Section 1 Classification of Members

There shall be the following ten classes of Members in the Society:

# Active Chapter Members: Active Chapter members must be physicians who are Diplomats of the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or who have received certificates from an equivalent qualifying body acceptable to the Executive Committee of the Society. Active Chapter Members are required to join the NYSRS, must practice in New York City or the greater metropolitan area and must choose to vote in the affairs of the NYSRS through the Society. Active Chapter Members shall have the right to vote and to hold office in the Society.
# Active Members: Active Members must fulfill all the requirements and shall have all the privileges of Active Chapter Members, except that they have elected not to join the NYSRS, or having joined the NYSRS, have elected not to vote (or are not qualified to vote) in the affairs of the NYSRS through the Society. Active Members shall have the right to vote and to hold office in the Society.
# Associate Members: Associate Members shall be those who meet all requirements for Active Chapter Members or Active Members, except that of being Diplomats of the American Board of Radiology or of an equivalent qualifying body acceptable to the Executive Committee of the Society. They shall have all the rights and responsibilities of Active Chapter Members or Active Members, except that they shall not have the right to vote or to hold office in the Society.
# Members in Training: Members in Training shall be physicians who are residents or fellows in a formal training program in New York City or in the greater metropolitan area in (a) Radiology (or in one of the subspecialties of Radiology); (b) Radiation Oncology; (c) Nuclear Medicine; and/or (d) an Allied Science approved by the Executive Committee of the Society. Members in Training shall not have the right to vote or to hold office in the Society, except in the capacity of resident representative to the Society. Upon successful completion of their training, Members in training will be elevated to Active Chapter Membership, Active Membership or Associate Membership in the Society, provided that they then meet the criteria for that class of Membership.
# Members in the Allied Sciences: Members in the Allied Sciences shall be considered Active Members of the Society with all the rights and privileges of such Members.
# Inactive Members: Inactive Members shall be those who have been members in good standing of the Society and who for reasons acceptable to the Executive Committee, e.g. illness, finances, or service in the United States Armed Forces, are temporarily unable to continue as Active Chapter Members, Active Members, Associate Members, or Members in the Allied Sciences. Inactive Members shall not have the right to vote or to hold office in the Society. An Inactive Member may return to active status upon application for reinstatement filed with the Secretary/Treasurer of the Society and approval of such application by the executive committee.
# Retired Members: Retired Members shall be those members who have served for at least ten years as Members in good standing, have retired from the active practice of, or to remain associated with the Society. Retired Members shall not be required to pay dues. Retired Members shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of full membership, except that such Members shall not have the right to vote or to hold office in the Society.
# Emeritus Members: Emeritus Members shall be those who are eligible for retired membership status and who have made outstanding contributions to the discipline of Radiology, including Diagnostic Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, and/or the Allied Sciences. When any Member requests retired status, the Executive Committee may consider that person for Emeritus status, and may vote to grant such status.
# Members Practicing Outside the Greater Metropolitan Area: Members practicing outside the greater metropolitan area shall be denominated non-resident members and shall be those individuals practicing outside the greater metropolitan area who formerly were Active Chapter Members, Active Members, Associate Members or Members in the Allied Sciences, but who have relocated their practice outside of the geographical territory designated for Active Members. Should a member reestablish practice within the territory designated for Active Membership, then upon written application for reinstatement filed with the Secretary/Treasurer, he/she will automatically be reinstated to the category of membership then appropriate. Nonresident members shall not have the right to vote or to hold office in the Society. The executive committee shall determine whether members are practicing within or outside of the greater metropolitan area.
# Honorary Members: Honorary Members shall be those who have made outstanding contributions to the fields of Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, and/or the Allied sciences, who are ineligible to become Members of the Society, and who have been approved for this honor by a unanimous vote of the Executive Committee.

Section 2. Election to Membership

# Application Form: Application for Membership in the Society shall be made on a form authorized by the Executive Committee and signed by the candidate. The application must be endorsed by two members in good standing who are personally acquainted with the candidate.
# Consideration for Membership: The endorsed application for membership shall be forwarded to the Secretary/Treasurer of the Society and presented to the Executive Committee. The application will be considered at the next meeting of the Executive Committee. If the application is not accepted by the Executive Committee, it will not be presented to the Membership for a vote and the application will be deemed to have been rejected. If the application is accepted by the Executive Committee, the names of the candidate and the two endorsers (the proposer and the seconder) shall be published to the Membership in a manner determined by the Executive Committee. Any objection to any membership application must be submitted in writing to the Secretary/Treasurer of the Society prior to the regular meeting of the Society next succeeding the publication of such names. If one or more signed letters of objection are received by the Secretary/Treasurer, the application will be returned to the Executive Committee for review and subsequent action. Such an applicant will be provided an opportunity to answer any objections raised to his/her candidacy, in person or in writing, as the candidate may elect, at a regularly scheduled meeting satisfactory to the president and the applicant, but not earlier than the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Executive Committee and not later than four months thereafter.
# Voting on Applicants for Membership: Voting on the applicants for membership at a meeting of the Society shall be by closed ballot.
# Transition to Retired or Inactive Status: Requests for Retired or Inactive Member status must be submitted in writing to the Secretary/Treasurer of the Society and presented thereafter to the Executive Committee of the Society. Such membership status will be conferred upon approval by the Executive Committee.
# Dues Requirement for Newly-Elected Members: Every newly elected member shall pay the current dues in a timely fashion after election to membership. Such dues must be paid before the new member is entitled to the privileges of membership. However, if an individual is elected to membership in the last three months of the fiscal year, then the new member's dues will be considered payable in the first month of the following fiscal year. Should a newly elected member be in default of payment of dues, the election of that individual to membership shall be deemed void, unless a reason for such default, satisfactory to the Executive Committee, shall be given, the Executive Committee fixes a new due date for the payment of dues by such member, and such member pays such dues by such date.
# Emeritus Members: The status of Emeritus Member shall be conferred upon approval by three-quarters of the members of the Executive Committee having the right to vote and present at the time of the vote.

