Colorado Medical Society

WHEREAS, the Constitution & Bylaws Committee has been charged with reviewing and strengthening the Bylaws, and

WHEREAS, the Committee reviewed Chapter II, Component Societies, and recommended revisions, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that Chapter II of the Bylaws be amended as follows:

Section 3. Constitution, Bylaws and Amendments: Each component society shall keep on file in the Executive Office of this Society a copy of its current Constitution and Bylaws. No component society may amend or revise its Constitution and Bylaws to be in conflict with the Constitution and Bylaws of this Society. Any such amendment or revision found to be in conflict shall be null and void. To avoid conflict any component society contemplating amendment or revision of its Constitution and Bylaws shall first submit the proposed amendment or revision to the Constitution & Bylaws Committee. The Colorado Medical Society Bylaws shall supersede any component society bylaws.

Section 4. Annual Report of Election: Component societies shall submit an annual report of election of officers, and Delegates and Alternates, no later than 45 days after the election, to the CMS Membership Department. When the report has been accepted by the Membership Department, the component society shall be held to be in good standing and its Delegates and Alternates shall be held to be accredited for the period covered by the report. Component society physician officers may be local members; however, Delegates and Alternates shall be Active Members in good standing of the Colorado Medical Society.

Section 5. Notification of Delinquent Annual Report: The CMS Membership Department shall immediately notify in writing to the last reported officers of any component society whose report required by Section 4 of this chapter is delinquent or is disapproved

Section 6. Negative Appeals of Component Society Decisions: Adverse decisions by component societies on applications shall be in writing and copies thereof shall be furnished to all parties of interest within ten days after decision. Such decisions shall become final unless appealed from in writing within ninety days from the date of decision. With a copy of the decision, the rejected applicant shall be notified of the right of appeal to the CMS Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs.

Section 8. Jurisdiction Over Physicians in District: Each component society shall have jurisdiction and general direction of the affairs of the profession in the territory of that society. A physician living in a county or district having no component society may hold membership in a conveniently situated component society. A physician residing in a state adjoining the State of Colorado, on or near the state boundary, or residing in a place where no constituent of the American Medical Association has jurisdiction, may hold membership in a conveniently situated component society in this state in accordance with the Bylaws and regulations of the American Medical Association. A physician residing in this state shall hold membership in the component society which has jurisdiction over the territory in which his or her major professional office is located or in which he/she resides.

Section 11. Records of an Inactive Component Society: Should a component society at any time become inactive for any reason, its records shall become the property this Society, and the records shall be transmitted to the Society's Executive Office for safekeeping.

FISCAL IMPACT: None