CONSTITUTION

and BY-LAWSOF THE

Association of American

Medical Colleges

As AmendedNovember 11. 1952

CONSTITUTION

and BY-LAWSOF THE

Association of American

Medical Colleges

As Amended

November 11, 1952

CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE

NAME

This organization shall be known as the As­SOCiation of Amerrcan Medical Colleges

ARTICLE II

OBJECT

The object of this Association shall be theadvancement of medical education.

ARTICLE III

MEMBERSHIP

Section 1-Any medical school or collegeConforming to the requirements of the Asso­Ciation as expressed In this constitution andbY-laws, IS eligible to membership

Section 2 -Any graduate school in medicine,a Part of a university, any graduate divisionof a university offering medical instruction, orany school offerrng courses In medicine to gen­eral practitioners but not leading to any de­g~ee, is eligible to. membership In the Asso­Ciation on conforming to such requirements asthe ASSOCiation may adopt

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Section 3 -A medical school or college de­SIring membership In this Association shall makeapplication In writing, giving such details oforganization and resources as may be pre­scnbed by the Executive Council and expresS­Ing ItS readiness to be Inspected and to de­fray the expense of such inspection. The ap­plication shall be submitted to the ExecutiveCouncil which may order an inspection TheInspection report and all other informationbearing on the applicant for membership shallbe submitted to the Executive Council for con­sideration The Executive Council shall reportItS findings to the AssoCIation at the next an­nual meeting for action An affirmative voteof three-fourths of the official representativespresent at such meeting IS reqUired for elec­tion to membership

Section 4 -Each member may send as manyrepresentatives as It desires to the annual meet­Ing of the Association, who shall have thepnvilege of the floor In all diScussions. Buteach school or college in active membershipIS entitled to only one official representativeat all business sessions of the Association, andto one vote on all questions The dean of thecollege shall be the accredited representative,unless otherwise provided by the college au­thorities.

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Section 5 -Dues' The annual dues shall be$500, payable in advance not later than Feb­ruary 1 The year shall be estimated fromSeptember 1 to August 31 of the next ensuingyear.

Section 6 -Any college dropped from mem­bership may be reinstated by the ExecutiveCouncil. subject to the approval of the Asso­Ciation at a regular session

SectIOn 7 -(Affiliate Membership)

Medical colleges In other countries whichotherwise conform to the provIsions of Sec­tions 1 and 2 of this Article are eligible toAffiliate Membership.

Application for such membership shall bemade and acted upon as set forth In Section 3above. except that colleges which heretoforehave held regular membership shall be trans­ferred to this classification effective Septem­ber 1, 1948.

The prOVISions of Sections 4 and 6 of thiSArticle shall also apply to such affiliate mem­bers

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Affiliate members shall pay annual dues of$12500, same to be payable not later thanFebruary first of the current fiscal year ofthe Association.

Affiliate members shall have all the priVI­leges extended to regular members of the As­SOCiation and shall also conform to the pro­VIsions of the By-Laws, except that their repre­sentatives shall not hold elective office. orvote upon matters pertaining to the financesof the Association They shall receive copiesof the offiCial minutes of the proceedings ofthe annual and speCial meetings, such otherpublications and notices as may be issued andnot less than SIX copies of each Issue of theofficial bulletin of the Association Representa­tives of affiliate members may be appointedor elected to serve on Committees

ARTICLE IV

STANDARDS

Section 1-The Association shall have thepower to establish for ItS membership sucheducational standards, rules and regulations.governing admission to the study of medicine,the curriculum of study, and the requirementsfor graduation, as It shall deem necessary for

the best Interests of medical education and thealms and objects of this Association.

Section 2 -All educational standards and allrules and regulations establtshed by the As­SOCiation shall be embodied In the by-laws ofthe Association and shall be observed by everymember of the Association

Section 3 --Any school In membership In theAssocoatlon which shall violate any part otthe Constitution and by-laws shall be subjectto such discipline or penalty as the Associa­tion may deem fit and proper.

ARTICLE VOFFICERS

Section 1-The officers of this Associationshall be a preSident, a president-elect, a vlce­preSident, a secretary, a treasurer, and anexecutive councrl consisting of the preSident,the preSident-elect, the vice-president, and fourelective members, two to be elected at eachannual meeting to serve two years A Coun­cilor shall be eligible for re-election, but shallnot serve more than two terms unless oneYear has elapsed after the second term Allthe remaining officers to be elected to serveOne Year, or untJl their successors are elected.The secretary shall attend all meetings of the

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council, and record the proceedings, but shallhave no vote

Section 2 -The president shall preside at allmeetings and perform such other duties asparliamentary usage In deliberative assembliesand the by-laws of this Association may re­qUire

Section 3 The vice-president shall presideIn the absence of the president, and performsuch other duties as may be prescribed by theASSOCiation

Section 4 --The secretary shall record theproceedings of the meeting of the AsSOCiatiOn,and shall edit and publish the same; he shallcollect the dues, assessments and all othermonies due the ASSOCIatiOn and shall turn themover to the treasurer, taking hiS receipt forsame; he shall be properly bonded. He shallperform such other duties as may be reqUiredof him by the ASSOCiation or the ExecutiveCouncil

Section 5 -The treasurer shall take chargeof all monies that may be received from allsources and depOSit the same in the name ofthe ASSOCiation of American Medical Collegesin a bank approved by the Executive CounCJI.He shall be properly bonded and draw uponAssociation funds In payment of budget Items

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duly authorized by the Executive Council, andshall make an annual report to the ASSociation.

Section 6 -The executive council shall or­ganize after each annual meeting and elect achairman After such organization It shall ap­POint the Editor of the Journal of the AsSOCia­tion, offiCial representatives to other organiza­tions, and such committees as may be deemednecessary A quorum shall be the majority ofthe council The council shall have and exercisedirect superviSion, general control, and man­agement of the business affairs of the Associa­tion It shall have the power to fiX the salariesof the officers and disburse funds for purposespertaining to the affairs of the ASSOCiation. Itshall have the power to act for and on behalfof the ASSOCiation between ItS meetings andto fill vacancies occurring in any of the elec­tive offices dUring the year. The executiveCOuncil shall appoint representatives to InspectColleges applYing for membership or reinstate­ment, and colleges in membership In the Asso­Ciation at its discretion The inspection reports,together With recommendations, shall be fur­nished a responsible authOrity In the college,and shall be sent to all members of the execu­tive council. Whenever diSCiplinary action isrecommended the college shall be afforded anopportunity for a hearing before the council.

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The executive council shall take such actionas may be Indicated DIsciplinary action mayconsist of "probation" for a definite perrod tobe followed by relnspectlon, or by terminationof membership The council, before droppingfrom membership, or placing on probation anymember institution, shall consult with suchother accrediting agencies as It deems advIs­able All of the actions authorrzed In this sec­tion shall be reported to the Association atItS annual business session, and be subject tothe approval of the ASSOCIation

ARTICLE VI

MEETINGS

Section 1-The annual meeting of the Asso­Ciation shall be held at such place as the As­sociation may deSignate by vote, the time ofmeeting to be set by the Executive CouncIl.

Section 2 --Official representatives of a ma­Jorrty of the active members whose dues arepaid, shall constitute a quorum

ARTICLE VII

AMENDMENTS

Section 1--This constitution shall not be

altered or amended except by a written notice

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to all members at least thirty days previousto a stated meeting and by a vote of two­thirds of all the active members present atsuch meetIng

BY-LAWSSection 1-The meetings of the Association

shall be governed by RobGrt's Rules of Order,except as provided in the Constitution andBY-Laws

Section 2-ReqUirements for Admission Ad­miSsion to medical schools and medical col­leges In membership In the Association maybe by:

(1) Satisfactory completion of a minimum ofCollegiate instruction, as provided below InSUbsection I: or by

(2) Examination, as provided In Subsec­tion II

Subsection I -A good general education in­clUding the attainment of competence in Eng­lish, biology, chemistry and physIcs IS essen­tial for the comprehension of the medicalschool curriculum For most students this willrequire three or four years of college edu­Cation Superior students may, In selected cases,be conSidered acceptable for admission to med-

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Ical school after only two years of collegiatework. In all Instances the final Judgment asto the admlsslbrllty of these superror studentswill rest with the individual medical school.

Subsection II -Admission to medical schoolsand medical colleges in the Association maybe by examination

Examinations for the purpose of admissionby this method shall be conducted by Institu­tions acceptable to the Executive Councrl ofthe ASSOCiation, under the following conditionS

(al Candidates who have completed twoyears of collegiate instruction and present eVI­dence of general scholarship of high order,but who lack credits In not more than twOof the required subjects, may be admitted onpassing examinations In these subjects

Section 3 -Curriculum The entire courseshould be designed to train the student Inthe practice of medicine, including the culti­vation of health and the prevention and treat­ment of disease.

