CONSTITUTION
Article VI—House of Delegates
The House of Delegates shall be the legislative body of the Association, shall exercise the delegated powers of the divisional societies in the affairs of this Association, and shall perform such other functions as are set forth in the Bylaws.
Section 1—Composition
The House of Delegates shall consist of delegates elected by the divisional societies and other authorized units, the elected officers and trustees of the Association and of such other members as may be provided for in the Bylaws. Each divisional society shall be entitled to one delegate and such additional delegates as follows:
FOR YEARS PRIOR TO AND INCLUDING 2011, EACH DIVISIONAL SOCIETY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO one additional delegate for each 100 regular members of this Association located in the state represented by that divisional society, provided that if there are 75 or more unrepresented regular members of this Association in the area of that divisional society, it shall be entitled to one additional delegate and. THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL DELEGATES ALLOTTED TO DIVISIONAL SOCIETIES IN 2011 SHALL BECOME THE BASELINE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL DELEGATES TO BE ALLOCATED AMONG THE DIVISIONAL SOCIETIES, SUBJECT TO REAPPORTIONMENT EVERY FIVE YEARS. ADDITIONAL DELEGATES BEYOND THE AUTOMATIC DELEGATE SHALL BE ALLOCATED AMONG DIVISIONAL SOCIETIES BASED ON THE PROPORTION OF MEMBERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION WHO ARE LOCATED IN THE STATE REPRESENTED BY THAT DIVISIONAL SOCIETY, WHICH SHALL BE CALCULATED BY USING A FORMULA THAT MULTIPLIES THE AGGREGATE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL DELEGATES BY A FRACTION, THE NUMERATOR OF WHICH IS THE NUMBER OF PHYSICIAN MEMBERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION WHO ARE LOCATED IN THE STATE REPRESENTED BY THAT DIVISIONAL SOCIETY AND THE DENOMINATOR OF WHICH IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PHYSICIAN MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION IN THE UNITED STATES. DIVISIONAL SOCIETIES SHALL ALSO BE AWARDED one additional delegate as a student council representative of each college of osteopathic medicine accredited by this Association and located in the state represented by that divisional society, such student delegate to be elected according to the Bylaws of the American Osteopathic Association. THE NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL DELEGATES AWARDED TO DIVISIONAL SOCIETIES SHALL BE REAPPORTIONED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
Section 2—Presiding Officer
The presiding officer of the House of Delegates shall be the Speaker and, in his absence or at his request, the Vice Speaker shall preside.
BYLAWS
Article V—House of Delegates
Section 1—Certification of Delegates and Alternates a. Divisional Societies
The Executive Director of this Association shall furnish to the secretary of each divisional society, 75 days before the first day of the annual meeting of the House of Delegates, a statement of the number of DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES TO WHICH IT IS ENTITLED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION ALONG WITH A STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF regular members of this Association located in the area represented by that divisional society or, in the case of the uniformed services divisional society, the number of regular members of this Association currently serving in the uniformed services of the United States AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGULAR MEMBERS OF THIS ASSOCIATION.
Based on that statement, each divisional society shall select, in a manner prescribed by its Constitution and Bylaws, the number of delegates (and their alternates) to the House of Delegates of this Association to which it is entitled under the provisions of the Constitution of the American Osteopathic Association. Delegates and alternates must be regular or student members in good standing of this Association and of the divisional societies, which they represent. Delegates (and their alternates) shall serve during the annual meeting of the House of Delegates and during the interim between annual meetings or until their successors are elected. The secretary of each divisional society shall certify its delegates and alternates to the Executive Director of this Association in writing at least 30 days prior to the first day of the annual meeting of the House of Delegates.
In the event that any state, provincial or foreign osteopathic association does not become a chartered divisional society, the regular members of this Association in that jurisdiction, at a regularly called meeting, may elect or appoint one delegate (and alternate) as their representative in the House, and such delegate (and alternate) shall be accredited in the same manner and have the same privileges as those of a divisional society.