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 Bylaws - Article II - Membership
Section 1 - Member Categories. ByLaws
The membership of this Section shall be composed of physicians and surgeons scientists, and allied professional in the following categories as set forth in the AUA by-laws (Article III, section 1):
  1. Active member
  2. Associate member
  3. Affiliate member
  4. Senior member
  5. Honorary member
  6. International Member
  7. International Residents-in-Training Member
  8. Allied Member
  9. Candidate Member
 
Section 2 - Application and Qualifications for Membership
  1. Application for membership in this Section must be made on forms approved by its Board of Directors, and provided by its Secretary.
  2. All members except Senior, Honorary and Candidate members shall be assessed dues in an amount determined by the Board of Directors. Associate Members who have passed the ABU Certifying Exam (Part II) will be transferred to Active membership in both the New York Section and the AUA, and notified that AUA active membership and New York Section dues are waived for the first year.
  3. Any member who after appropriate notification does not pay membership dues shall have his or her name placed on the “Drop List” to be reviewed at least once per year by the Board of Directors. Any individual who is delinquent and whose membership is terminated by the New York section will have his or her name submitted to the AUA for action.
  4. Qualifications for membership in each of the indicated categories (a) through (j) shall be as stated in Article III, Sections 6 through 14 of the AUA Bylaws.
 
Section 3 - Voting Status and Rights
Only Active and Senior members shall be eligible to vote. All members shall be entitled to receive the latest available copy of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, and the Roster of Membership. All voting members of the New York Section will also be members of AUA and AUAER with rights and obligations as defined in Article III of the AUA Bylaws.
 
Section 4 - Notification of Election
All members shall be elected at the Section’s Annual Business Meeting, except for Candidate members who shall be approved by the Board of Directors periodically throughout the Association year. Every newly elected member of this Section shall be officially notified of his or her election by the Secretary and provided with a copy of these Bylaws. AUA shall also be notified of the new member’s election.
 
Section 5 - Transfer of Membership
An member in good standing of the American Urological Association and of another Section of the AUA who moves his or her residence or practice into the territory of this Section, and who meets all membership qualifications, is automatically eligible for membership in this Section upon completion of a transfer application and presentation of credentials to the Board of Directors of this Section. These credentials shall include his or her previous Section records, and a letter from that Section’s Secretary indicating that the applicant is an active member in good standing.
 
Section 6 - Resignation, Expulsion and Reinstatement
  1. Any member who has complied with all the requirements of these By-Laws during the life of his or her membership may resign by written notification to the Secretary, who shall officially acknowledge the receipt thereof. The Section Secretary shall notify the Secretary of the AUA of such resignation.
  2. Any member expelled by AUA shall automatically have his or her Section membership terminated. In addition, a member may be expelled by the Board of Directors of the Section upon conviction of a serious crime, or upon revocation, suspension or surrender of his or her license to practice medicine for reasons of improper or unethical conduct, upon withdrawal of certification by the American Board of Urology, or on other grounds stated in Article X, Section 2 of the AUA Bylaws. The expulsion of a Section member shall be promptly reported to the AUA Secretary, with a statement of reasons thereof.
  3. The reinstatement of suspended members to good standing in the Section shall rest in the hands of the Board of Directors of the Section. which may recommend the reinstatement of expelled members who have been previously conditionally reinstated by AUA pending approval by the New York Section; such an action must be ratified by a three-fourths vote of the Board of Directors.