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SOUTH
CAROLINA OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL SOCIETY
BY-LAWS
(With
Changes Incorporated at the 2004 Annual Meeting)
No.
1. The
President, President-Elect, and Secretary-Treasurer, two past Presidents, the Chairman and
Vice-Chairman of the South Carolina Section of ACOG, shall constitute the Executive
Committee, and this committee shall be charged with selecting the day, hour and place of
meetings and with arranging the scientific and social programs. Three members shall have to be present to conduct
these duties.
No.
2. The dues of
the society shall be payable annually. Money
in the treasury shall be used to pay the ordinary expenses of the society, and the
expenses of invited guest speakers, and for such other purposes as the society, in meeting
assembled, shall designate. The
Secretary-Treasurer shall render an accounting of the treasury at each annual meeting. Any deficit occurring at the end of a fiscal year
shall be paid by a pro-rata assessment.
No.
3. All health
care professionals, interested in the work of the society are cordially invited to the
scientific sessions. All business sessions
shall be executive.
No.
4. One-third of the
fellows of the society present at the annual meeting shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.
No.
5. Except for
the Secretary-Treasurer, officers will not be eligible for election to succeed themselves.
No.
6. Annual dues not
paid by the date of the annual meeting shall be delinquent.
Delinquency shall be cause for suspension until all delinquent dues are paid. Fellows suspended for two years shall be dropped
from the rolls of the society, unless excused by vote of the Executive Board from the
payment of overdue dues because of extenuating circumstances.
No.
7. These By-Laws may
be amended at any annual meeting by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the fellows present
at the annual meeting or by secret ballot mail-in vote.
Copies of proposed amendments shall be mailed by the Secretary-Treasurer to each
fellow at least thirty days before such meeting and votes shall be cast by mail before the
meeting.
No.
8. New members are
encouraged to present papers at the annual meeting.
No. 9. Active membership is
restricted to those physicians practicing in South Carolina. It is required that applicants for active
membership be board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Applicants must complete an application for
membership. Active membership will be enabled
after at least three-fourths of the fellows vote in the affirmative by secret ballot on
the applicant’s request for membership and after all aforementioned qualifications
have been met. An Active member must pay
annual dues. Active
members are eligible to hold office and vote.
No.
9A. Fellows
of the South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society who have passed their sixtieth
birthday and have paid their dues for the current year, may apply to become an Emeritus
Fellow. An Emeritus Fellow cannot hold
office but can vote. An Emeritus Fellow will
not be required to pay dues.
No.9B. Candidate members are those
physicians who have successfully completed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology
and are actively pursuing board certification in the specialty. Candidates must achieve Active status within six
years of passing the written exam, excluding time spent in a Board-approved fellowship. Candidate members shall pay one-half the annual
dues to the society. Candidate members are
not eligible to hold office or to vote.
No.
10. The Secretary-Treasurer
shall be elected for a term of three (3) years unless it becomes necessary to terminate the assigned duties in less than three years. During the second year of this tenure, an election
shall be held at the annual business meeting to elect a
successor to the Secretary/Treasurer position.
The successor shall be prepared for office by learning the duties of the current
Secretary-Treasurer and will take office at the end of the next annual meeting.
No.
11. There shall be a
committee consisting of the three immediate past Presidents, with the most recent past
President as Chairman, to serve as a nominating committee for all elective officers of the
society.
No. 12. Active members of the South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society who move from this state shall be removed from the active rolls of the society. Those individuals who continue the practice of obstetrics and gynecology, at their request, may be maintained as Associate members. This request should be made within one year. Associate members will receive correspondence relating to the Annual Meeting of the Society. Associate members are not eligible to hold office or to vote, and are not expected to pay dues. An associate member who is absent from all meetings of the society for four successive years, without excuse acceptable to the society, will be notified by the Secretary-Treasurer that continued membership requires attendance at the next annual meeting or the Associate member will be dropped from the rolls of the society.
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SOUTH CAROLINA OBSTETRICAL AND GYNECOLOGICAL
SOCIETY CONSTITUTION
1982
Article
I
The
name of this society shall be the South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society,
Incorporated.
Article
II
The
objects of the society shall be to promote fellowship among its fellows, to stimulate
their educational advancement, and to promote better obstetrical and gynecological
practice within the State, to the end that South Carolina women shall receive more
efficient diagnostic and therapeutic care and that mortality and morbidity shall be
reduced.
Article
III
After
adoption of this constitution by the group comprising charter fellows, additions to the
membership shall be by invitation and shall be restricted to doctors of medicine
practicing in South Carolina, who limit their practice to either gynecology or obstetrics. No proposed candidate for fellowship shall be
invited to join the society unless he receives an affirmative vote of at least
three-fourths of the fellows. Names of
proposed new fellows must be submitted to the secretary who shall in turn submit the
proposed names to the fellows at least thirty days before the annual meeting next
following. With the name of the proposed
candidate for membership, the secretary shall send a brief statement of the proposed
candidate's qualifications for membership and a form of secret ballot on which each fellow
will write his vote and which he will return to the secretary promptly. It is required that proposed candidate be
certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It is required that each new candidate for
Fellowship attend one meeting prior to his being voted on into the society; at which time
he will be invited to present a paper but not required to do so.
Article
IV
The
officers of the society shall be the president, president-elect and secretary-treasurer. These officers, except the president, shall be
elected by a majority of the fellows present at each annual meeting, and shall serve for a
period of one year or until their successors have been elected. The president-elect shall succeed to the office of
president at the end of the annual meeting next following his election. He shall also succeed to the presidency, serving
out any unexpired term, in addition to his own, should that office become vacant between
annual meetings of the society. The duties as
the By-Laws shall direct.
Article
V
There
shall be held an annual meeting and such other meetings as are provided for in the
By-Laws.
Article
VI
This
constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by a two-thirds vote of the membership. Copies of proposed amendment or amendments must be
submitted to the membership through the secretary-treasurer at least thirty days before
the date of the annual meeting. Fellows not
contemplating attendance upon the meeting may submit to the secretary sealed ballots, have
equal rights with those cast at the meeting.
Article
VII
Said
Corporation is organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes, including
for such purposes, the making of distributions to organization, that qualify as exempt
organizations under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue code of 1954 (or the
corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law) and section
65-226 (3) of the State of South Carolina Income Tax Act of 1926 and Acts amendatory
thereto.
Article
VIII
No
part of the net earning of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit of or be
distributable to its members, trustees, officers, or other private persons, except that
the Corporation shall be authorized and empowered and distributions in futherance of the
purposes set forth in Article VII hereof.
Article
IX
Upon
dissolution of the Corporation, the Board of trustees shall, after paying or making
provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the Corporation, dispose of all of
the assets of the Corporation exclusively for the purposes of the Corporation in such
manner, or to such organization or organizations organized and operated exclusively for
charitable, educational, religious or scientific purposes, as shall at the time qualify as
an exempt organization or organizations under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954 or the corresponding provisions of any future United States Internal Revenue
Law) and section 65-226 (3) of the State of South Carolina Income Tax Act of 1926 and acts
amendatory thereto, as the Board of Trustees shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be
disposed of by the Court of Common Pleas of the County in which the principal office of
the Corporation is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or
organizations, as said Court shall determine which are organized and operated exclusively
for such purpose.
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