The main purpose of the undergraduate cur­riculum should be to provide the student witha sound foundation in the fundamentals ofmediCine on which he can burld in the futureIn general or special practice or In scientifiCinvestigation. He should have acquired such

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habits of mind and thought that in addition toprofiting by his professional experrence, hewill continue to educate himself throughouthis life By the end of undergraduate med­Ical COurses the student should have maturedSUfficiently to assume the responSible duties ofhis profeSSion.

The curriculum should extend over a periodof at least four academIC years

Section 4 -Any medical school or college in

membership in the Association, which, on in­

Spection, has been found not to fulfill adequatelythe conditions for membership in the Asso­Ciation, may be (a) warned by being placedOn "confidential probation" for a perrod oftwo years by vote of the Executive CounCil, (b)placed on "open probation" after a full hear­ing before the Executive Council and subjectto the approval of the ASSOCiation at a regularexecutive session, (c) dropped from member­ship after a full hearing before the ExecutiveCouncil and subject to the approval of theASSOCiation at a regular executive session

Section 5 -Any medICal school or collegewhich IS a member on "open probation," may beremoved from probation and restored to fullmembership or be dropped from membershipby the Executive Council, as warranted by thefindings of an inspection, after a full hearing

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before the ExecutIve Council, subject to theapproval of the AssocIatIon at a regular ex­

ecutIve session

SectIon 6 -These by-laws may be amendedonly by submItting a written copy of the pro­posed amendment twenty-four (24) hours be­

fore actIon can be taken on It, and by a two­thIrds vote of the members represented atany annual meetIng

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CONSTITUTIONand BY-LAWS

OF THE

Association of American'

Medical Colleges

AI AmendedOctober 26. 1953

CONSTITUTION

and BY-LAWS

OF THE

Association of American

Medical Colleges

As Amended

October 26, 1953

CONSTITUTION

ARTICLE INAME

This organization shall be known asthe Association of American MedicalCOlleges.

ARTICLE IIOBJECT

The object of this Association shall bethe advancement of medical education.

ARTICLE IIIMEMBERSHIP

Section I.-Any medical school orCollege in the United States conformingto the requirements of the Associationas expressed in this Constitution andBY-Laws is eligible to apply for Insti­tUtional Membership.

Any medical school or college in Can­ada or in present or former possessionsof the United States and conforming tothe requirements of the Association asexpressed in this Constitution and BY-

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Laws is eligible to apply for AffiliateInstitutional Membership.

Section 2.-Any person who has dem'onstrated over a period of years a seri'ous interest in medical education iseligible to apply for Individual Mem'bership.

Any person, organization or agencYthat has demonstrated over a period ofyears a serious interest in medical edu'cation is eligible to apply for SustainingMembership.

Section 3.-A medical school or col'lege desiring Institutional MembershiPor Affiliate Institutional Membership illthis Association shall make applicatiollin writing, giving such details of organi'zation, resources and curriculum as maYbe prescribed by the Executive Counciland expressing its readiness to be in'spected. The application shall be sub'mitted to the Executive Council, whicllmay order an inspection. The inspectiollreport and all other information bear'ing on the applicant for membershiPshall be submitted to the ExecutiveCouncil for consideration. The Execu'

tive Council shall report its findings tothe Association at the next Annual11:eeting for action. An affirmative voteat three-fourths of the official repre­sentatives of the Institutional membersPresent at such meeting is required forelection to Institutional Membership orAffiliate Institutional Membership.

Individuals, organizations or agenciesdeSiring Individual or Sustaining Mem­berShip shall make application in writ­ing to the Secretary. Such applications,after being first submitted to the Execu­tive Council for approval, will be pre­sented to the next Annual Meeting foraction. An affirmative vote of three­fOurths of the official representatives ofthe Institutional members present atsUch meeting is required for election toIndividual or Sustaining Membership.

Section 4.-Each Institutional or Af­filIate Institutional Member may sendas many representatives as it desires tothe Annual Meeting of the Association,and they shall have the privilege of thefloor in all discussions. But each schoolOr College is entitled to only one officialrepresentative at all business sessions of

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the Association. The Dean of the collegeshall be the official representative un­less otherwise provided by the collegeauthorities.

Official representatives of InstitutionalMembers shall be entitled to vote on allmatters.

Official representatives of Affiliate In­stitutional Members shall have the priv­ilege of the floor in all discussions butshall not be entitled to vote.

Individual Members and representa­tives of Sustaining Members shall havethe privilege of the floor in all discus­sions but shall not be entitled to vote.

Section 5.-Each Institutional Mem­ber shall receive copies of the officialminutes of the proceedings of the An­nual and Special meetings, such otherpublications and notices as may be is'sued and not less than ten or more thallfifty departmental copies of each issueof The Journal of MEDICAL EDUCATION,as determined by the Executive Council.

Each Affiliate Institutional Member

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shall receive copies of the official min­utes of the proceedings of the Annualand Special meetings, such other publi­cations and notices as may be issued andnot less than three or more than twelvedepartmental copies of each issue of TheJournal of MEDICAL EDUCATION, as de­termined by the Executive Council.

Each Individual Member and Sustain­ing Member shall receive a copy of theofIicial minutes of the proceedings of theAnnual and Special meetings, a copy ofthe Association Directory and one copyof each of the twelve monthly issues ofThe Journal of MEDICAL EDUCATION.

Section 6.-Dues: The Annual duesfor Institutional Members shall be $500,PaYable not later than February 1 of thecurrent fiscal year. The fiscal year shallbe from JUly 1 to June 30.

.Affiliate Institutional Members shallPay annual dues of $125, Individuall\tembers of $10, Sustaining Members of$1,000; same to be payable not later thanFebruary 1 of the current fiscal year ofthe Association.

Section 7.-Any college dropped from

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Institutional Membership or Affiliate In­stitutional Membership may be reinstat­ed by the Executive Council, subject tothe approval of the Association at a reg­ular session.

Section B.-Affiliate Institutional Mem­bership: Affiliate Institutional MemberSshall have all the privileges extended toregular Institutional Members of the As­sociation, except that their representa­tive shall not vote. Representatives ofAffiliate Institutional Members may holdappointee offices.

ARTICLE IVSTANDARDS

Section I.-The Association shall havethe power to establish by vote of itsmembership such educational standards,rules and regulations, governing admis­sion to the study of medicine, the cur­riculum of study, and the requirementsfor graduation, as it shall deem neces­sary for the best interests of medical ed­ucation and the aims and objects of thiSAssociation.

Section 2.-All educational standards

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and all rules and regulations establishedby the Association shall be embodied inthe BY-Laws of the Association and shallbe observed by every Institutional Mem­ber and Affiliate Institubonal Memberof the Association.

Section 3.-Any school in Institutionalor Affiliate Institutional Membership inthe Association which shall violate anyPart of the Constitution and By-Lawsshall be subject to such discipline orPenalty as the Association may deem fitand proper.

Section 4.-The Executive Councilshall appoint representatives to inspect~Olleges applying for membership or re­~nstatement and colleges in membership~n the Association at its discretion. Thelnspection reports, together with recom­~endations, shall be furnished a respon­slble authority in the college, and shallbe sent to all members of the ExecutiveCouncil.

1 Section 5.-Any medical school or col­ege in Institutional or Affiliate Institu­

tional Membership in the Association,Which, on inspection, has been found

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not to fulfill adequately the conditionsfor such membership in the Association,may be (a) warned by being placed on"confidential probation" for a period oftwo years by vote of the ExecutiveCouncil, (b) placed on "open probation"after a full hearing before the ExecutiveCouncil and subject to the approval ofthe Association at a regular ExecutiveSession, or (c) dropped from member~

ship after a full hearing before the E"~

ecutive Council and subject to the ap~

proval of the Association at a regularExecutive Session.

Section 6.-Any medical school or col~

lege which is a member on "open pro~

bation," may be removed from probationand restored to full membership or bedropped from membership by the Exec~

utive Council, as warranted by the find~

ings of an inspection, after a full hear~

ing before the Executive Council, sub~

ject to the approval of the Associationat a regular Executive Session.

ARTICLE VOFFICERS

Section I.-The officers of this Asso~

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ciation shall be a President, a President­Elect, a Vice President, a Secretary, aTreasurer, a Director of Studies, andSeVen (7) Executive Council members.The Immediate Past President shall beone of the seven members of the Execu­tive Council for the year immediatelyfOllowing his presidency; the other sixWill be elected members.

A President-Elect shall be elected an­nUally. He shall serve as President-ElectUntil the Annual Session next ensuingafter his election and shall become Pres­ident on his installation in the course ofthat session serving thereafter as Pres­ident until'the installation of his suc­Cessor.

A Vice President, and a Treasurershall be elected annually, each to servefor one year or until his successor iselected and installed.

A Secretary and a Director of Studiesshall be appointed by the ExecutiveCouncil annually.

Two Executive Council members shallbe elected annually, each to serve forthree Years, or until the election and in-

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stallation of his successor. An electedExecutive Council member shall notserve more than two consecutive terms,but an Executive Council member elect­ed to serve an unexpired term shall notbe regarded as having served a term un­less he has served at least two years.

