SECTION A – VACANCIES AND SUCCESSION
An officer shall work or maintain a residence or an office in the State of New York, otherwise the office held by the officer in the Medical Society of the State of New York shall be declared vacant.
The president-elect shall succeed to the presidency at the end of the president-elect’s term.
In the event of the president’s death, resignation, removal, permanent incapacity, or refusal to act, the vice-president shall succeed the president and shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
If the president is temporarily incapacitated for service by injury, ill health of the president or the president’s family, important professional duties, or any other mandatory absence, the vice-president shall become acting president for the duration of such incapacity of the president. The president shall promptly notify the vice-president of the incapacity and request the vice-president’s attention to the duties of the office of the president and shall also promptly notify the vice-president of the end of the period of temporary incapacity before resuming the office of the presidency.
If the office of vice-president becomes vacant, for any reason whatsoever, the Council, when the House of Delegates is not in session, shall elect a successor for the unexpired term.
If the office of president-elect becomes vacant, it shall remain so until the next annual meeting of the House of Delegates, at which an eligible member shall be elected to become president. A new president-elect shall also be elected at the same meeting.
The assistant secretary, the assistant treasurer, and the vice-speaker shall serve as the secretary, the treasurer, and the speaker, respectively, whenever these senior officers are incapacitated temporarily for service by injury, ill health of themselves or families, important professional duties, or any other mandatory absences. This shall be construed so as to include duty at or during meetings of the Board of Trustees as well as the other official duties designated for the senior officer. The senior officer shall promptly notify the junior officer of such incapacity and request the junior officer’s attention to said duties. When the period of incapacity is ended the senior officer shall promptly notify the junior officer of the end of the period of temporary incapacity before resuming office.
If the offices of secretary, treasurer, or speaker become vacant permanently , for any reason whatsoever, these officers shall be succeeded by the assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, and vice-speaker, respectively, for the unexpired term.
If the office of assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, or vice-speaker becomes vacant, for any reason whatsoever, the Council, when the House of Delegates is not in session, shall elect a successor for the unexpired term.
The Council shall declare as vacant the office of any officer who, without proper excuse is absent from three consecutive regular meetings of the Council. The vacancy shall be filled as provided in the Bylaws. Any elected officer of the Medical Society of the State of New York who is called into active service in the armed forces of the United States or in the United States Public Health Service may, on application to the Council, be granted leave of absence for any portion of the term of office during which the elected officer is on active service. During such absence, said officer’s duties shall be delegated as the Council may direct except where such delegation is already provided for elsewhere in the Bylaws.
