Hears appeals of all actions of the Board of Directors taken in response to the evidence provided by the Ethics and Standards Committee; as of the 2023 change to the AIC Bylaws, this committee is ad hoc, populated as needed by the Board.
The Appeals Committee is one of four Select Committees outlined in the Bylaws.
Structure
- This committee is appointed by the Board of Directors, with recommendations from the Ethics and Standards Committee, following a formal appeal and is to include Professional Members who have the same specialty as the member whose conduct is alleged to be unethical. The terms of the members shall expire upon completion of the appeals process for which they were appointed. Members of the Appeals Committee may be removed for cause only.
- See the AIC Bylaws, November 2023, for more details.