If the President dies, resigns or is re­moved from office, the Vice Presidentshall immediately become President andshall serve for the remainder of thatterm.

Section 2.-The President shall pre­side at all meetings and perform suchother duties as parliamentary usage indeliberative assemblies and the By-LawSof this Association may require.

Section 3.-The Vice President shallpreside in the absence of the President,and perform such other duties as maYbe prescribed by the Association.

Section 4.-The Secretary shall be inadministrative charge of the Central Of­fice of the Association and shall recordthe proceedings of the meetings of theAssociation, and shall edit and pUblishthe same. He shall collect the dues, as-

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sessments and all other monies due theAssociation and shall turn them over tothe Treasurer, taking his receipt forsame. He shall be properly bonded. Heshall perform such other duties as maybe required of him by the AssociationOr the Executive Council. He shall at­tend all meetings of the Executive Coun­Cil, except the closed Executive Ses­sions, and record the proceedings, butshall have no vote.

Section 5.-The Treasurer shall takecharge of all monies that may be re­ceived from all sources and deposit thesame in the name of the Association ofAmerican Medical Colleges in a bankapproved by the Executive Council. Heshall be properly bonded and draw uponAssociation funds in payment of budgetitems dUly authorized by the ExecutiveCOuncil, and shall make an annual re­Port to the Association. He shall attendall meetings of the Executive Counciland vote as a member of that Council.lie shall record the proceedings of theClosed Sessions of the Executive Coun­cil.

Section 6.-The Director of Studies

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shall collect such statistics and conductsuch studies for the Association as theExecutive Council shall direct. He shallfoster the development of student per­sonnel studies in member institutionswith the advice of the Committee onStudent Personnel Practices. He shallperform such other duties as may be re­quired of him by the Association or theExecutive Council. He shall attend allmeetings of the Executive Council, ex­cept the Closed Executive Sessions, butshall have no vote.

Section 7.-The Executive Councilshall consist of six (6) elected membersand the following ex-officio members:the President, the President-Elect, theVice President, the Secretary, the Treas­urer, the Director of Studies and theImmediate Past President. It shall or­ganize after each Annual Meeting andelect a Chairman. After each organiza­tion it shall appoint the Secretary, theDirector of Studies, the Editor of TheJournal of MEDICAL EDUCATION, officialrepresentatives to other organizations,and such committees and staff membersas may be deemed necessary.

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It qUorum shall be a majority of theVoting Council members. The CouncilShan have the power to fix salaries ofthe Secretary, the Director of Studiesand staff members and disburse fundsfor Purposes pertaining to the affairs ofthe Association. It shall have the powerto act for and on behalf of the Associa­tion between its meetings and to fill va­cancies occurring in any of the electedoffices during the year.

ARTICLE VIMEETINGS

Section I.-The Annual Meeting ofthe Association shall be held at suchtime and place as the Executive Councilmay designate.

Section 2.-0fficial representatives ofa majority of the member colleges shallconstitute a quorum.

ARTICLE VIIAMENDMENTS

Section 1.-This Constitution shall notbe altered or amended except by a

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written notice to all Institutional Mem­bers and all Affiliate Institutional Mem­bers at least thirty (30) days previoUSto a stated meeting and by a vote 01

two-thirds of all the Institutional Mern­bers officially represented at such meet­ing.

BY·LAWSSection I.-The meetings of the Asso­

ciation shall be governed by Robert'SRules of Order, except as provided illthe Constitution and By-Laws.

Section 2.-Requirements for admis­sion: Admission to medical schools andmedical colleges in Institutional or Affil­iate Institutional Membership in the As­sociation may be by:

(1) Satisfactory completion of a mini­mum of collegiate instruction, as pro­vided below in subsection a: or bY

(2) Examination as provided in subsec­tion b.

Subsection a.-A good general educa­tion including the attainment of com­petence in English, Biology, ChemistrYand Physics is essential for the compre-

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hension of the medical school curricu­hun. For most students this will requirethree or four years of college education.SUperior students may, in selected cases,be considered acceptable for admissionto tnedical school after only two yearsOf Collegiate work. In all instances, thefinal judgment as to the admissabilityOf these superior students will rest withthe individual medical school.

SUbsection b.-Admission to medicalschools and medical colleges in the As­Sociation may be by examination.

Examinations for the purpose of ad­mission by this method shall be con­dUcted by institutions acceptable to theExecutive Council of the Association,Under the following conditions:

(a) Candidates who have completedtwo years of collegiate instructionand present evidence of generalscholarship of high order, but wholack the credits in certain of the re­qUired subjects, may be admittedon passing examinations in theseSubjects.

Section 2.-Curriculum: The funda-

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mental objective of undergraduate meq­ical education shall be to provide a solidfoundation for the student's future de­velopment. This objective can best beachieved, first by providing the propersetting in which the student can learn,and secondly, by stimulating the stu­dent to use this setting to the best ad­vantage.

Undergraduate medical education mustpermit the student to learn fundamentalprinciples applicable to the whole bodYof medical knowledge, to acquire habitsof reasoned and critical judgment ofevidence and experience, and to develoPan ability to use these principles wiselYin solving problems of health and dis­ease. It should not aim at presentingthe complete detailed, systematic bodYof knowledge concerning each and eV­ery medical and related discipline.

Undergraduate medical education canachieve these aims only if the studentplays an active role. It must provide in­centive for active learning on the part ofthe student. This can best be achievedby giving him definite responsibility inreal day-to-day problems in health and

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disease. This responsibility must, ofcourse, be carefully graded to the stu­dent's ability and experience and mustbe exercised under careful guidance bythe faculty.

To implement the fundamental objec­tive, undergraduate medical schoolsInust provide an opportunity for the stu­dent: (l) to acquire basic professional~nowledge, (2) to establish sound hab­Its, of self-education and of accuracyand thoroughness, (3) to attain basicclinical and social skills, (4) to develop~Ound attitudes, (5) to gain understand­Ing of professional and ethical princi­Ples. These five requirements are obvi­OUsly not distinctly separable, but areInutually interdependent.

Given incentive and opportunity tolearn and guidance toward the grasp ofPrinciples, with the problems of health~nd disease as a frame of reference, itIS hoped that the student will build thenecessary foundation for his career in~edicine, be it practice (general or lim­~~ed), teaching, research, or administra-10n. The student should develop into a

resPonsible professional person, and be

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able to gain and maintain the confidenceand trust of those whom he treats, tbe

respect of those with whom he worKS,and the support of the community illwhich he lives.

The curriculum should extend over 11

period of at least four academic years.

Section 4.-These By-Laws may beamended only by submitting a writteIlcopy of the proposed amendment twen­ty-four (24) hours before action can betaken on it, and by a two-thirds (2/3)vote of all the Institutional Members of­ficially represented at any Annual Meet­ing.

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ARTICLES OFINCORPORATION

and BY-LAWS

OF THE

Association of AmericanMedical Colleges

.s,'0

~t ~" ~g-"':S~§

<l:i

-=~ , AI Ame.ded8 February 7, 1955

ARTICLES OFINCORPORATION

and BY-LAWS

OF THE

Association of AmericanMedical Colleges

As AmendedFebruary 7. 1955

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATIONUNDER THE ILLINOIS

GENERAL NOT FOR PROFITCORPORATION ACT

1. The name of the corporation is As­Sociation of American Medical Col­leges.

2. The period of duration of the corpora­tion is perpetual.

3. The address of its initial registeredoffice in the State of Illinois is 185North Wabash Avenue, Chicago I,Illinois (Cook County).The name of its initial registeredagent at said address is Dean F.Smiley.

4. The first Board of Directors shall beeleven in number, their names andaddresses being as follows:Vernon W. Lippard, Yale University

School of Medicine, 333 CedarStreet, New Haven 11, Connecticut

RObert A. Moore, University of Pitts-burgh, Pittsburgh 13, Pennsylvania

John McK. Mitchell, University ofPennsylvania School of Medicine,36th and Hamilton Walk, Philadel­phia 4, Pennsylvania

John B. Youmans, Vanderbilt Uni­versity School of Medicine, Nash­ville 5, Tennessee

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stanley E. Dorst, University of Cin­cinnati College of Medicine, Ede~

and Bethesda Avenues, Cincinnati19, Ohio

Stockton Kimball, University of Buff­alo School of Medicine, 3435 Mail!Street, Buffalo 14, New York

John Z. Bowers, University of utahCollege of Medicine, 105 MedicalBuilding, Salt Lake City 1, utah

George N. Aagaard, University ofWashington School of Medicine,Seattle 5, Washington

Walter R. Berryhill, University ofNorth Carolina School of Medicine,Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Lowell T. Coggeshall, University ofChicago, 950 E. 59th Street, Chicago37, I1linois

Thomas H. Hunter, University of Vir­ginia School of Medicine, Char­lottesville, Virginia

5. The purpose for which the corpora­tion is organized is the advancementof medical education. The purpose isexclusively educational, scientific andcharitable. Any net earnings of wecorporation or of any of its activitieSshall be devoted exclusively to suchpurpose and shalJ not inure to the

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benefit of any individual. There shallbe no shareholders of the corporation.

