LOUISIANA STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY
AM 2024
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
DESTIN
RESOLUTION 107
Continuing Specialty Membership on the Council on Legislation for 2024-2025
SUBJECT:
Council on Legislation
INTRODUCED BY:
WHEREAS , the LSMS Bylaws require specialty society participation in the House of Delegates in order to have a seat on the Council on Legislation, and
WHEREAS , many of the specialty societies have faithfully attended the House of Delegates and actively participated in the Council on Legislation for many years, and
WHEREAS , holding the 2024 House of Delegates in Destin, Florida has created travel issues for many of these individuals, and
WHEREAS , these individuals do not want to lose their seat and representation on the Council on Legislation because of missing this meeting, therefore be it
RESOLVED , that the provisions outlined in Article IX, Section A of the LSMS Bylaws, which delineates how the members of the Council on Legislation are chosen be suspended for a period of one year, thus allowing any specialty society representative(s) to continue serving on the Council during the 2024-2025 term, specifically during the 2025 legislative session.
Speakers Notes:
Article IX, Section A: the Council on Legislation shall be composed of one member from each medical district as delimited in Article XIX Subsection F of these bylaws, one member from each LSMS Section as delimited in Article XV, Subsection A of these bylaws, and one member from each specialty society represented by a physician member during the most recent LSMS House of Delegates. The chairperson of LAMPAC shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member. 2023-2024 Specialty Societies represented on the COL – Louisiana Academy of Family Physicians; Louisiana Chapter: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Louisiana Chapter: American College of Physicians; Louisiana Chapter: American College of Emergency Physicians; Louisiana Orthopaedic Association; and the Louisiana Society of Addiction Medicine.
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