AMSA's Constitution and Bylaws
Internal Affairs
Preamble, Purposes and Principles

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CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS

Articles:

1. Name
2. Objectives
3. Membership
4. Chapters
5. Suspension or Revocation of a Chapter
6. Withdrawal of a Chapter
7. Leadership and Structure
8. Elections of the Officers and Trustees
9. House of Delegates
10. Regional Conferences
11. Discrimination
12. Finances
13. Official Records
14. Parliamentary Authority
15. Insignia
16. Publication
17. Reports
18. Amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws
19. Closure of Medical Schools and Other Emergent Situations

INTERNAL AFFAIRS

Sections:

1. Action Committees and Issue Response Groups of the Association
2. Action Committee Chairs
3. Administration, Projects and Interest Groups of the Action Committees
4. Executive Board of the Action Committees
5. Liaisons of the Association
6. Structure of the Regions
7. Structure of the Local Chapters
8. Annual Meeting
9. Policy of the Association
10. Policy Formulation of the Association
11. Advertising Policy Formulation
12. Review of Association Principles
13. Format of Resolutions
14. Smoking at AMSA Meetings
15. Regarding Public Advocation of the Association’s Principles
16. Regarding The New Physician Magazine
17. Strategic Planning and Strategic Priorities

PREAMBLE, PURPOSES and PRINCIPLES

Principles Regarding:

Accreditation Activism Admission to Medical School Affirmative Action Aging Allied Health-Care Professionals and Personnel AMSA Policy Making Bioethics CPR (BCLS & ACLS Programs) in Medical Education Campaign Finance and Elections Care of the Homeless and Indigent Child and Adolescent Health Care Civil Rights Death and Dying Dietary Supplements Disabilities and Disabled Persons the Environment Financing of Medical Education the FDA's Prohibition on Men Who Have Sex With Men From Donating Blood Products Food Industry Food and Nutrition Genetics Graduate Medical Education and Specialty Distributions Health-Care Delivery and Delivery Systems Health Disparities Health Equity Hearing Loss Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and HIV-Related Illnesses Human Research Participants Human Rights Hunger Strikes Integrative, Complementary and Alternative Medicine (ICAM) International Health International Medical Schools and Graduates International Trade Agreements Intersex Health Legislative Concerns and Political Action Medicaid Medical Education—Curriculum Design and Content Medical Education Mission Statements Medicare and Social Security Mental Health Minority Representation in Medical Schools Nonprofit Organizations Osteopathic Medicine Patient Medication Lists Patients’ Rights Pediatric Obesity Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Physician-Assisted Suicide Physician Competence Physician Impairment Physician/Industry Interaction Physician Payment Reform Physician-Scientists Physicians and the Armed Forces Physician Unionization Poverty and Public Assistance Premedical Education Preventive Medicine and Public Health Primary Care and Family Medicine Professionalism and Professional Liability Representation of Women in Medicine Reproductive Rights, Family Planning and Sex Education Research Residency and Student Work Hours Service in Underserved Areas and Service Obligations Sexuality Stem Cell Research Student Health Services Student Rights and Responsibilities Terrorism Treatment of Prisoners of War and Enemy Combatants Tuition Universal Health Care Use of Illegal Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco Violations of Medical Neutrality Violence and Hate Crimes Vivisection in Medical Education Voting Systems and Election Reform War and Military Action Wellness of Medical Students and Housestaff Work and the Work Environment