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RESOLUTION 13-21
Upholding the Integrity and Vitality of the State and County Medical Societies
Narasimha Gundamraj, MD, for the Ingham County Delegation, Christopher J. Allen, MD, for the Sagi- naw County Delegation, and Evelyn Eccles, MD, for the Washtenaw County Delegation
Disposition: Approve. The Reference Committee is including the approved resolved portions to share the actual bylaws changes which was not included in the resolution.
RESOLVED: That the county medical societies and MSMS work as committed partners to uphold the county medical societies and MSMS shared integrity and vitality, as previously approved by the House of Delegates; and be it further
RESOLVED: That the current MSMS state-wide membership roster shall be audited and the results shall be distributed to the county medical societies and the 2022 MSMS House of Delegates to evaluate the extent of the October 2020 bylaws interpretation; and be it further
RESOLVED: That any recruitment and/or retention practice by MSMS, vendors and/or support subsid- iaries, and/or county medical societies supported by the October 2020 bylaws interpretation that serves to undermine the integrity and vitality of the medical societies end; and be it further
RESOLVED: That moving forward, all physician and medical student members join the county where they live or work, unless there is written agreement due to mutually agreed upon exception between the medical student, physician and/or physician group, MSMS, and the respective county(ies).
This Resolution would necessitate a change to the MSMS Bylaws, Section 4.20. Deletion is indicated by strikethrough.
4.20 ADJOINING COUNTY—A doctor of medicine whose principal location of practice is near a county may, with the permission of the Board of Directors of this Society, and upon being duly elected thereto, hold membership in the component society most convenient for the member to attend.
If approved, this Bylaws change will come back to the 2022 House of Delegates for second and fi-
nal reading.
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