Dental Assisting Society Bylaws
Article I. Name of Organization
Lamar State College Orange - Health Professions Society
Article II. Purpose
Section 1: To provide an organization to students interested in the field of Health Professions. Also to promote community leadership and academic excellence.
Section 2: To stimulate interest in education and other fields related to Health Professions. To provide students with a component by which they might participate in LSCO activities. To serve as tool of communication between LSCO.
Article III. Membership
Section I: Membership is open to all current LSCO Students who are interested in a career in Health Professions.
Section II: Members are required to attend a minimum of TWO Health Professions Society Meetings per semester.
Section III: Each member must be an active participant in the group.
Article VI. Election of Officers
Section l. All candidates for officer must be currently pursuing a Health Professions certificate or degree.
Section 2. Officer Elections will be held at the first meeting in September.
Section 3. Nominations from the floor can be made at the same meeting as the election.
Section 4. The plurality of the votes cast determines the new officer.
Section 5. In any case when an officer must resign from his or her office, an election shall be held to elect a new officer. The plurality of the votes cast will determine the new officer. The President shall have the power to make a temporary appointment at his/her discretion until a meeting can be held.
Section 6. In any case when an officer graduates midyear, an election shall be held to elect a new officer. The plurality of the votes cast will determine the new officer. The President shall have the power to make a temporary appointment at his/her discretion until a meeting can be held.
Article V. Officers, Duties, & Terms
Section I: The officers of the organization is consisted of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian(s), SGA Representative(s).
Section II: Officer Elections will be held each semester by majority vote who chose to do so.
President: Must preside over all meetings and has authority to call special meetings.
Vice President: Uphold the duties of the President in a leave of absence or at request of the President, and to represent the society to other student organizations.
Secretary: Records business discussed during the societies' meetings as well as provide the minutes.
Treasurer: Keep up-to-date records of all monetary transactions made by the society. Historian: Photograph events that the society participates in.
Historian: Responsible for preserving the organization's history by recording activities and events and collecting memorabilia.
SGA Representative: SGA representative(s) act as a voice for the student organization, present ideas and concerns to the SGA and regularly report council activities to the student organization.
Article V. Meetings
Section 1: Meetings of the society will be held monthly. The President will set the date, time, and place of the meetings at the beginning of the semester.
Section 2: All society officers and members are required to attend a majority of the meetings.
Section 3. All business meetings will follow the general agenda:
Order of Business:
- Call to order
- Roll call
- Reading of the minutes
- Treasurer’s reports
- Student Government Association reports
- Old business
- New business
- Announcements
- Adjournment
Article VI. Finances
Section 1: Financial expenditures of the organizations' money shall be authorized by a majority of members at a meeting previous to the expenditure.
Article VII. Advisors
Section 1: The advisors shall oversee each meeting and activity to make certain that the rules and regulations of the LSCO handbook are being applied.
Article VIII. Amendments to the By-laws
These by-laws may be changed (amended or repealed) at any regular or called meeting of the LSCO-HPS. Proposed changes shall be presented in writing at a regular meeting. A majority vote of those present will be sufficient to approve changes and/or amendment.