6. The Board of Directors shall beknown as the Executive Council, andthe directors shall be called ExecutiveCouncil Members. The ExecutiveCouncil shall have the complete di­rection and control of the propertyand affairs of the corporation, and theacts of the Executive Council shall bethe acts of the corporation for allPurposes.

7. The membership of the corporationshall consist of a class known as In­stitutional Members and such otherclasses, if any, as shall be providedin the By-Laws. Such other classesof members shall have no right tovote, and no action of theirs shall benecessary for any corporate action.The membership of all classes shall

Consist of such persons or institutionsas may from time to time be desig­nated pursuant to the By-Laws.

8. In the event of dissolution of thecorporation, all its assets (after pay­lnent of, or provision for, all its lia­bilities) shall be transferred or con­Veyed to one or more domestic orforeign corporations, societies or or­ganizations engaged in activities sub.

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stantially similar to those of thecorporation, to be used by them forthe purpose set forth in Article 5.

9. Provided, however, the purposeSstilted in Article 5 shall not be deemedto authorize the corporation to re­ceive any child for care or placementapart from its own parent or guardi­an, nor shall the corporation act asor perform any of the functions of II

post-secondary or vocational institu­tion.·

BY.LAWSSection 1. Institutional Membership.

(a) The Institutional Members shallbe such medical schools and colleges ofthe United States, operated exclusivelyfor educational, scientific and charitablepurposes, as the Institutional MemberSshall from time to time elect at an an­nual meeting by the affirmative votes ofthree-fourths of the Institutional Mem­bers present. The first InstitutionalMembers shall be those medical schoolSand colleges which were on January 1,1955 Institutional Members of an unin­corporated voluntary association called

• This sentence has been Inserted to avoidany question of compliance or noncompliancewith certain Illinois legal requirements.

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the Association of American MedicalCOlleges.

(b) Standards. Each institutionalmember shall conduct its educational~rogram in conformity with the follow­Ing standards of admission and curricu­lUm:

A.dmission. Students may be admittedeither by:

(1) Satisfactory completion of a mini­ll1Um of collegiate instruction based on agOOd general education including the at­tainment of competence in English, Bi­Ology, Chemistry and Physics. For moststUdents this will require three or fourYears of college education. Superior stu­dents may, in selected cases, be con­~idered acceptable for admission to med­Ical school after only two years of~Ollegiate work. In all instances, the finalJUdgment as to the admissibility of thosesUperior students will rest with the in­diVidual medical school; or

(2) Examination. Candidates who?ave completed two years of collegiateInstruction and present evidence of gen­~ral scholarship of high order, but whoack the credits in certain of the re­qUired subjects, may be adrllitted onPassing examination in these subjects.

Curriculum. The fundamental objec-

7

tive of undergraduate medical educationshall be to provide a solid foundation forthe student's future development. ThiSobjective can best be achieved, first bYproviding the proper setting in which thestudent can learn, and secondly, by stim­ulating the student to use this setting tothe best advantage.

Undergraduate medical educationmust permit the student to learn funda­mental principles applicable to thewhole body of medical knowledge toacquire habits of reasoned and criticaljudgment of evidence and experience,and to develop an ability to use theseprinciples wisely in solving problems ofhealth and disease. It should not aim atpresenting the complete, detailed, sys­tematic body of knowledge concerningeach and every medical and related dis­cipline.

Undergraduate medical education canachieve these aims only if the studentplays an active role. It must provide in­centive for active learning on the partof the student. This can best be achievedby giving him definite responsibility inreal day-to-day problems in health anddisease. This responsibility must, ofcourse, be carefully graded to the stu­dent's ability and experience and must

8

be exercised under careful guidance bythe faculty.

To implement the fundamental objec­

tive, undergraduate medical schools

must provide an opportunity for the stu­

dent: (1) to acquire basic professional

knOWledge, (2) to establish sound habits

of self-education and of accuracy and

thoroughness, (3) to attain basic clinical

and social skills, (4) to develop sound

attitUdes, (5) to gain understanding of

Professional and ethical principles. These

five requirements are obviously not dis­

tinctly separable, but are mutually in­terdependent.

Given incentive and opportunity to

learn and guidance toward the grasp of

principles, with the problems of health

and disease as a frame of reference, it

is hoped that the student will build the

necessary foundation for his eareer in

:nedicine, be it practice (general or lim­

Ited). teaching, research, or administra­

tion. The student should develop into a

reSPonsible professional person, and be

able to gain and maintain the confidence

and trust of those whom he treats, the

respect of those with whom he works.

and the support of the community in

WhiCh he lives.

The curriculum should extend over a

9

period of at least four academic years. ,(c) A medical school or college desif' \

ing Institutional Membership or AffiliateInstitutional Membership in this Asso'ciation shall make application in writing,giving such details of organization, rc'sources and curriculum as may be prc'scribed by the Executive Council andexpressing its readiness to be inspectedfrom time to time. The Executive Coull' ,cil shall consider the application and rC'port its findings and recommendation atthe next annual meeting of members fofaction.

(d) The Executive Council shall aP'point representatives to inspect schoolSand colleges applying for membership ofreinstatement, and also those in me)'l1'bcrship in the Association at its discrc'tIon. The inspection reports, togethCf

with recommendations, shall be furIl'ished a responsible authority in titC

school or college, and shall be sent to allmembers of the Executive Council.

(e) Any member not conforming to tite

Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, ofstandards of admission and curriculuJ1las they may be changed from time totime, shall be subJect to such disciplineor penalty as the Association may dceJl1fit and proper or may be dropped froJ1lmembership. Any Institutional Membcr

10

or Affiliate Institutional Member, which,On inspection, has been found not to con­form to the then-existing Articles, By­~aws or standards may be warned by be­Ing placed on "confidential probation" fora Period of two years by action of theExecutive Council or may, after a fullhearing before the Executive Council, byaction of the Executive Council and con­CUrring action of a meeting of the In­stitUtional Members, be (1) placed on"open probation," (2) dropped frommembership, or (3) removed from pro­batIon and reinstated.Section 2. AtTHiate Institutional Mem­bership. There shall be a class of mem­~ers entitled Affiliate Institutional Mem-ers, consisting of those medical schools

and colleges which were on January 1,1955 Affiliate Institutional Members ofan unincorporated voluntary association~al1ed the Association of American Med­ICal Colleges and such Canadian medical~ho01S and colleges as the Institutional

embers shall from time to time elect.~mliate Institutional Members shall

aVe the same qualifications as Institu­tional Members and shall be elected in~!lC' same way, but shall have no righto vote.

Scction 3. IndividuaZ and SustainingMembership. There shall be two classes

II

of members, known as Individual MeJ11­bers and Sustaining Members, composedof persons, including corporations, wbohave demonstrated over a period of yearsa serious interest in medical education.After their qualifications have been aP­proved by the Executive Council, theYshall be elected in the same manner asInstitutional Members. They shall havethe privileges of the floor in all dis­cussions but shall not be entitled to vote.The first individual members shall bethose persons who were on January 1,1955 Individual Members of an unincor­porated voluntary association called As­sociation of American Medical CollegeS.Section 4. Meetings of Members.

(a) The annual meeting of all mem­bers shall be held at such time in Octoberor November and at such place as tbeExecutive Council may designate.

(b) Special meetings of all memberSor of members of any class may be caIledby the President, by a majority of tbC

voting members of the Executive Coun­cil, or by ten Institutional Members.

(c) All meetings shall be held at sucl1

place in Illinois, or elsewhere, as maYbe designated in the notice of the meet­ing. Not less than 20 or more than 40days before the date of the meeting writ­ten or printed notice stating the daY,

12

hour and place of the meeting shall bedelivered, either personally or by mail,to each member entitled to attend. In thecase of a special meeting, the purpose orllUrposes for which the meeting is called~haH be stated in the notice of the meet­Ing.

(d) Each Institutional or Affiliate In­stitUtional Member may send to meetings?f members as many representatives asIt deSIres, each of whom shaH have thePriVilege of the floor in all discussions;but only one representative of each In­stitutional Member shall be entitled to'vote, who shaH be the Dean of the In­stitutional Member, unless some otherrepresentative or proxy is appointed bythe Institutional Member. The Associa­tion may conclusively rely on the writtenstatement of the Dean of a school orCOllege that he or some other person hasbeen properly designated as its repre­Sentative or proxy. No designation orllroxy shall be valid after eleven monthsfrom the date of its execution unless itProvides otherwise.

(e) Any action that may be taken ata meeting of members may be takenWithout a meeting if approved in writingby the Dean or properly designated rep­resentative of all Institutional Members.

