About RSNA Annual Business Sessions Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting, November 30 & December 2, 2008 The annual business meeting of the Radiological Society of North America was convened at RSNA 2008 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Two sessions were held. The first began at 10:15 a.m. and recessed at 10:35 a.m. on Sunday, November 30. The second session was held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 2. Theresa C. McLoud, MD, president of the Society, presided throughout the sessions. Gary J. Becker, MD, president-elect and secretary-treasurer, served as parliamentarian. Minutes of the business meeting held at RSNA 2007 (sessions on Sunday, November 25, and Tuesday, November 27), which were published on RSNA.org, were approved. The secretary-treasurer reported on registration figures for the meeting. As of Saturday, November 29, 2008, a total of 53,338 individuals registered for the 94th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. This total includes 23,793 professionals. Reports were accepted from the officers and committee chairs. These reports can be found on RSNA.org. Bylaws: John J. Smith, MD, JD, chairman of the Committee on Bylaws and Resolutions, advised the membership that the Board of Directors recommended Bylaw amendments to (1) allow the following groups of individuals to qualify for membership as associates: nonradiologist physicians, physician extenders, administrators, technologists and nurses, and certain educators and architects; (2) to revise the structure of RSNA membership categories; (3) to revise the rights, privileges, and benefits of certain members; and (4) to add the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Mexican Council of Radiology and Imaging A.C. to the list of certifying bodies. The specific amendments were published in the October 2008 issue of Radiology. The following changes to the Bylaws were approved by a two-thirds majority vote of the Society members present and voting at the Business Session. Proposed new text is in bold, and deleted text is struck through.
CHAPTER II | 2.00 | Membership | | 2.10 | Categories of Membership are:
Active
Associate
Member-in-Training
Medical Student
Corresponding
Corresponding Member-in-Training
Radiologist Assistant
Radiologist Assistant-in-Training
Retired
Emeritus
Honorary | | 2.11 | Active Members. Active membership of the Society consists of radiologists, veterinarians, dentists and other radiologic scientists who fulfill the requirements set forth in Sections 2.111 and 2.112. | | 2.111 | Residency and Practice Requirements. Each applicant for Active membership must reside in and practice in a North American country. | | 2.112 | Professional Requirements. | | 2.1121 | Radiologists must: (A) Possess the degree of Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathy, or their equivalent as recognized by the American Medical Association; and
(B) Be certified by the American Board of Radiology, the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Mexican Council of Radiology and Imaging A.C., or by a board or other tribunal in the radiologic health sciences recognized by the Board of Directors as being of equivalent rank. | | 2.1122 | Veterinarians must: (A) Possess the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, or its equivalent, as recognized by the Board of Directors; and
(B) Be certified by the American College of Veterinary Radiology or by a board or tribunal recognized by the Board of Directors as being of equivalent rank.
| 2.1123 | Dentists must: (A) Possess the degree of D.D.S. or D.M.D. or their equivalent as recognized by the Board of Directors, and
(B)(1) Be a member of the American Dental Association, Canadian Dental Association, the American Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology or a national or regional society recognized by the Board of Directors as being of equivalent rank; or
(2) Have in the opinion of the Board of Directors demonstrated significant scientific achievement in dental radiology or in related sciences as evidenced by scholarly publications.
| 2.1124 | Radiologic scientists (including physicists, radiopharmacists, molecular biologists, chemists, radiobiologists, cancer biologists, computer scientists, engineers and other types of scientists in medicine) must: (A) Possess the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, or Master of Science or Arts in a field of endeavor recognized by the Board of Directors as applicable to the radiologic health sciences, ; and
(B) Devote a substantial portion of professional time to supporting radiology, radiation oncology and/or imaging science. | | 2.113 | Rights and Privileges. Active members have the right to attend and to address all business meetings of the members of the Society, to vote, to hold office and to serve on boards and committees. They shall receive all official publications of the Society. Active members may, at any reasonable time, examine any or all minutes, records, reports and transactions of the Society. Upon request, and following reimbursement to the Society for the costs involved, Active members shall receive a copy of any part or all of the minutes of meetings of the Society or of minutes or records of any officer or committee, with the exception of those pertaining to applicants for membership. | | 2.114 | Dues and Assessments. Active members are liable for such dues and assessments as are voted determined by the Board of Directors. | | 2.12 | Associate Members. Associate membership consists of (A) radiologists and certain other radiologic scientists who do not fulfill all of the requirements for Active membership the requirements set forth in Section 2.112 and (B) non-radiologist physicians, dentists, veterinarians and other professionals (including but not limited to physician extenders, administrators, technologists and nurses), who fulfill the educational and professional requirements for such membership that are determined by the Board of Directors and set forth in the policies of the Board, which may designate specific subcategories of Associate members. | | 2.121 | Residency and Practice Requirements. Each applicant for Associate membership must fulfill the residency and practice requirements described in 2.111. | | 2.122 | Professional Requirements. | 2.1221 | Radiologists must: (A) Fulfill the educational requirements described in 2.1121(A); and
(B) Have successfully completed a training program in radiology approved by the Residency Review Committee for Radiology of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or its equivalent as determined by the Board of Directors.
