ISMS Bylaws
CHAPTER V. ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Section 1. Officers. The officers of this Society shall consist of the president, president-elect, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, speaker and vice-speaker, trustees and one trustee-at-large, and delegates and alternate delegates to the American Medical Association.
Section 2. Elections. All elections shall be by ballot except when there is only one candidate for a given office; then election may be by voice vote.
The majority of votes cast shall be necessary to elect. The election of officers, delegates and alternate delegates to the AMA, shall follow the completion of action on current and unfinished business at the final session of the House of Delegates.
Section 3. Terms of Office. The president-elect and vice-president shall be elected by the House of Delegates annually, to serve for a term of one year, with a lifetime eligibility of one full term for each office; the secretary-treasurer, the speaker and vice-speaker shall be elected annually by the House of Delegates to serve for a term of one year, with a lifetime eligibility of two full terms for each office. The speaker and vice-speaker shall be elected from the membership of the House of Delegates.
District trustees shall be elected by the House of Delegates to serve for a term of three years. The number of consecutive terms that may be served by a district trustee is limited to three; there shall be a life-time maximum of twelve years service as a district trustee. District trustees already seated at the effective date of this resolution will be allowed to complete their full term. (Effective July 1, 1992)
Delegates and alternate delegates to the AMA shall be elected by the House of Delegates for two-year terms, except in the event of their election to fill a portion of another's unexpired term.
The president-elect shall be inducted into the office of president by the retiring president during the final session of the House of Delegates. After assuming office at the adjournment of the annual business meeting, he shall continue in office until his successor has been elected and installed. Following his retirement as president, he shall automatically become trustee-at-large for a term of one year.
All officers elected shall assume office at the adjournment of the annual business meeting. AMA delegates or alternate delegates already seated at the effective date of this resolution will be allowed to complete their full term. (Effective April 24, 2004.)
Section 4. Removal from Office. The Board of Trustees may, by the vote of two-thirds of the members elected, remove from office, any officer or trustee who has been shown to have violated the ISMS Code of Ethics, to have disclosed materials deemed confidential by the Board, to have brought litigation against ISMS or one of its officers without having first attempted to resolve any dispute within the existing disciplinary or dispute resolution mechanism of ISMS or to have acted in a manner deemed by the Board to be contrary to its bylaws and policies. Upon taking the action of removal from office, the Board shall advise the House of Delegates at its next meeting of the actions taken and the reasons therefore.