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(f) A majority of the InstitutionalMembers shall constitute a quorum. Ac­tion, except on the admission of mem­bers, shall be by majority vote at ameeting at which a quorum is present.provided that if less than a quorum bepresent at any meeting, a majority ofthose present may adjourn the meetingfrom time to time without further notice.Section 5. Officers. The officers shall bea President, a President-Elect, a VicePresident, a Secretary, a Treasurer, anda Director of Studies. The President­Elect, Vice President, and Treasurershall be elected for one-year terms atthe annual meeting of members, tbePresident-Elect to become Presidentupon his installation in the course of tbeannual meeting a year after he has beeIlelected. Any officer may be removed bYthe members whenever they deem it tobe in the best interest of the Association.

The Secretary and the Director ofStudies shall be appointed by the E"­ecutive Council.

The officers shall have such duties asare implied by their respective titles orassigned to them by the Executive Coun­cil or by action of a meeting of the Insti­tutional Members. If the President dieS,resigns or for any other reason ceases to

14

~ct, the Vice President shall immediatelyecome President and shall serve for the

rernainder of that term.The first officers shall be as follows:

President, Vernon W. LippardPresident-Elect, Robert A. MoorePast President, Stanley E. DorstVice President, John McK. MitchellTreasurer, John B. YoumansSecretary, Dean F. SmileyDirector of Studies, John M. Stal­

nakerSection 6. Executive Council.

(a) The Executive Council (also re­ferred to as the Council) is the board ofdirectors of the Association, and shallmanage its affairs.

(b) The Council shall consist of sixelected members, five elected officers\\rho shall be ex-officio members withvoting rights, and two ex-officio mem­bers without voting rights.

(c) Of the six elected members, twoshall be elected annually by the In­stItUtional Members at the annual meet­ing, each to serve for three years or untilthe election and installation of his suc­cessor. An elected Council member shallllot serve more than two consecutiveterrns, but an unexpired term, unlessserved for at least two years or a term

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as an ex-officio member, shall not be re'garded for this purpose as a term.

(d) The ex-officio voting membersshall consist of the elected officers andthe Immediate Past President during toeyear after he was President. The Secre'tary and the Director of Studies shaIlbe ex-officio members without vote, butshall attend all Council meetings exceptclosed executive sessions.

(e) The annual meeting of the Coun'cil shall be held immediately followingthe election of council members at toeannual meeting of members and at toesame place. It shall elect its own Chair'man.

(f) Meetings of the Council may becalled by the President or any twOvoting Council members, and writtell

notice thereof, unless waived, shaIl bemailed to each Council member at hishome or usual business address not laterthan the tenth business day before toemeeting.

(g) A quorum of the Council shaIl bea majority of the voting Council merl1'bers.

(h) The Council may fill vacancies illits own membership or among the ofli'ccrs for the period until the next annualmeeting of members.

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C (i) The first elected members of theoUncil shall be:

John Z. Bowers, term expiring1955

Stockton, Kimball, term expir­ing 1955

George N. Aagaard, term ex­piring 1956

Walter R. Berryhill, term ex­piring 1956

Lowell T. Coggeshall, term ex­piring 1957

Thomas H. Hunter, term expir­ing 1957

b (j) The Council, by resolution adoptedr! the vote of a majority of the votingoUncil members in office, may designate

~n .Administrative Committee to actc:Unng intervals between meetings of the

ouncil, consisting of three or more~Ohng Council members, which commit­t~e, to the extent provided in the resolu­~on, shall have and exercise the author­~: of the Council in the management of

e Association; but the designation of~~Ch a committee and the delegation to~ of authority shall not relieve the

ouncil, or any member of the Council,~t any responsibility imposed upon them

';! lawSectio~ 7. Waiver of Notice. Wheneverall';! notice whatever is required to be

. 17

given under the provision of these BY­Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signedby the persons entitled to such notic~whether before or after the time statetherein, shall be deemed equivalent tothe giving of such notice. tSection 8. Seal. The Council may adOP

Ja seal for the Association, but no seashall be necessary to take or to evidenceany Association action. .Section 9. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year otthe Association shall be from July 1 toJune 30. JSection 10. Dues. The annual dues shaJ

be:Institutional Members $ 50~Affiliate Institutional Members.. 12

0Individual Members 1Sustaining Members , 1,000

Section 11. Amending By-Laws. TheseBy-Laws may be altered, repealed, oramended, or new By-Laws adopted bY ~two-thirds vote of the Institution~Members present at any meeting of Insti­tutional and Affiliate Institutional MeJll­bers for which thirty days written noticehas been given.Section 12. Amending Articlrs of In­corporation. The Articles of IncorpOra­tion may be altered, repealed or amend­ed by the Institutional Members in tIJe

manner provided by statute.

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ARTICLES OFINCORPORATION

and BY-LAWS

OF THE

Association of AmericanMedical Colleges

AJA....d.dOctob.r 21,19&&

ARTICLES OFINCORPORATION

and BY-LAWS

OF THE

Association of AmericanMedical Colleges

As AmendedOctober 25. 1955

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATIONUNDER THE ILLINOIS

GENERAL NOT FOR PROFITCORPORATION ACT

1. 'rhe name of the corporation is As­Sociation of American Medical Col­leges.

2, 'rhe period of duration of the corpora­tion is perpetual.

3, 'rhe address of its initial registeredoffice in the State of Illinois is 185~orth Wabash Avenue, Chicago I,Illinois (Cook County).'rhe name of its initial registeredagent at said address is Dean F.Smiley.

t 'rhe first Board of Directors shall beeleven in number, their names andaddresses being as follows:'Vernon W. Lippard, Yale University

School of Medicine, 333 CedarStreet, New Haven 11, Connecticut

RObert A. Moore, University of Pitts-burgh, Pittsburgh 13, Pennsylvania

John McK. Mitchell, University ofPennsylvania School of Medicine,36th and Hamilton Walk, Philadel­phia 4, Pennsylvania

John B. Youmans, Vanderbilt Uni­versity School of Medicine, Nash­ville 5, Tennessee

3

Stanley E. Dorst, University of Cill­cinnati College of Medicine, Ede;and Bethesda Avenues, Cincinna I

19, Ohio

Stockton Kimball, University of BU~­alo School of Medicine, 3435 l\1alJl

Street, Buffalo 14, New YorkJohn Z. Bowers, University of u:ta~

College of Medicine, 105 MedicaBUilding, Salt Lake City 1, Utah

George N. Aagaard, University ofWashington School of Medicille,Seattle 5, Washington

Walter R. Berryhill, University ofNorth Carolina School of Medicille,Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Lowell T. Coggeshall, University ofChicago, 950 E. 59th Street, Chicago37, Illinois

Thomas H. Hunter, University of Vir­ginia School of Medicine, Char­lottesville, Virginia

5. The purpose for which the corpora~

tion is organized is the advanceWellof medical education. The purpose isexclusively educational, scientific alld

charitable. Any net earnings of tbe

corporation or of any of its activitieSshall be devoted exclusively to sucllpurpose and shall not inure to tile

4

benefit of any individual. There shallbe no shareholders of the corporation.

6. The Board of Directors shall beknown as the Executive Council, andthe directors shall be called ExecutiveCouncil Members. The ExecutiveCounCil shall have the complete di­rection and control of the propertyand affairs of the corporation, and theacts of the Executive Council shall bethe acts of the corporation for allPurposes.

7, The membershIp of the corporationshall consist of a class known as In­stitutional Members and such otherclasses, if any, as shall be providedin the By-Laws. Such other classesof members shall have no right tovote, and no action of theirs shall benecessary for any corporate action.The membership of all classes shallConsist of such persons or institutionsas may from time to time be desig­nated pursuant to the By-Laws.

8. In the event of dissolution of thecorporation, all its assets (after pay­ment of, or provision for, all its lia­bilities) shall be transferred or con­Veyed to one or more domestic orforeign corporations, societies or or­ganizations engaged in activities sub-

5

stantially similar to those of thecorporation, to be used by them fofthe purpose set forth in Article 5.

9. Provided, however, the purposesstated in Article 5 shall not be deemedto authorize the corporation to re~ceive any child for care or placeme~apart from its own parent or guardI­an, nor shall the corporation act asor perform any of the functions of apost-secondary or vocational institu­tion.'"

BY·LAWS

Section 1. Institutional Membership.(a) The Institutional Members shall

be such medical schools and colleges otthe United States, operated exclusivelYfor educational, scientific and charitablepurposes, as the Institutional MemberSshall from time to time elect at an an­nual meeting by the affirmative votes ofthree-fourths of the Institutional MeIXl­bers present. The first InstitutionalMembers shall be those medical schOolSand colleges which were on January 1,1955 Institutional Members of an unin­corporated voluntary association called

• This sentence has been Inserted to avoidany question of compllance or noncompllancewith certain Illinois legal requirements.