Section 3. Membership Meetings

# Number and Timing: There shall be six (6) regular meetings of the Society, one meeting per month in the months of October through March. Each such meeting shall be held in the evening. The Annual meeting of the Society shall be held in April or May at a time and place to be determined by the Executive Committee.
# Place of Meetings: Regular meetings from October through March will be held in the borough of Manhattan at the New York Academy of Medicine, unless otherwise specified by the Executive Committee. Special meetings of the Membership may be held at places designated by the Executive Committee.
# Order of Business: The order of business at a regular meeting shall be determined by the Executive Committee and the President.
# Special Meetings: Special Meetings may be called by the Executive Committee, or by the President, and must be called at the written demand of five (5) Active Chapter Members and/or active Members in good standing. Such a written demand for the call of a Special Meeting shall specify the date and month thereof, which shall not be less than two nor more than three months from the date of such written demand. The secretary/treasurer upon receipt of any authorized call for a Special Meeting shall promptly give notice of such meeting, or if he/she fails to do so within five business days thereafter, the president or any member signing such a written demand may give such notice. The notice of such special meetings must state distinctly each object of such meeting, and no business, other than that stated in the notice, shall be conducted or enacted at that meeting.
# Quorum: Members entitled to cast 100 votes or one-tenth of the total number of votes entitled to be cast, whichever is lesser, shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting of members for the transaction of any business. Every member entitled to vote at a meeting of the Members of the Society may authorize another voting member or members of the Society to act for him/her by proxy. The provision of Section 609 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law shall govern the form and use of any proxy.
# Notice of Meetings:
## At least seven (7) days' notice shall be given for all regular meetings.
## Written notice of Special Meetings shall be mailed by first class mail to the Membership, not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting.
## Notices shall be mailed to the members at their addresses as they appear on the record of members of the Society, unless a member shall have filed with the secretary/treasurer a written request that notices to him/her be mailed to some other address, in which event a notice of such meeting shall be directed to him/her at such other address. If the Society has more than 500 members, the notice may be served by publication, in lieu of mailing, in a newspaper published in New York County once a week for three successive weeks next preceding the date of the meeting.
## An affidavit of the secretary/treasure or other person giving the notice that the notice required by this paragraph has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.
# Votes of Members: Officers shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a meeting of members by the members entitled to vote in the election. Whenever any corporate action, other than the election of officers, is to be taken by vote of members, it shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of members by the members entitled to vote thereon, unless a greater proportion of votes are fixed by a provision of these Bylaws. Blank votes or
abstentions shall not be counted in the number of votes cast.

Section 4. Resignation

A member may resign at any time during the year, upon written notice to the secretary/treasurer. No member may resign in good standing, unless he/she shall have paid his/her dues and assessments in full, except that a member may resign in good standing within one month after the mailing of the first annual bill for dues, provided that all other indebtedness has been paid.

Section 5. Discipline and forfeiture of Membership

# A physician-member of the Society whose license to practice medicine in the State of New York is revoked or surrendered shall automatically forfeit his/her membership in the Society. Any other member of the Society whose license or certificate to practice his/her profession is revoked or surrendered shall automatically forfeit his/her membership in the Society. If the right to practice is restored to such former member, he/she may apply to the Executive Committee of the Society for reinstatement. If approved by the Executive Committee, such application for reinstatement shall be published in the notice of the next regular meeting of the Society and shall be submitted to the membership for its determination.
# Any member of the Society in good standing may prefer a charge against any other member alleging that such member has committed unethical conduct and/or that such member has committed egregious acts detrimental to the Society. Such charges must be in writing and must be submitted to the Executive Committee, who shall examine the same and the evidence thereof within thirty days following the receipt of the charges. If the Executive Committee shall be of the opinion that the charges are well founded, the committee shall give the accused member at least one month's notice of the nature of the charges, stating the time and the place at which his/her case will be heard. The accused member must be accorded an opportunity to present himself/herself in person at a fair and impartial hearing held by the Executive Committee. The accused member may bring an attorney or another representative with him/her to that hearing. The notice and hearing procedures under this section shall be consistent with the standards for professional review actions prescribed by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, as amended. If the Executive Committee, by a two-thirds vote, recommends that the charges be found substantiated, the Executive Committee shall publish to the membership the name of the individual, the specific charges and the disciplinary recommendation of the Executive Committee, which may consist of a recommendation that such member be censured, suspended or expelled from the roles of the Society. At a regular or special meeting following publication of the charges, the members of the Society may determine whether the charges should be sustained and, if so, whether the member should be censured, suspended or expelled.