SECTION A – COMPOSITION
The House of Delegates shall be composed of:
(a) duly designated delegates from the component county medical societies;
(b) officers of the Medical Society of the State of New York, councilors, and trustees;
(c) a duly designated delegate from each district branch;
(d) a duly designated delegate from each recognized specialty society;
(e) the Commissioner of Health of the State of New York, or a deputy designated by the Commissioner, provided that any representative shall be a member of the State Society;
(f) past-presidents of the State Society and any past president of the American Medical Association, provided that individual is a member of the Medical Society of the State of New York who shall be members for life of the House of Delegates;
(g) any past executive vice-president of the State Society, who shall be a member of the House of Delegates for life, provided that individual is a member of the Medical Society of the State of New York, resides in the State of New York and is not otherwise a member of the House of Delegates for life in accordance with this section;
(h) any past deputy executive vice-president of the State Society who has served a minimum of three years as deputy executive vice-president, who shall be a member of the House of Delegates for life, provided that the individual is a member of the State Society, resides in the State of New York, is not otherwise a member of the House of Delegates for life in accordance with this section, and is elected as a member for life by a majority of the members of the House of Delegates present and voting;
(i) a representative from each of the medical schools in New York State, provided said representative is a member of the Medical Society of the State of New York;
(j) duly designated delegates from the medical student section
(k) delegates representing the resident and fellow section;
(l) a delegate representing the organized medical staff section;
(m) delegates representing the young physicians section; and
(n) elected officers, trustees, and speakers of the American Medical Association, provided those individuals are members of the Medical Society of the State of New York; and
(o) past Speakers of the MSSNY House of Delegates who shall be members of the House for life, provided that individual is a member of the Medical Society of the State of New York;
(p) delegate representing the IMG Section; and
(q) delegate representing the Minority Affairs Section.
The number of delegates to which each component county medical society is entitled shall be determined by one of the two following optional methods:
(a) Each component county medical society shall be entitled to as many delegates as there shall be State assembly districts in such county at the time of election, but each county medical society shall be entitled to elect at least 1 delegate;
(b) Any component county medical society which, according to the rules of the Medical Society of the State of New York two months prior to the annual meeting, shall have had up to 99 members, shall be entitled to 1 delegate.
Any component county medical society having 100 to 199 members shall be entitled to 2 delegates. Any component county medical society having 200 to 349 members shall be entitled to 3 delegates. Any component county medical society having 350 to 499 members shall be entitled to 4 delegates. Any component county medical society having 500 to 749 members shall be entitled to 5 delegates. Any component county medical society having 750 to 999 members shall be entitled to 6 delegates. Any component county medical society having 1,000 or more members shall be entitled to at least 7 delegates and 1 additional delegate for each additional 300 members. Each component county medical society shall be entitled to designate at least 1 delegate, but no component county medical society shall be entitled to designate more than 30 delegates.
If a county medical society is unable to send any delegates to the House of Delegates to be credentialed as a delegate from the specific county medical society, then and in that event, such county medical society shall be entitled to designate one member from another county medical society within its specific district branch to be credentialed as a delegate to the House. The provision is only available in the case where a county medical society is unable to send any delegate whatsoever from the specific county medical society, and does not apply in the case where a county medical society is able to send at least 1 delegate from the specific county medical society.
A delegate to the House of Delegates shall not be considered in good standing or entitled to vote in the House of Delegates if the component county medical society by which said delegate was elected is in default of the payment of any dues or assessments imposed by the House of Delegates, and said component county medical society has been duly notified of such default, or if such component county medical society shall at the time be under sentence of suspension imposed by the House of Delegates, or if such delegate is not in good standing in the Medical Society of the State of New York, or in the component county medical society to which said delegate belongs.
The term of a delegate duly designated by a component county medical society, district branch, specialty society, medical school or the medical student section shall begin at the first annual meeting of the House of Delegates subsequent to his designation.
A delegate shall work or maintain residence or an office in the State of New York. Otherwise, said delegate’s office as a delegate in the Medical Society of the State of New York shall be declared vacant by the Council.
The medical student section shall be entitled to one delegate and one alternate delegate and, according to the rolls of the Medical Society of the State of New York sixty days prior to the annual meeting, one additional delegate for each additional 400 student members, up to a maximum of 3 delegates. No member shall hold more than one such office.
The resident and fellow section shall be entitled to elect a minimum of one delegate to the House of Delegates and, according to the rolls of the Medical Society of the State of New York sixty days prior to the annual meeting, one additional delegate for each additional 400 members over 100, up to a maximum of three delegates. The method of electing the resident and fellow section delegate shall be determined by the Council.
The young physicians section is authorized to be represented in the House of Delegates by a minimum of one delegate and, according to the rolls of the Medical Society of the State of New York sixty days prior to the annual meeting, one additional delegate for each additional 400 members over 100, up to a maximum of three delegates.
The organized medical staff section is authorized to be represented in the House of Delegates by one delegate.
The IMG Section is authorized to be represented in the House of Delegates by a minimum of one delegate and, according to the rolls of the Medical Society of the State of New York sixty days prior to the annual meeting, one additional delegate for each additional 400 members over 100, up to a maximum of three delegates.
The Minority Affairs Section is authorized to be represented in the House of Delegates by a minimum of one delegate and, according to the rolls of the Medical Society of the State of New York sixty days prior to the annual meeting, one additional delegate for each additional 400 members over 100, up to a maximum of three delegates.
