2022 Atlanta Board of Trustees Meeting

the designated Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant board position, and to chair or participate in committees. For purposes of clarification, Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant members are not eligible to be an Officer (as defined below).

Section 2.05 Associate.

The Associate category of membership shall have the following structure:

(a) Definition. Any national or international health care professional who is not a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant and who holds an Associate’s, Bach elor’s, Master’s, or Doctorate degree in a field supportive of obesity medicine .

(b) Membership Benefits. Associate Members are eligible to vote and to chair or participate in committees but not hold elected office.

Section 2.06 Retired. The Retired category of membership shall have the following structure:

(a) Definition. Any member who has been an active, dues paying member for at least five consecutive years and has completely retired from caring for patients in the field of medicine.

(b)

Membership Benefits. Retired members are eligible to vote and to chair or participate in committees but not to hold elected office.

Section 2.07 Clinician in Training. The Clinician in Training category of membership shall have the following structure:

(a) Definition. Any individual currently enrolled in a medical school, residency program, internship, fellowship program, nursing school, or other medical professional training program. Applicants must provide verification of being enrolled in such a program prior to membership activation. (b) Membership Benefits. Clinician in Training members are ineligible to vote or hold elected office, but they are eligible to chair or participate in committees.

Section 2.08 Membership Dues. The dues investment for each category of membership shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Trustees in consultation with the Executive Director.

Section 2.09 Membership Suspension or Expulsion. A member may be suspended or expelled by the Board of Trustees or by a Committee designated by the Board of Trustees, for any of the following reasons: (a) Gross or willful misconduct, including violations of applicable Association Code of Conduct or similar policies, if such finding is made by the Board of Trustees or Committee designated by the Board of Trustees by a two- thirds (2/3) vote of a quorum of such trustees or Committee members present and voting; or

(b)

Failure to pay dues in a timely manner.