6

~he Association of American Medicalolleges.(b) Standards. Each institutional

!tl.ember shall conduct its educational

~rogram in conformity with the follow­

llllg standards of admission and curricu­um:ildmission. Students may be admitted

either by:(1) Satisfactory completion of a mini­

!tl.u.m of collegiate instruction based on a

gOod general education including the at­

tainment of competence in English, Bi­

Ology, Chemistry and Physics. For most

students this will require three or four

:Years of college education. Superior stu­

lients may, in selected cases, be con­

~idered acceptable for admission to med­Cal school after only two years of

~Ollegiatework. In all instances, the finalJUdgment as to the admissibility of those

SUperior students will rest with the in­liividual medical school; or

(2) Examination. Candidates who

?ave completed two years of collegiate

lllstruction and present evidence of gen­

eral scholarship of high order, but who

lack the credits in certain of the re­

qUired subjects, may be admitted on

tlassing examination in these subjects.

Curriculum. The fundamental objec-

7

tive of undergraduate medical educationshall be to provide a solid foundation fat

'Sthe student's future development. Tlllobjective can best be achieved, first bYproviding the proper setting in which tbe 'student can learn, and secondly, by stiJll'ulating the student to use this setting tothe best advantage.

Undergraduate medical educatiOnmust permit the student to learn funda'mental principles applicable to tbe

whole body of medical knowledge. t~acquire habits of reasoned and crihca

judgment of evidence and experience,and to develop an ability to use theS~principles wisely in solving problemS athealth and disease. It should not aim apresenting the complete, detailed, syS'tematic body of knowledge concernit!.ileach and every medical and related dis'cipline.

Undergraduate medical education callachieve these aims only if the studet!tplays an active role. It must provide it!'centive for active learning on the partof the student. This can best be achievedby giving him definite responsibility i~real day-to-day problems in health at! fdisease. This responsibility must, 0

course, be carefully graded to the stl1~dent's ability and experience and mUs

8

be exercised under careful guidance bythe faculty.

To implement the fundamental objec­tive, undergraduate medical schoolsmust provide an opportunity for the stu­dent: (1) to acquire basic professionalknowledge, (2) to establish sound habitsOf self-education and of accuracy andthoroughness, (3) to attain basic clinicaland social skills, (4) to develop soundattitudes, (5) to gain understanding ofllrofessional and ethical principles. Thesefive requirements are obviously not dis­tinctly separable, but are mutually in­terdependent.

Given incentive and opportunity tolearn and guidance toward the grasp ofllrinciples, with the problems of healthand disease as a frame of reference, itis hoped that the student will build thenecessary foundation for his career inmedicine, be it practice (general or lim­ited), teaching, research, or administra­tion. The student should develop into aresponsible professional person, and beable to gain and maintain the confidenceand trust of those whom he treats, therespect of those with whom he works.and the support of the community inWhiCh he lives. -

The curriculum should extend over a

9

period of at least four academic years.(c) A medical school or college desir­

ing Institutional Membership or AffiliateInstitutional Membership in this ASso'ciation shall make application in writing,giving such details of organization, re­sources and curriculum as may be predscribed by the Executive Council at!expressing its readiness to be inspectedfrom time to time. The Executive Coun­cil shall consider the application and re­port its findings and recommendation atthe next annual meeting of members foraction.

(d) The Executive Council shall aP­point representatives to inspect schoolsand colleges applying for membership orreinstatement, and also those in melll­bership in the Association at its discre­tion. The inspection reports, togetl1erwith recommendations, shall be furn­ished a responsible authority in tileschool or college, and shall be sent to allmembers of the Executive Council.

(e) All members shall conform to tl1eArticles of Incorporation, By-Laws andstandards of admission and curricululll,as they may be changed from time totime. Any Institutional Member or AfflU­ate Institutional Member, which, on in­spection, has been found not to conforttl

10

to the then-existing Articles, By-Laws01' standards may be warned by beinglliaced on "confidential probation" for alleriod of two years by action of the:E:J(ecutive Council or may, after a fullhearing before the Executive Council, byaction of the Executive Council and con­CUrring action of a meeting of the In­stitUtional Members, be (l) placed on"open probation," (2) dropped frommembership, or (3) removed from pro­bation and reinstated.Section 2. Affiliate Institutional Mem­bership. There shall be a class of mem­bers entitled Affiliate Institutional Mem­bers, consisting of those medical schoolsand colleges which were on January 1,1955 Affiliate Institutional Members ofan unincorporated voluntary associationCalled the Association of American Med­ical Colleges and such Canadian medicalSchools and colleges as the Institutional:M:embers shall from time to time elect.Affiliate Institutional Members shallhave the same qualifications as Institu­tional Members and shall be elected inthe same way, but shall have no rightto vote.

Section 3. Individual and SustainingMembership. There shall be two classesof members, known as Individual Mem-

II

bers and Sustaining Members, composedof persons, including corporations, whOhave demonstrated over a period of yearsa serious interest in medical educatioJ1·After their qualifications have been ap'proved by the Executive Council, theYshall be elected in the same manner asInstitutional Members. They shall havethc privileges of the floor in all dis'cussions but shall not be entitled to vote.The first individual members shall bethose persons who were on January 1,1955 Individual Members of an unincor 'porated voluntary association called As'sociation of American Medical Colleges.Section 4. Meetings of Members.

(a) Thc annual meeting of all mem­bers shall be held at such time in Octoberor November and at such place as theExecutive Council may designate.

(b) Special meetings of all memberSor of members of any class may be calledby the President, by a majority of thevoting members of the Executive Coun­cil, or by tcn Institutional Members.

(c) All meetings shall be held at suchplace in Illinois, or elsewhere, as maYbe designated in the notice of the meet­ing. Not less than 20 or more than 40days before the date of the meeting writ­ten or printed notice stating the daY,

12

hour and place of the meeting shall bedelivered, either personally or by mail,to each member entitled to attend. In thecase of a special meeting, the purpose orPurposes for which the meeting is calledshall be stated in the notice of the meet­ing.

(d) Each Institutional or Affiliate In­stitutional Member may send to meetingsof members as many representatives asit desires, each of whom shall have thePrivilege of the floor in all discussions;but only one representative of each In­stitutional Member shall be entitled tovote, who shall be the Dean of the In­stitutional Member, unless some otherrepresentative or proxy is appointed bythe Institutional Member. The Associa­tion may conclusively rely on the writtenstatement of the Dean of a school orcollege that he or some other person hasbeen properly designated as its repre­sentative or proxy. No designation orproxy shall be valid after eleven monthsfrom the date of its execution unless itprovides otherwise.

(e) Any action that may be taken ata meeting of members may be takenWithout a meeting if approved in writingby the Dean or properly designated rep­resentative of all Institutional Members.

13

(f) A majority of the InstitutionalMembers shall constitute a quorum. Ac­tion, except on the admission of mem­bers, shall be by majority vote at ameeting at which a quorum is present,provided that if less than a quorum bepresent at any meeting, a majority ofthose present may adjourn the meetingfrom time to time without further notice.Section 5. Officers. The officers shall bea President, a President-Elect, a VicePresident, a Secretary, a Treasurer, anda Director of Studies. The President­Elect, Vice President, and Treasurershall be elected for one-year terms atthe annual meeting of members, thePresident-Elect to become Presidentupon his installation in the course of theannual meeting a year after he has beenelected. Any officer may be removed bYthe members whenever they deem it tobe in the best interest of the Association.

The Secretary and the Director ofStudies shall be appointed by the Ex­ecutive Council.

The officers shall have such duties asare implied by their respective titles orassigned to them by the Executive Coun­cil or by action of a meeting of the Insti­tutional Members. If the President dies,resigns or for any other reason ceases to

14

act, the Vice President shall immediatelybecome President and shall serve for theremainder of that term.

The first officers shall be as follows:President, Vernon W. LippardPresident-Elect, Robert A. MoorePast President, Stanley E. DorstVice President, John McK. MitchellTreasurer, John B. YoumansSecretary, Dean F. SmileyDirector of Studies, John M. Stal­

nakerSection 6. Executive Council.

(a) The Executive Council (also re­ferred to as the Council) is the board ofdirectors of the Association, and shallmanage its affairs.

(b) The Council shall consist of sixelected members, five elected officersWho shall be ex-officio members withvoting rights, and two ex-officio mem­bers without voting rights.

(c) Of the six elected members, twoshall be elected annually by the In­stitutional Members at the annual meet­ing, each to serve for three years or untilthe election and installation of his suc­cessor. An elected Council member shallnot serve more than two consecutiveterms, but an" unexpired term, unlessserved for at least two years or a term

15

as an ex-officio member, shall not be re~

garded for this purpose as a term.(d) The ex-officio voting members

shall consist of the elected officers andthe Immediate Past President during theyear after he was President. The Secre­tary and the Director of Studies shallbe ex-officio members without vote, butshall attend all Council meetings exceptclosed executive sessions.

(e) The annual meeting of the Coun~

cil shall be held immediately followingthe election of council members at theannual meeting of members and at thesame place. It shall elect its own Chair­man.

