Abusive Board Member

How do you handle this situation?

We have two board members who loudly swear and accuse other board members (oficers) of lying about everything. One of these people lost a litigated architectural case a couple years ago,so he's just serving on the board to be disruptive. Last meeting he and his friend (other board member) became so disruptive we had to cancel the meeting and didn't get anything done. The verbal abuse is inexcusable and has been getting worse each meeting so we are seeking info on how to handle this. We can't dismiss them because they were elected by the members and have 1 year left to serve. Is there a "code of conduct" we can reference that would allow us to bar them from a board meeting or give us ammunition to have them removed from the board? Any suggestions?

Arizona

David, have the Board establish 'Rules of Conduct for Meetings'. Include a statement that any disruptive member will be automatically excused from the meeting after one warning. They shall leave immediately and failure to do so will result in a fine and other sanctions as determined by the Board.

David:

If he is disruptive and abusive at a meeting as a president and chair of the meeting I would ask him to calm down or excuse himself from the meeting so we can conduct business. If he refuses and continues on the behavior I would call the police and he could look at a disorderly conduct charge.