SECTION D – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Council shall establish an executive committee to be composed of the president, the vice-president, the president-elect, the immediate past-president, the secretary, the treasurer, the speaker, the chairman of the Board of Trustees, and two additional members of the Council appointed by the president with the approval of the Council.

This committee shall be appointed by the president and shall serve only during the tenure of the president.

The executive committee shall have the authority to take action in case of emergency arising in the interim between the meetings of the Council to protect the interests and purposes of the Medical Society of the State of New York as set forth in these Bylaws. In times of such emergency, the executive committee shall have all the powers and duties which are conferred on the Council, and it shall at all times assist the Council. Any action taken by the executive committee shall be reported in full to the Council at its next meeting.