(f) Meetings of the Council may becalled by the President or any twOvoting Council members, and writtennotice thereof, unless waived, shall bemailed to each Council member at hiShome or usual business address not laterthan the tenth business day before themeeting.

(g) A quorum of the Council shall bea majority of the voting Council mem­bers.

(h) The Council may fill vacancies inits own membership or among the offi­cers for the period until the next annualmeeting of members.

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(i) The first elected members of theCouncil shall be:

John Z. Bowers, term expiring1955

Stockton Kimball, term expir.ing 1955

George N. Aagaard, term ex­piring 1956

Walter R. Berryhill, term ex­piring 1956

Lowell T. Coggeshall, term ex­piring 1957

Thomas H. Hunter, term expir­ing 1957

(j) The Council, by resolution adoptedby the vote of a majority of the votingCouncil members in office, may designatean Administrative Committee to acteluring intervals between meetings of theCouncil, consisting of three or more\'oting Council members, which commit­tee, to the extent provided in the resolu­tion, shall have and exercise the author­ity of the Council in the management ofthe Association; but the designation ofsUch a committee and the delegation toit of authority shall not relieve theCouncil, or any member of the Council,Of any responsibility imposed upon themby law.Section 7. Waiver of Notice. Wheneverany notice whatever is required to be

17

given under the provision of these BY'Laws, a waiver thereof in writing Signedby the persons entitled to such notic~

whether before or after the time statetherein, shall be deemed equivalent tothe giving of such notice. tSection 8. Seal. The Council may adopa seal for the Association, but no sealshall be necessary to take or to evidenCeany Association action.Section 9. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year ofthe Association shall be from July 1 toJune 30.Section 10. Dues. The annual dues shallbe:

Institutional Members $1,000

Affiliate Institutional Members.. 250Individual Members 10Sustaining Members 1,000

Section 11. Amending By-Laws. TheseBy-Laws may be altered, repealed, oramended, or new By-Laws adopted bY atwo-thirds vote of the InstitutionalMembers present at any meeting of Insti,tutional and Affiliate Institutional MeIl1'bers for which thirty days written noticehas been given.Section 12. Amending Articlf"s of 11'1'corporation. The Articles of Incorpora'tion may be altered, repealed or amend'ed by the Institutional Members in themanner provided by statute.

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ARTICLES OFINCORPORATION

and BY-LAWSOF THE

Association of American,Medical Colleges

AI Am.".....Nov.mb.r ,:S, 1916

ARTICLES OFINCORPORATION

and BY-LAWS

OF THE

Association of AmericanMedical Colleges

As AmendedNovember 13, 1956

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATIONUNDER THE ILLINOIS

GENERAL NOT FOR PROFITCORPORATION ACT

1. The name of the corporation is As­sociation of American Medical Col­leges.

2. The period of duration of the corpora­tion is perpetual.

3. The address of its initial registeredoffice in the State of Illinois is 185North Wabash Avenue, Chicago 1,Illinois (Cook County).The name of its initial registeredagent at said address is Dean F.Smiley.

4. The first Board of Directors shall beeleven in number, their names andaddresses being as follows:Vernon W. Lippard, Yale University

School of Medicine, 333 CedarStreet, New Haven 11, Connecticut

Robert A. Moore, University of Pitts-burgh, Pittsburgh 13, Pennsylvania

John McK. Mitchell, University ofPennsylvania School of Medicine,36th and Hamilton Walk, Philadel­phia 4, Pennsylvania

John B. Youmans, Vanderbilt Uni­versity School of Medicine, Nash­ville 5, Tennessee

3

Stanley E. Dorst, University of Cin­cinnati College of Medicine, Ede~and Bethesda Avenues, Cincinna I19, Ohio

Stockton Kimball, University of BU~'alo School of Medicinel 3435 MainStreet, BUffalo 14, New York

John Z. Boweri, University of u:ta~College of Medicine, 105 MedicaBuilding, Salt Lake City 1, Utah

George N. Aagaard, UniversitY ofWashington School of Medicine,Seattle 5, Washington

Walter R. Berryhill, University ofNorth Carolina School of Medicine,Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Lowell T. Coggeshall, University ofChicago, 950 E. 59th Street, Chicago37, Illinois

Thomas H. Hunter, University of Vir­ginia School of Medicine, Char­lottesville, Virginia

5. The purpose for which the corpora­tion is organized is the advancementof medical education. The purpose isexclusively educational, scientific andcharitable. Any net earnings of thecorporation or of any of its activitieSshall be devoted exclusively to suchpurpose and shall not inure to the

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benefit of any individual. There shallbe no shareholders of the corporation.

6. The Board of Directors shall beknown as the Executive Council, andthe directors shall be called ExecutiveCouncil Members. The ExecutiveCouncil shall have the complete di­rection and control of the propertyand affairs of the corporation, and theacts of the Executive Council shall bethe acts of the corporation for allpurposes.

7. The membership of the corporationshall consist of a class known as In­stitutional Members and such otherclasses, if any, as shall be providedin the By-Laws. Such other classesof members shall have no right tovote, and no action of theirs shall benecessary for any corporate action.The membership of all classes shallconsist of such persons or institutionsas may from time to time be desig­nated pursuant to the By-Laws.

8. In the event of dissolution of thecorporation, all its assets (after pay­ment of, or provision for, all its lia­bilities) shall be transferred or con­veyed to one or more domestic orforeign corporations, societies or or­ganizations engaged in activities sub.-

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stantially similar to those of ro~corporation, to be used by theIIlthe purpose set forth in Article 5.

. oseS9. ProvIded, however, the purp d

stated in ArtIcle 5 shall not be deellle

re­to authOrIze the corporation to teeive any child for care or PlaceIIled~r i­apart from its own parent or gun san, nor shall th~ corporation act aor perform any of the functions of apost-secondary or vocational institu­tion.'"

BY.LAWS

Section 1. Institutional MembershiP, 11(a) The Instituttonal Members sbll f

be such medical schools and colleges 0

the Umted States, operated exclUSivelY't blefor educatIonal, scientIfic and chan a

purposes, as the InstitutIOnal MembersshaH from time to time elect at an an;nual meeting by the affirmatIve votes 0

three-fourths of the Institutional lV!elll~bers present. The first InstitutiOnll

Members shall be those medical scbOO~cmd colleges which were on January ,1955 Instttuhon,l1 Members of an unin~corporated voluntary association caJle

VOid• This sentence has been Inserted to a ce

any questIOn of complIance or noncomplial1With certaIn Illtnols legal requirements,

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~e Association of American MedicalOlleges.(b) Standards. Each institutional

I tnember shall conduct its educationali ?rogram in conformity with the follow­1'Ilng standards of admission. and curricu­

:> Um:"C Admission. Students may be admitted~ either by:_ 0) Satisfactory completion of a mini-

tnum of collegiate instruction based on a;o.Od general education includmg the at­alnment of competence in English, Bi­

Ology, Chemistry and Physics. For moststudents this will require three or fourYears of college education. Superior stu­d.ents may, in selected cases, be COll­

~Idered acceptable for admission to med­Ical school after only two years of7011egmte work. In all instances, the finalJUdgment as to the admissibility of thosesUperior students will rest with the in­diVidual medical school; or

(2) Examination. Candidates who?ave completed two years of coll~giate

Instruction and present evidence of gen­eral scholarship of high order, but wholack the credits in certain of the re­qUired subjects, may be admitted onPassing examination in these subjects.

Curriculum. The fundamental objec-

tive of undergraduate medical ed~cat~o~shall be to provide a solid foundabo~~sthe student's future development. bYobjective can best be achieved, ~rst heproviding the proper setting in whIch ,~_student can learn, and secondly, bY,stl toulating the student to use this settingthe best advantage.

Undergraduate medical educatiOIlda­must permit the student to learn fun he

mental principles applicable to t towhole body of medical knowledge Iacquire habits of reasoned and critica

judgment of evidence and experience~and to develop an ability to use theSfprinciples wisely in solving problemS °thealth and disease. It should not aim apresenting the complete, detailed, s~:;tematic body of knowledge concernl,each and every medical and related dIS­cipline.

Undergraduate medical education ca~achieve these alms only if the s.tud~:_plays an active role. It must provIde I tcentive for active learning on the pardof the student. This can best be achieV~Ilby gIving him definite responsibibtY Idreal day-to-day problems in health an fdisease. This responsibility must, t~­course, be carefully graded to the s tdent's ability and experience and mUs

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~~ e}{ercised under careful guidance byi e faculty.

Ii l' To implement the fundamental objec­

lVe, undergraduate medical schoolsI lllust provide an opportunity for the stu­

dent: (1) to acquire basic professionalknowledge, (2) to establish sound habitsOf self-education and of accuracy andthoroughness, (3) to attain basic clinicaland Social skills, (4) to develop soundattitudes, (5) to gain understanding oftlrofessional and ethical principles. Thesefive requirements are obviously not dis­tinctly separable, but are mutually in­terdependent.

