The ACEP Council conducted its meeting virtually this year in advance of ACEP20 Unconventional. The Council consists of members representing ACEP’s 53 chapters, 39 sections of membership, the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine, the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, the Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

Using a virtual platform that allowed for feedback and voting, the Council addressed many pressing concerns facing emergency medicine and the College. More than 600 logged in to participate this year, and an additional 250 live-streamed the meeting through the ACEP20 website.

The Council and the Board of Directors adopted non-bylaws resolutions related to the following:

• ACEP Membership and Leadership (as amended)
• Framework to Assess the Work of the College Through the Lens of Health Equity (as amended)
• ACEP Award for Excellence in Innovations in the ED Care of Patients with Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder (as amended)
• Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health
• State Media Training for Emergency Physicians
• 911 Awareness and Policy (as amended)
• Adverse Impact of Healthcare Insurers on Emergency Medicine Reimbursement and Optimal Patient Coverage
• Addressing Systemic Racism as a Public Health Crisis (as amended)
• Attributing the Unqualified Term “Resident” to Physicians (as amended, last 3 resolveds)
• Billing and Collections Transparency in Emergency Medicine (as amended, first 2 resolveds)
• Protection and Transparency (as amended)
• Insurer Accountability/Policy Weakness Disclosure (as amended)
• Public/School Bleeding Control Kit Access and Training
• Supporting the Development of a Seamless Healthcare Delivery System to Include Prehospital Care
• Universal Access to Telehealth Care
• Personal Protection Equipment (as amended)
• Addressing Ethical Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Emergency Physicians (as amended)
• Creating a Culture of Anti-Discrimination in Our Emergency Departments and Healthcare Institutions (as amended)
• Honoring Employment Contracts for Graduating Emergency Medicine Residents (as amended)
• Strangulation Policy Statement and Educational Resources (as substituted in lieu of Resolution 28 and Resolution 49)
• Support for Expedited Partner Therapy
• Telehealth Disaster Pilot and Educational Resources

The Council referred the following resolutions to the Board of Directors for further discussion:

• Attributing the Unqualified Term “Resident” to Physicians (as amended, first resolved)
• Billing and Collections Transparency in Emergency Medicine (as amended, last 3 resolveds)
• Telehealth Free Choice (as substituted in lieu of Resolution 36 and Resolution 37)
• Due Process in Emergency Medicine (as amended)
• Emergency Licensing and Protection in Disasters (as amended)
• Residency Program Expansion
• The Corporate Practice of Medicine

The Council and the Board of Directors adopted a College Manual amendment replacing by substitution the Procedures for Addressing Charges of Ethical Violations and Other Misconduct and three bylaws resolutions:

• ACEP Committee Quorum Requirement
• Ethics Procedures
• Special Board of Directors Meetings

The Board deferred action on one bylaws resolution, Counting Fellowship Training Time Toward FACEP, to its Jan. 23–24, 2021, meeting, pending clarification from the Bylaws Committee regarding implementation of the resolution.

The Council also adopted three Council Standing Rules amendments:

• Commendation and Memorial Resolutions
• Council Resolution Sponsors and Cosponsors
• Unanimous Consent Agenda.

Council Standing Rules amendments do not require action by the Board of Directors.