| 2.1222 | Radiologic scientists must: (A) Fulfill the educational requirements described in 2.1124(A); and
(B) Be active in a radiologic health science or a science related to radiology and,
(C) Be, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, able to contribute to the purposes of the Society.
| 2.1223 | Veterinarians as defined in 2.1122(A) may not be Associate members. | 2.1224 | Dentists as defined in 2.1123(A) may not be Associate members. | 2.123 | Rights and Privileges. Associate members have the same rights and privileges as defined in 2.113 for Active members except that they may not vote, hold office, or serve on boards and, unless otherwise provided in the applicable policies of the Board, shall not automatically receive publications of the Society. | 2.124
2.123 | Dues and Assessments. Associate members are liable for such dues and assessments as are voted determined by the Board of Directors, and the Board may approve different amounts for different subcategories of Associate members. | | 2.13 | Members-in-Training. Member-in-Training membership consists of persons in formal radiologic training in a setting recognized as acceptable by the American Board of Radiology as acceptable. | | 2.131 | Requirements. Members-in-Training must: (A) Possess the degree of Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy or their equivalent as recognized by the American Medical Association; and
(B) Have initiated and be continuing in formal training in a radiology training program accredited by the Residency Review Committee of the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. | | 2.132 | Rights and Privileges. Members-in-Training have the same rights and privileges as defined in 2.113 for Active members except that they may not vote, hold office, or serve on boards, and shall not automatically receive RSNA publications. | | 2.133 | Dues and Assessments. Members-in-Training are liable for such dues and assessments as are voted determined by the Board of Directors. | | 2.134 | Tenure of Member-in-Training membership. Members-in-Training may remain in this category for five years or for twelve months following completion of training, whichever period ends first. Following written request, the Board of Directors may extend this time. Upon completion of training, and fulfillment of all requirements listed under 2.11, 2.12 or 2.15, the Member-in-Training shall be reclassified to the appropriate category of membership, provided: (A) The Member-in-Training has not declined such reclassification, in which case membership shall be terminated, ; and
(B) The name and address of the Member-in-Training have been made available to the members of the Society as provided in 2.221 2.191(B). | | 2.14 | Medical Student Members. Medical Student membership in the Society consists of students enrolled in a medical school in a North American country. | | 2.141 | Medical School requirements. Each applicant for Medical Student membership must reside in, and be enrolled in a medical school in, a North American country. | | 2.142 | Professional requirements. Medical students must be enrolled in a medical school approved by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education or its equivalent as determined by the Board of Directors. | | 2.143 | Rights and privileges. Medical student members shall have certain rights and privileges as determined by the Board of Directors. | | 2.144 | Dues and assessments. Medical student members are liable for such dues and assessments as are voted determined by the Board of Directors. | | 2.145 | Tenure of Medical Student Membership. Medical student members may remain in this category until the attainment of the degree of Doctor of Medicine. | | 2.15 | Corresponding Members. Corresponding membership consists of radiologists, non-radiologist physicians, veterinarians, dentists, and other scientists in radiologic medicine scientists, who do not fulfill the North American residency and practice requirements described in 2.111. It also includes the International Active and International Associate membership in those categories prior to November 27, 1978. | | 2.151 | Requirements. | | 2.1511 | Radiologists must fulfill the professional requirements described in 2.1121. | | 2.1512 | Veterinarians must fulfill the professional requirements described in 2.1122. | 2.1513 | Dentists must fulfill the professional requirements described in 2.1123. | 2.1514 | Other Non-radiologist physicians, veterinarians, dentists and other radiologic scientists must fulfill the educational requirements described in 2.1124 (A), be active in a science related to radiology and be, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, able to contribute to the purpose and professional requirements for such membership that are determined by the Board of Directors and set forth in the policies of the Society Board. | | 2.152 | Rights and Privileges. Corresponding members have the same rights and privileges as defined in 2.113 for Active members except that they may not vote, hold office or serve on boards. | | 2.153 | Dues and Assessments. Corresponding members are liable for such dues and assessments as are voted determined by the Board of Directors. | | 2.16 | Corresponding Members-in-Training. Corresponding Member-in-Training membership consists of persons in formal radiologic training in a setting outside of North America that is acceptable to the Board of Directors. Corresponding Members-in-Training have the same rights, privileges, obligations, and tenure as Members-in-Training. | | 2.17 | Radiologist Assistants. Radiologist Assistants must: (A) Have successfully completed an advanced academic (baccalaureate or post-baccalaureate) program encompassing a nationally recognized curriculum and a radiologist-directed clinical preceptorship; and
(B) Be certified as a Radiologist Assistant by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (the “ARRT”) or by a body recognized by the Board of Directors as being of equivalent rank.
