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| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6 | CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP: ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE ELECTED OR APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP: (1) REGULAR MEMBER; (2) CANDIDATE MEMBER; (3) HONORARY MEMBER; OR (4) INTERNATIONAL MEMBER. THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF THE RESPECTIVE CLASSES, THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS, AND THE METHODS OF THEIR ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT SHALL BE SET FORTH IN THESE BYLAWS OR AS OTHERWISE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DOES NOT SATISFY ALL OF THE CRITERIA OF ANY PARTICULAR CLASS. BENEFITS FOR EACH CLASS OF MEMBERSHIP SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A | REGULAR MEMBERS: REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE ARE PHYSICIANS WHO DEVOTE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THEIR MEDICAL ENDEAVORS TO EMERGENCY MEDICINE. ALL REGULAR MEMBERS MUST MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: 1) SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION COUNCIL ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (ACGME) OR THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION (AOA); 2) SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM APPROVED BY AN ACEP-RECOGNIZED ACCREDITING BODY IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY; 3) SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF A SUBSPECIALTY TRAINING PROGRAM IN PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE ACCREDITED BY THE ACGME; 4) PRIMARY BOARD CERTIFICATION BY AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE CERTIFYING BODY RECOGNIZED BY ACEP; OR 5) ELIGIBILITY FOR ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IN THE COLLEGE (AS DEFINED BY THE COLLEGE BYLAWS THEN IN FORCE) AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 31, 1999. REGULAR MEMBERS SHALL BE ASSIGNED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING STATUSES: (1) ACTIVE, (2) INACTIVE, OR (3) RETIRED. MEMBERS WHO QUALIFY WILL ADDITIONALLY BE ASSIGNED TO LIFE STATUS. ALL APPLICANTS FOR REGULAR MEMBERSHIP SHALL, HOLD A CURRENT, ACTIVE, FULL, VALID, UNRESTRICTED, AND UNQUALIFIED LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THE STATE, PROVINCE, TERRITORY, OR FOREIGN COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY PRACTICE, OR BE SERVING IN A GOVERNMENTAL MEDICAL ASSIGNMENT. ALL REGULAR MEMBERS MUST EITHER CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A VALID LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE OR HAVE VOLUNTARILY RELINQUISHED THE LICENSE UPON LEAVING MEDICAL PRACTICE. A LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED VOLUNTARILY RELINQUISHED IF IT WAS SURRENDERED, MADE INACTIVE, OR ALLOWED TO EXPIRE UNDER THREAT OF PROBATION OR SUSPENSION OR OTHER CONDITION OR LIMITATION UPON SAID LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE BY A LICENSING BODY IN ANY JURISDICTION. REGULAR MEMBERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ENGAGE IN MEDICAL PRACTICE MAY, UPON APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BE ASSIGNED TO INACTIVE STATUS. THE INACTIVE STATUS DESIGNATION SHALL BE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, RENEWABLE ANNUALLY UPON RE-APPLICATION. REGULAR MEMBERS WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM MEDICAL PRACTICE FOR ANY REASON SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO RETIRED STATUS. ANY REGULAR MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE FOR A MINIMUM OF 30 YEARS IN ANY CLASS SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO LIFE STATUS. ANY MEMBER PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED AS A LIFE MEMBER UNDER ANY PRIOR DEFINITION SHALL RETAIN LIFE STATUS. REGULAR MEMBERS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE IN INACTIVE STATUS, MAY HOLD OFFICE, MAY SERVE ON THE COUNCIL, AND MAY VOTE IN COMMITTEES ON WHICH THEY SERVE. REGULAR MEMBERS IN INACTIVE STATUS SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO HOLD OFFICE, TO SERVE ON THE COUNCIL, OR SERVE ON COMMITTEES. HONORARY MEMBERS: PERSONS OF DISTINCTION WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE, BUT HAVE RENDERED OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE COLLEGE OR TO THE SPECIALTY OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE MAY BE ELECTED TO HONORARY MEMBERSHIP BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS AND COUNCIL COMPONENT BODIES MAY PROPOSE CANDIDATES FOR HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN