Bylaws

INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTORS, INCORPORATED

ARTICLE I – Name of Organization

Section 1. The name of the organization shall be the International College of Chiropractors, Incorporated, and may hereafter be referred to as the College.

Section 2. The management and control of the business and professional affairs of the College shall be vested in the Board of Trustees as herein provided. 

Section 3. The officers of the College shall be President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The office of the Secretary and Treasurer may be held by the same person when such actions may seem expedient.

ARTICLE II - Membership

Section 1. Membership in the College shall be of two classes, namely, Fellows, and Honorary Fellows. 

Section 2. The Trustees shall be those American Chiropractic Association members, in good standing, who have served as President or Vice President of the American Chiropractic Association.

Section 3. Members of the College designated as Fellows shall be members of the American Chiropractic Association, Canadian Chiropractic Association, or a National Chiropractic Association of their country and chiropractic institutions of learning acceptable to the Board of Trustees.

Section 4. The Trustees may elect as Honorary Fellows individuals who possess an international reputation in the field of chiropractic and/or who have rendered outstanding services in promoting the science and practice of chiropractic. Honorary Fellows shall enjoy all the privileges of the Fellows except they shall not have the right to hold office.

Section 5. Each individual elected to Fellowship in the College shall be designated as a Fellow of the International College of Chiropractors and may use the designation F.I.C.C. where appropriate.

ARTICLE III - Nominations for Membership

Section 1. Nominations for candidates for Fellowship in the College shall not exceed three percent of the total general memberships of the American Chiropractic Association in any given year. 

Section 2. A trustee or Fellow may only propose three candidates in any given year.

ARTICLE IV - Dues and Fees

Section 1. The initial Fellowship fee shall be established by the Trustees.

Section 2. The approved nominee for Fellowship will pay a one-time initial fee for the preparation of a suitable copper-walnut plaque to be presented by the nominating Fellow. This fee will be due upon notification by the Secretary of acceptance. 

ARTICLE V

Section 1. The Trustees of the College shall elect annually from their number a President, a Vice President, a Secretary-Treasurer, all of whom shall serve for one year or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

Section 2. A Faculty shall be elected by the Board of Trustees which shall be five or more in number, each of whom shall be a doctor of chiropractic of distinction in the pedagogical field of chiropractic; actively serving in some of the regularly accredited institutions of chiropractic learning, and willing to serve upon written request of the Trustees of the College.

Section 3. The Faculty shall select from their numbers two members to serve respectively as Dean and Registrar, who shall form a liaison between Faculty and Trustees.

Section 4. A Vacancy in any office of the College shall be filled by the Board of Trustees, and any officer thus appointed to fill an unexpired term shall serve for the remainder of the term of his predecessor.

ARTICLE VI – Duties of Officers and Faculty

Section 1. The duty of the President shall be to call meetings to order, to preside over all meetings, decide questions of procedure and cast the deciding ballot in the event of tie votes. He shall be an ex-officio member of all committees including that of the Faculty.

Section 2. The duties of the Vice President shall be to attend all official meetings and perform the duties of the President upon his request or during his absence.

Section 3. The Secretary shall have custody of all records of the College. He shall keep accurate minutes of all College proceedings; receive and transmit to the Trustees and to Fac¬ulty members information regarding Fellowship proposals, and make interim reports to the Trustees when necessary.

Section 4. The Treasurer shall be custodian of all funds of the College; keep accurate record of all monies received and disbursed, and make a financial report at the annual meeting of the Trustees.

Section 5. It shall be the duty of the Faculty to advise, aid and assist the Trustees in passing on the eligibility of all candidates for Fellowship; to obtain information regarding eligibility for Fellowship of those who are engaged in chiropractic teaching or research; and to make recommendations consistent with their findings.

ARTICLE VII – Meeting and Balloting

Section 1. A regular annual meeting of the College shall be held during the annual conference of the American Chiropractic Association, Inc.

Section 2. Special meetings of the College may be called by the President or upon written request of three-fourths of the Trustees.

Section 3. Any balloting done by mail, email, or by electronic video means shall require a three-fourths affirmative vote for passage.

Section 4. The Trustees present at any regularly called special or annual meeting shall constitute a quorum.

ARTICLE VIII – Seals and Emblem

Section 1. The seal of the corporation shall contain the words “International College of Chiropractors, Inc.” in circular form. The official emblem shall be the emblem of the College.

ARTICLE IX – Amendments

Section 1. These bylaws may be amended by a three-fourths vote of the Trustees of the College present at any regular or specially called meeting of the College. All proposed amendments shall be mailed or emailed to Trustees of the College at least thirty (30) days preceding the meeting at which such amendments are voted upon.