| 2.172 | Rights and Privileges. Radiologist Assistants have the same rights and privileges as Active members, except that they may not hold office or serve on boards. | 2.173 | Dues and Assessments. Radiologist Assistants are liable for such dues and assessments as are voted by the Board of Directors. | 2.18 | Radiologist Assistant-in-Training. Radiologist Assistant-in-Training membership consists of persons in certain types of formal training aimed at qualifying for Radiologist Assistant membership. | 2.181 | Requirements. Radiologist Assistants-in-Training must be currently enrolled in and pursuing an advanced academic program encompassing a curriculum that is nationally recognized as preparation for becoming certified as a Radiologist Assistant by the ARRT or by a body recognized by the Board of Directors as being of equivalent rank. | 2.182 | Rights and Privileges. Radiologist Assistants in-Training have the same rights and privileges as Members-in-Training. | 2.183 | Dues and Assessments. Radiologist Assistants-in-Training are liable for such dues and assessments as are voted by the Board of Directors. | 2.19 | Retired Members. Retired membership may be granted by the Board of Directors to members who have retired from active practice. | 2.191
2.171 | Requirements. Retired members must: (A) Be retired from the practice of medicine or other active involvement in radiology or related fields,;
(B) Make written request for such transfer to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Society, ; and
(C) Have been a member in good standing for at least ten years. | 2.192
2.172 | Rights and Privileges. Retired members have the same rights and privileges as defined in 2.113 for Active members, except that they may not vote, hold office, or serve on boards, and may receive the Society publications only upon payment of a subscription rate determined by the Board of Directors. | 2.193
2.173 | Dues and Assessments. Retired members are not liable for dues and assessments. | 2.20 | Emeritus Members. Emeritus membership consists of those members of the Society who were granted the status of Emeritus membership prior to November 14, 1976. | 2.201 | Rights and Privileges. Emeritus members have the same rights and privileges as defined in 2.113 for Active members, except that they may not vote, hold office or serve on boards, and may receive all publications of the Society gratis. | 2.202 | Dues and Assessments. Emeritus members are exempt from all dues and assessments. | 2.21
2.18 | Honorary Members. Honorary membership may be granted to persons who have distinguished themselves in medicine or in its allied sciences. | 2.211
2.181 | Requirements. Honorary members are elected by the Board of Directors upon nomination by the President and only those persons eminently qualified for such recognition shall be considered. No more than three Honorary members may be elected in any one year. | 2.212
2.182 | Rights and Privileges. Honorary members have the same rights and privileges as defined in 2.113 for Active members, except that they may not vote, hold office, or serve on boards. | 2.213
2.183 | Dues and Assessments. Honorary members are exempt from all dues and assessments. | 2.214
2.184 | Certificates. Each Honorary member shall receive a suitably inscribed certificate of Honorary membership. | 2.22
2.19 | Applications for Membership. All applications for membership in categories other than Retired, Emeritus and Honorary membership shall be made on forms prescribed by the Board of Directors and must be signed by the applicant. | 2.221
2.191 | Processing of Applications. (A) The Society headquarters office staff shall review each application to determine whether all applicable eligibility criteria are satisfied. Any questions question about eligibility shall be presented to the Secretary-Treasurer, whose determination shall be final unless the applicant disputes the determination, in which case the Board of Directors may consider the question.
(B) The names and addresses of all applicants who satisfy the applicable criteria shall then be made available to the members of the Society by publication, at intervals as determined by the Secretary-Treasurer, (i) in the official journal Radiology, (ii) on the official Web site of the Society, or (iii) in such other manner as the Board of Directors may reasonably determine.
