American Society of Clinical Pathologists

“Classes of members. The society shall have the following classes of members: (a) fellow, (b) resident, (c) member, (d) international, (e) student, (f) medical affiliate, (g) emeritus and, (h) registrant. Only one class of membership may be held at any one time by any member of the society. Fellow. Any person who is a licensed physician and whose practice, at the time of application for membership, is devoted in major part to pathology, or branch thereof, and who holds one or more of the primary certificates, i.e., anatomic or clinical, of the american board of pathology or who has passed either the anatomic or clinical pathology portion of the american board of pathology examinations, or who is boarded by the american board of pathology in a pathology subspecialty, shall be eligible for membership as a fellow. Only fellows shall have the general right to vote regarding the overall affairs of the society, including changes to its bylaws and articles of incorporation, or to vote for, or to serve as officers of the society, except that the chair and chair-elect of the council of laboratory professionals, the chair of the resident council, and the chair of the board of governors of the board of certification shall serve as voting members of the board of directors ex officio, and three members shall serve as voting at-large directors. A fellow shall not be eligible for any other class of membership except emeritus. Resident. Any person who is a licensed physician actively training for a career in pathology and who is, or has been, within the previous three years, enrolled in a training program accredited by the accreditation council for graduate medical education and/or approved by the royal college of physicians and surgeons of canada shall be eligible for membership as a resident. A resident shall have the right to vote for members of the resident council, as provided in article 7. Member. (a) any person who is currently, or has been previously, certified by the board of certification in one or more categories, or (b) any non-physician whose interests parallel those of the society and who holds an academic doctorate acceptable to the membership commission (whether or not such person currently, or has been previously, certified by the board of certification) shall be eligible for membership as a member. A member shall have the right to vote for members of the council of laboratory professionals and for member at-large directors as provided in article 7. International. Any person who holds equivalent credentials of fellow, resident, member, or medical affiliate in the country or region in which the person practices (other than the united states or canada,) and holds membership in any appropriate existing medical or laboratory association in the country or region in which that person practices shall be eligible for membership as an international member. Student. Any medical student enrolled in a medical school approved by the liaison committee on medical education of the american medical association and the american association of medical colleges, or the committee on accreditation of the association of canadian medical colleges, or in an osteopathic medical school approved by the bureau of professional education of the american osteopathic association, shall be eligible for membership as a student. Any student enrolled in a regionally accredited college/university science program or a medical laboratory science program approved by an appropriate accrediting agency also shall be eligible for membership as a student. Medical affiliate. Any licensed physician who practices in the united states or canada, whose interests parallel those of the society and who is not eligible for membership as a fellow may, on recommendation of a fellow, be eligible for membership as a medical affiliate member. Emeritus. Upon application, members who have satisfied certain age and practice requirements established by the board of directors may be granted”

“All officers (except the incoming president) and all fellows at-large of the board of directors who are eligible for election or re-election are elected by majority vote of the fellows in conjunction with the annual business meeting. All members at-large are elected by a majority vote of the members in conjunction with the annual business meeting. The official list of nominees shall be prepared by the nominations committee, reviewed and approved by the board of directors, and published at least 40 days before the annual business meeting. Additional nominations for any such office or position shall be made at least 28 days prior to the annual business meeting, by submitting to the secretary in writing, the name of each additional nominee supported by the signatures of at least 50 voting members. The final list of nominees shall be published at least 21 days before the annual business meeting, and voting shall be conducted as provided in article 9. The ex officio members of the board of directors (the chairs of the fellow council, resident council, council of laboratory professionals, and board of governors of the board of certification, and the chair-elect of the council of laboratory professionals) shall be elected from among the then sitting members of the respective councils and board by the members of those councils and board, in a manner prescribed by their operating policies and procedures.”

“Governing body and/or executive committee review of form 990 - the board retains the services of an independent cpa firm to prepare the organization's form 990. Management and general counsel review the completed form 990 and provide a full copy to the executive and finance committees and then to the board of directors prior to filing. These committees and the board of directors are provided a reasonable amount of time to review the return and ask any questions directly to organization management or the contact at the independent cpa firm prior to filing.”

“Conflicts of interest policy monitoring - officers, directors, trustees, key employees and key volunteers are annually required to complete a conflict of interest disclosure statement as a precursor to their service to the organization. Conflicts and potential conflicts are monitored by our executive office and addressed as appropriate.”

“The compensation of the executive vp is determined by the executive committee based on data provided by the human resources department which utilizes published surveys by independent sources. The compensation of other officers and key employees is determined by the supervising executive based on data provided by the human resources department which utilizes published surveys by independent sources.”

“Public disclosure of documents - conflict of interest policies, governing documents and financial statements are available upon written request.”