The New Jersey ACEP Chapter Board is composed of 15-elected Directors in addition to the Chapter’s Officers who have been elected.
The Officers of the Chapter shall be the President, President-Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer. Each Officer shall serve a term of 1-year and shall automatically assume the next higher leadership position. Also, the immediate Past-President shall be an Officer of the Chapter and will step down as a member of the Board of Directors once his or her Officer term is completed. Once in the officer track, an Officer shall finish out through the Past-President year.
Only members of the Board of Directors may nominate a candidate for Treasurer. Candidates for Treasurer must have completed at least two years of a Board of Director term. Election shall be by a majority vote of the members of the Board of Directors.
Elected Directors shall serve a term of 3-complete years, the number of elected Directors is determined by the position vacancies and shall be elected at each annual meeting by a majority of the votes cast by the general membership. Elected Directors may serve innumerable terms but must take one-year hiatus following 2-complete terms in succession. Candidate physicians serve a one-year term.
The terms of the board members, officers and committees shall run from July 1 of a respective year, and end on the next immediately succeeding June 30. All succession to Board of Directors, Officers, and Councillors occasioned by the expiration of respective terms shall occur on July 1 of each year.