1.     In the event the President of the Medical Staff should be temporarily unable to fulfill the duties of the office for a period of no more than four (4) months, the duties shall be assumed by President-Elect of the Medical Staff (when applicable). When a President-Elect is not identified, the Chief Medical Officer will assume the duties of the President of the Medical Staff..
2.     In the event the position becomes permanently vacant, President-Elect of the Medical Staff will fill the remaining unexpired term of the President. The term of President shall not exceed 3 years after vacancy. If the unexpired term is equal to or greater than a year, then after one year a President-Elect will be chosen by election as described in Article XII section 1 who will serve as such for before assuming duties of President after one year. When a President-Elect is not identified, the Chief Medical Officer will assume the duties of the President of the Medical Staff until an election can be held.
Members at Large
In the event the position becomes permanently vacant, a new member will be elected as described in section 1 B for a full 2 year term.
SECTION 4. Duties of the President of the Medical Staff
The President of the Medical Staff shall serve as the chief administrative officer of the medical staff. Duties of the President of the Medical Staff include, but are not limited to:
A.     acting in coordination and cooperation with the Associate Vice President for Medical Center Operations in all matters of mutual concern within the Hospital;
B.     serving as a voting member and presiding as chair of the Medical Staff Executive Committee;
C.     calling and being responsible for the agendas for all regular and special meetings of the medical staff and the Medical Staff Executive Committee;
D.     serving as  ex officio member (without vote) on all other medical staff committees and oversees that committees regularly and appropriately report to the Medical Staff Executive Committee;
E.      having oversight responsibility for the application and enforcement of Medical Staff Bylaws and Rules and Regulations, for the implementation of corrective action where indicated, and for the medical staffs compliance with procedural safeguards in all instances where corrective action has been requested against a practitioner;
F.     annually   appointing   committee   chair   and   committee   members   to   all   standing,    special,    and multidisciplinary medical staff committees except the Medical Staff Executive Committee, and elected or ex-officio members of Medical Staff Committees;
G.    reporting the views, policies, needs, and grievances of the medical staff directly to the University Hospital Committee and/or to the Associate Vice President for Medical Center Operations;
H. having oversight responsibility for assuring ethical conduct and acceptable professional behavior of members of the medical staff, and enforcing bylaws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures including adherence to Hospital policies, Behavioral Standards in Patient Care, and the Medical Center's Corporate Compliance Program as applicable to practitioners;
I.       having oversight responsibility for continuing educational activities of the medical staff;
J. having oversight responsibility for promoting interdisciplinary communication among medical staff departments and services, and other Hospital committees and services in order to improve operations, systems and care;
K.    being the speaker for the medical staff in its external professional and public relations; L.     delegating duties and activities as deemed necessary and appropriate.
ARTICLE XIII ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND OPERATION
SECTION 1.   Departmental Organization
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