Mercy Hospital Medical Staff Bylaws - Mercy Health

again for election to that post until he has ceased to hold any office listedin Section 11.1-1 for a period of one year.10.1.3 Tenure: The Chief of Staff, Chief-Elect and Immediate Past Chief eachserve two-year terms. Officers commence their terms on January 1 5 (firstday of March following election) following their election and serve untilremoval, resignation or natural expiration of their term. The Secretarymay be removed by the President. Unless otherwise specified by contract,Department Chairpersons serve for a period of two years and may servemultiple terms. He shall serve until the end of the succeeding oddnumbered medical staff year, and until his successor is chosen. A dept.director shall be eligible to succeed himself.10.1.4 Selection: Officers are selected as follows:10.1.4.1 By majority vote of the Active Staff Members, (by and uponthe approval of the Board of Trustees) with the exception ofClinical Department Chairs, who are selected by majority vote ofthe Department’s Active Members, unless otherwise specified bycontract. 6 Associate directors, division directors and sectionchiefs shall be appointed by the Department Director with theapproval of the Executive Committee of the Medical Staff.10.1.4.2 The Chief-Elect succeeds to Chief of Staff at the end of hisor her term; the Chief of Staff, in turn, succeeds to ImmediatePast Chief.10.1.4.3 A Chief-Elect is selected every two years.10.1.4.4 A nominating committee of at least two Active Membersselected by the MEC must propose one or more qualifiedcandidates for each year’s opening offices. Members may alsopropose additional candidates for addition to the ballot. 7Nominations shall be made by a nominating committee consistingof five members appointed by the President of the MedicalStaff two weeks prior to the final yearly general staff meeting.(a) Of the five members:(1) One (1) member shall be a medical staff member withless than three years’ experience.5 Jewish: First day of March following election6 Jewish: Department Directors are appointed by the Chief Hospital Administrative Officer7 Jewish: Nominations shall be made by a nominating committee consisting of 5 members appointed by theChief of Staff two weeks prior to the final yearly general staff meeting. Of the five members, one shall be a medicalstaff member with less than three years’ experience; four members shall be representatives of different specialties anddepartments. The names of the 5 persons selected for the nominating committee will be announced by the Chief ofStaff at the final yearly meeting of the Medical Staff. The nominees for vac ancies will be reported by the nominatingcommittee at the annual meeting of the Medical Staff. Nominations will be accepted from the floor at the annualmeeting.- 39 -