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ARTICLE XIX.                      CLOSURE OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS & OTHER EMERGENT SITUATIONS

Section 1—Establishment of an Emergency Committee

In the event of a medical school closure, a committee consisting of a representative from the affected school, the Regional Director from the region of the affected medical school, an Action Committee Chair, the National President, the Director of Student Programming, the Legislative Affairs Director and the Vice President for Programming will be created. (2007)

Section 2—Responsibilities of the Emergency Committee

The purpose of this committee shall be to give support and guidance to the students of an affected medical school as deemed appropriate by the members of the committee. This committee shall, by consensus, compose a report to the membership of AMSA that will be published with the reports of other AMSA subcommittees in the appropriate annual House of Delegates program. (2000)