(C) Any Active or Associate member may protest the admission to membership of any applicant by forwarding a letter containing the reasons for the protest, addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer at the Society headquarters office.
(D) Any applicant against whom one or more such letters of protest are received within thirty days after the publication date of the applicant list shall be reviewed by the Secretary-Treasurer and shall be denied membership pending such review.
(E)(1) If, after such review, the Secretary-Treasurer approves the application, such approval shall constitute admission to membership, effective on the date designated by the Board of Directors.
(E)(2) If, after such review, the Secretary-Treasurer does not approve the application, the application, letter(s) of protest and all related material, with recommendations by the Secretary-Treasurer, shall be referred to the Board of Directors for final decision. (F) The Board of Directors may conduct such additional investigation, including a hearing, as it deems appropriate prior to its final determination as to whether or not the applicant may be admitted into membership in the Society and shall inform the applicant, in writing, of the decision. | 2.222
2.192 | Admission (A) All applicants who satisfy the applicable criteria and against whom no letter of protest is received within thirty days after the publication of the applicant list shall be deemed admitted to membership, effective on the date designated by the Board of Directors.
(B) All applicants approved by the Secretary-Treasurer after review as provided in 2.221 2.191(E)(1) shall be deemed admitted to membership, effective on the date designated by the Board of Directors.
(C) All other applicants for membership shall be admitted only upon favorable action by the Board of Directors.
(D) All proceedings of the Board of Directors and all letters of protest and results of investigation shall be kept confidential.
(E) An Associate member who qualifies for Active membership by virtue of compliance with the requirements for Active membership in 2.1121 may be transferred to Active status upon written notification to the Society headquarters office of, and verification of, such compliance. | 2.223 | Member-in-Training Membership, Corresponding. | | 2.193 | Member-in-Training Membership and Radiologist Assistant Corresponding Member-in-Training Membership. Each application for Member-in-Training membership, Corresponding Member-in-Training membership or Radiologist Assistant or Corresponding Member-in-Training membership must be signed by the applicant and the director of the applicant’s current residency or training program. The Society headquarters office staff shall review each application to determine whether all eligibility criteria are satisfied. Any questions about eligibility shall be presented to the Secretary-Treasurer. Upon a determination that all eligibility criteria are satisfied, an applicant shall immediately be admitted to membership. | 2.224
2.194 | Membership Fees and Dues. All Active, Associate, Member-in-Training, Corresponding, and Corresponding Member in-Training, Radiologist Assistant and Radiologist Assistant-in-Training members shall become subject to the Bylaws at the time of their admission to membership and are liable for such application fees, dues and assessments as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors. The dates upon which dues, assessments, and/or fees for subscriptions to the journals of the Society are due shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Members shall be notified by mail of any change in the amount of dues or the date upon which they are due. Any member whose dues or assessments remain unpaid for a period of time determined by the Board of Directors shall be notified twice by the Secretary-Treasurer. Members whose dues are delinquent more than 90 days after the second notice shall be stricken from the Society's membership roll and publications list. | 2.225
2.195 | Remission of Dues.
The Board of Directors may for any cause it deems good and sufficient remit or waive, in whole or in part, the dues of any member. |
Awards: The president announced to the membership and for the official record that Honorary Memberships were awarded to Jian-Ping Dai, MD, Beijing, China; Maximilian F. Reiser, MD, Munich, Germany; and Gustav von Schulthess, MD, PhD, Zurich, Switzerland. The president also announced that Gold Medals, the highest honor of the Society, had been presented to Peggy J. Fritzsche, MD, Redlands, CA; Anthony V. Proto, MD, Richmond, VA; and Lee F. Rogers, MD, Tucson, AZ. Election: The Committee on Nominations consisted of R. Gilbert Jost, MD, St. Louis, MO, and Brian C. Lentle, MD, British Columbia, Canada, members; and Gary J. Becker, MD, Tucson, AZ, Chairperson. Dr. Becker presented the committee’s slate of nominees for election. The officers elected were: President-elect Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, Dr(hc), New York, NY; First Vice-President Valerie P. Jackson, MD, Indianapolis, IN; Second Vice-President Janet Tanus Hajj, MD, Mexico DF, Mexico; Third Vice-President J. Anthony Seibert, PhD, Sacramento, CA; and Board Member to serve a six-year term, Richard L. Baron, MD, Chicago, IL. There was no new business presented and no unfinished business. Hedvig Hricak, MD, PhD, Dr(hc)
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