THE COLLEGE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. HONORARY MEMBERS CANNOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER CATEGORIES OF COLLEGE MEMBERSHIP. HONORARY MEMBERS ARE CONSIDERED MEMBERS FOR LIFE AND SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY ANY DUES. HONORARY MEMBERS MAY NOT HOLD OFFICE AND MAY NOT SERVE ON THE COUNCIL. HONORARY MEMBERS MAY VOTE IN COMMITTEES ON WHICH THEY SERVE. CANDIDATE MEMBERS: CANDIDATE MEMBERS MUST MEET ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: 1) MEDICAL STUDENT OR INTERN INTERESTED IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE; 2) PHYSICIAN PARTICIPATING IN AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY TRAINING PROGRAM; 3) PHYSICIAN PARTICIPATING IN A FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESIDENCY; 4) PHYSICIAN PARTICIPATING IN A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM; OR 5) PHYSICIAN IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES WHILE SERVING AS GENERAL MEDICAL OFFICER. GENERAL MEDICAL OFFICERS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR CANDIDATE MEMBERSHIP FOR A MAXIMUM OF FOUR YEARS. ALL CANDIDATE MEMBERS WILL BE ASSIGNED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO EITHER ACTIVE OR INACTIVE STATUS. THE RIGHTS OF CANDIDATE MEMBERS AT THE CHAPTER LEVEL ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THEIR CHAPTER'S BYLAWS. AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, CANDIDATE MEMBERS SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO HOLD OFFICE, BUT PHYSICIAN MEMBERS MAY SERVE ON THE COUNCIL. CANDIDATE MEMBERS APPOINTED TO NATIONAL COMMITTEES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO VOTE IN COMMITTEES ON WHICH THEY SERVE. CANDIDATE MEMBERS WHOSE TRAINING IS INTERRUPTED FOR ANY REASON MAY, UPON APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BE ASSIGNED TO INACTIVE STATUS. THE INACTIVE STATUS DESIGNATION SHALL BE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, RENEWABLE ANNUALLY UPON RE-APPLICATION. CANDIDATE MEMBERS IN INACTIVE STATUS SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO HOLD OFFICE, SERVE ON THE COUNCIL, OR SERVE ON COMMITTEES. INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS: ANY PHYSICIAN INTERESTED IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OR A POSSESSION THEREOF, AND WHO IS LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE BY THE GOVERNMENT WITHIN WHOSE JURISDICTION SUCH PHYSICIAN RESIDES AND PRACTICES, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR INTERNATIONAL MEMBERSHIP. ALL INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS WILL BE ASSIGNED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO EITHER ACTIVE OR INACTIVE STATUS. MEMBERS WHO QUALIFY WILL ADDITIONALLY BE ASSIGNED TO LIFE STATUS. INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ENGAGE IN MEDICAL PRACTICE MAY, UPON APPLICATION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BE ASSIGNED TO INACTIVE STATUS. THE INACTIVE STATUS DESIGNATION SHALL BE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, RENEWABLE ANNUALLY UPON RE-APPLICATION. ANY INTERNATIONAL MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE FOR A MINIMUM OF 30 YEARS IN ANY CLASS SHALL BE ASSIGNED TO LIFE STATUS. ANY MEMBER PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED AS A LIFE MEMBER UNDER ANY PRIOR DEFINITION SHALL RETAIN LIFE STATUS. INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS MAY NOT HOLD OFFICE, AND MAY NOT SERVE ON THE COUNCIL. INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE IN INACTIVE STATUS, MAY VOTE IN COMMITTEES ON WHICH THEY SERVE. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B | THE 990 WILL BE REVIEWED AS AN AGENDA ITEM AT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS' MEETING. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C | CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS INCLUDED IN ALL BOARD OF DIRECTOR MEETING MATERIAL AND THE PRESIDENT AT THE START OF EVERY MEETING REVIEWS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST, ANTI-TRUST AND WHISTLEBLOWER POLICIES WITH MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A | THERE IS A FORMAL REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CONDUCTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITH INPUT FROM THE ENTIRE BOARD TO EVALUATE AND SET COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. |
| FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 | AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. |
| FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C: | NO CHANGES FROM PRIOR YEAR. |
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