AMENDMENT: Sub rule about Chief Scout's Certificate of Meritorious Conduct removed, plus rewording of subrule b.
Awards for meritorious conduct are made by the Chief Scout, who is advised by the Awards Board, to Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts, Explorer Scouts, Scout Network Members, Adult Leaders, Section Assistants, Skills Instructors, Administrators, Advisers and Honorary Scouters.
Awards are made for conduct involving a high degree of courage, endurance, initiative or devotion to duty, often under suffering, without necessarily involving any element of risk.
A Chief Scout's Commendation for Meritorious Conduct, with a green and blue knot cloth emblem or brooch, is awarded for meritorious conduct of a high standard.
The Medal of Meritorious Conduct, on a green ribbon with a red vertical stripe, is awarded for meritorious conduct of an exceptionally high standard.
A Bar may be awarded to the holder of a Medal of Meritorious Conduct for further acts of comparable outstanding conduct.
