) of this Article, in accordance with the relevant facts, including the imposition of the appropriate disciplinary punishment on the violator, which falls within their powers, or the formation of a tripartite investigation committee headed by a faculty member who hold the rank of professor and then act upon the violation according to the results of the investigation, either by reserving it, inflicting the penalty, or referring it to the disciplinary Council.

  3. If the President decides to refer the violator to the Disciplinary Council, the Chairman of the Tripartite Investigation Committee stipulated in Paragraph (B) of this Article shall defend the Investigation Committee report before the Disciplinary Council, including presenting evidence and pleadings.




Article 49

  1. The faculty member referred to the Disciplinary Council shall be notified by virtue of a copy of the violation list attributed to them at their place of work at the university or their place of residence, at least seven days before the date of the session set to initiate looking into the violation, and they have to respond in writing to the list during that period.

  2. A faculty member referred to the Disciplinary Council may review all the documents of the disciplinary case file, attend the session in person, or choose an agent for that purpose from inside or outside the university to attend sessions with them to defend them.

  3. The president may suspend the faculty member referred to the Disciplinary Council, the Public Prosecutor, or the court from work. In this case, the payment of their salary and bonuses is suspended, and that the president may allocate no more than half of it for the faculty member during the period of their suspension from work.

Article 50

  1. The disciplinary council shall convene to consider the disciplinary case within a period of no more than two weeks from the date of case referral.

  2. The sessions of each of the two Disciplinary Councils shall be confidential, including the session in which the decision of the Disciplinary Council is read.

Article 51

Each of the two disciplinary councils may call on witnesses or experts to hear their statements after taking the oath, and either of the two councils may form any committee from among its members to investigate any matter related to the violation being considered by the council, including conducting a physical examination with the knowledge of experts to enable it to issue the appropriate decision in the disciplinary case.

Article 52

If the faculty member referred to either of the two disciplinary councils is absent from any of the sessions, disciplinary measures shall be taken against them in absentia.

Article 53

  1. The person against whom a decision was issued by the Primary Disciplinary Council by imposing any of the penalties stipulated in any of Paragraphs (D), (E), (F) and (G) of Article (43) of this Bylaw has the right to appeal the decision to the Appealing Disciplinary Council within Fifteen days of the date of notifying them of the decision of the primary disciplinary council, and the appeal is filed with a written statement in the office of the president in return for a receipt from the person responsible for this office, and the list of appeal is referred to the president of the appealing disciplinary council for consideration.

  2. The appellant shall be informed of the date of the session to be held by the Appealing Disciplinary Council for consideration of the appeal in a memorandum sent to the appellant at their place of work at the university or at their place of residence, at least fifteen days prior to the date set for the session.

  3. The decision of the primary disciplinary council is considered final if the person against whom the decision was issued does not appeal it within the decided legal period.

Article 54

The university presidency undertakes all notifications related to the disciplinary procedures stipulated in this Bylaw.

Article 55

  1. If the president, any of the two disciplinary councils, or any committee investigating any disciplinary offense considers that the offense being considered or investigated constitutes a criminal offense, the president shall refer the case to the specialized public prosecutor for legal action, and the disciplinary procedures shall be suspended until the final judgment is issued in the criminal case.

  2. The issuance of a ruling in the criminal case that the faculty member is not responsible for or were acquitted of the criminal charge that has been attributed to them does not preclude taking disciplinary measures against them in accordance with the provisions of this Bylaw.

Article 56

Final judgments issued in disciplinary cases are implemented by a decision of the president.

Article 57

The provisions of disqualification of judges stipulated in the Civil Procedure Code in force shall apply to the head and members of any disciplinary council.

Article 58

The Council shall, upon the recommendation of the President, issue the necessary instructions to implement the provisions of this Bylaw, provided that they do not conflict with its provisions

 

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