Given incentive and opportunity tolearn and guidance toward the grasp ofPrinciples, with the problems of healthand disease as a frame of reference, itis hoped that the student will build thenecessary foundation for his career in~edicine, be it practice (general or lim­lted) , teaching, research, or administra­tion. The student should develop into aresponsible professional person, and beable to gain and maintain the confidenceand trust of those whom he treats, therespect of those with whom he works.and the support of the community inwhich he lives.

The curriculum should extend over a

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period of at least four academic years.'r-(c) A medical school or college deS\

ing Institutional Membership or Affilia eInstitutional Membership in this Asso­ciation shall make application in writing,giving such details of organization, re­so~rces and curriculum as may b~ predscrIbed by the Executive CouncIl andexpressing its readiness to be inspeetefrom time to time. The Executive Coun­cil shall consider the application and re;port its findings and recommendation athe next annual meeting of members foraction.

(d) The Executive Council shall aP­point representatives to inspect schoolsand colleges applying for membership orreinstatement, and also those in mem­bership in the Association at its discre­tion. The inspection reports, togetherwith recommendations, shall be furn­ished a responsible authority in th~school or college, and shall be sent to a1members of the Executive Council.

(e) All members shall conform to theArticles of Incorporation, By-LawS andstandards of admission and curriculum,as they may be changed from time ~otime, Any Institutional Member or Affili­ate Institutional Member, which, on in­spection, has been found not to conform

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to the then-existing Articles, By-Lawsor standards may be warned by beingPlaced on "confidential probation" for aPeriod of two years by action of theExecutive Council or may, after a fullhearing before the Executive Council, byaction of the Executive Council and con­CUrring action of a meeting of the In­stitutional Members, be (l) placed on"open probation," (2) dropped fromrnembership, or (3) removed from pro­bation and reinstated.Section 2. Affiliate Institutional Mem­bcrship. There shall be a class of mem­bers entitled Affiliate Institutional Mem­bers, consisting of those medical schoolsand colleges which were on January 1,1955 Affiliate Institutional Members of.s'0 an unincorporated voluntary associationcalled the Association of American Med­I ical Colleges and such Canadian medical

_ Schools and colleges as the Institutional'8 Members shall from time to time elect..s Affiliate Institutional Members shall§ have the same qualifications as Institu­

<t:l tlonal Members and shall be elected in-= the same way, but shall have no right~ to vote.o Section 3. Individual and Sustainingo Membership. There shall be two classes

of members, known as Individual Mem-

bers and Sustaining Members, composedof persons, including corporations, whohave demonstrated over a period of yearsa serious interest in medical education.After their qualifications have been ap­proved by the Executive Council, theYshall be elected in the same manner asInstitutional Members. They shall havethe privileges of the fioor in all dis­cussions but shall not be entitled to vote.The first individual members shaIl bethose persons who were on January I,1955 Individual Members of an unincOr­porated voluntary association caIled As·sociation of American Medical Colleges.Section 4. Meetings of Members.

(a) The annual meeting of all mem­bers shall be held at such time in Octoberor November and at such place as theExecutive Council may designate.

(b) Special meetings of all membersor of members of any class may be calledby the President, by a majority of thevoting members of the Executive Coun­cIl, or by ten Institutional Members.

(c) All meetings shall be held at suchplace in Illinois, or elsewhere, as maYbe designated in the notice of the meet­ing. Not less than 20 or more than 40days before the date of the meeting writ­ten or printed notice stating the daY,

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hour and place of the meeting shall bcdelivered, either personally or by mail,to each member entitled to attend. In the'case of a special meeting, the purpose orPurposes for which the meeting is calledshall be stated in the notice of the meet­ing,

(d) Each Institutional or Affiliate In­stitutional Member may send to meetingsof members as many representatives asit desires, each of whom shall have thePrivilege of the floor in all discussions;but only one representative of each In­stitutional Member shall be entitled tovote, who shall be the Dean of the In­stitutional Member, unless some otherrepresentative or proxy is appointed bythe Institutional Member. The Associa­tion may conclusively rely on the writtenstatement of the Dean of a school orcollege that he or some other person hasbeen properly designated as its repre­sentative or proxy. No designation orproxy shall be valid after eleven monthsfrom the date of its execution unless itprovides otherwise.

(e) Any action that may be taken ata meeting of members may be takenwithout a meeting if approved in writingby the Dean or properly designated rep­resentative of all Institutional Members.

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(f) A majority of the InstitutionalMembers shall constItute a quorum Ac­tIOn. except on the admISSIOn of mem­bers. shall be by majorIty vote at ameetIng at whIch a quorum is present.provIded that If less than a quorum bepresent at any meetIng. a majorIty ofthose present may adjourn the meetingfrom tIme to time WIthout further notIce.

SectIOn 5. OffIcers The officers shall bea PresIdent, a PresIdent-Elect, a VIcePresIdent, an ExecutIve DIrector. a sec­retary, and a Treasurer The PresIdent­Elect. VICe PresIdent. and Treasurer shallbe elected for one-year terms at the an­nual meetIng of members, the PresIdent ­Elect to become President upon hIS In­stallatIOn m the course of the annualmeetIng a year after he has been electedAny offIcer may be removed by the mem­bers whenever they deem It to be in thebest Interest of the Association.

The ExecutIve DIrector and the Secre­tary shall be appomted by the ExecutIveCouncil.

The offICers shall have such duties asare ImplIed by theIr respectIve titles oraSSIgned to them by the ExecutIve Coun­CIl or by actIOn of a meetmg of the InstI­tutIOnal Members. If the President dIes,reSIgns 01' for any other reason ceases to

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act, the Vice President shall immediatelybecome PresIdent and shall serve for theremainder of that term.

The first officers shall be as follows:President, Vernon W. LippardPresident-Elect, Robert A. MoorePast President, Stanley E. DorstVice President, John McK. MItchellTreasurer, John B. YoumansSecretary, Dean F. SmIleyDirector of StudIes, John M. Stal­

nakerSection 6. Executive Council.

(a) The Executive Council (also re­ferred to as the Council) is the board ofdIrectors of the Association, and shallmanage its affairs.

(b) The CouncIl shall consist of sixelected members, five elected officerswho shall be ex-officIo members withvotmg rights, and two ex-officio mem­bers without voting rights.

(c) Of the six elected members, twoshall be elected annually by the In­stitutional Members at the annual meet­ing, each to serve for three years or untilthe election and installation of his suc­cessor. An elected Council member shallnot serve more than two consecutiveterms, but an unexpired term, unlessserved for at least two years or a term

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as an ex-officio member, shall not be re­garded for thIs purpose as a term.

(d) The ex-officio voting membersshall consIst of the elected officers andthe Immediate Past PresIdent during theyear after he was President. The Execu­tIVe Director and the Secretary shall beex-officio members wIthout vote, butshall attend all Council meetings exceptclosed executIve sessions.

(el The annual meeting of the Coun­cIl shall be held immediately followingthe election of council members at theannual meetmg of members and at thesame place. It shall elect its own Chair­man.

(f) Meetmgs of the Council may becalled by the PresIdent or any twOvotmg Council members, and writtennotIce thereof, unless waived, shall bemaIled to each CouncIl member at hiShome or usual busmess address not laterthan the tenth business day before themeeting.

(gJ A quorum of the Council shall bea majority of the voting Council mem­bers.

(h) The Council may fill vacancIes inItS own membershIp or among the offi­cers for the period untIl the next annualmeetmg of members.

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(i) The first elected members of theCouncil shall be:

Jqhn Z. Bowers, term expiring1955

Stockton Kimball, term expir­ing 1955

George N. Aagaard, term ex­piring 1956

Walter R. Berryhill, term ex­piring 1956

Lowell T. Coggeshall, term ex­piring 1957

Thomas H. Hunter, term expir­ing 1957

(j) The Council, by resolution adopted

by the vote of a majority of the voting

Council members in office, may designate

an Administrative Committee to act

during intervals between meetings of the

Council, consisting of three or more

voting Council members, which commit­

tee, to the extent provided in the resolu­

tion, shall have and exercise the author­

ity of the Council in the management of

the Association; but the designation of

such a committee and the delegation to

it of authority shall not relieve the

Council, or any member of the Council,

of any responsibility imposed upon them

by law.Section 7. Waiver of Notice. Whenever

any notice whatever is required to be

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given under the provision of these BY­Laws. a waIver thereof In wnting SIgnedby the persons entItled to such notIce.whether before or after the tIme statedthereIn. shall be deemed eqUIvalent tothe gIVIng of such notIceSectIOn 8 Seal The CouncIl may adopta seal for the AssocIatIOn. but no sealshall be necessary to take cr to eVIdenceany AssocIatIOn actIOn.SectIOn 9 FIscal Year The fiscal year ofthe AssocIatIOn shall be from July 1 toJune 30SectIOn 10 Dues The annual dues shaHbe:

InstItutIOnal Members(4 yr. schools) $1.000

InstItutIOnal Members(2 yr schools I 500

AfI1lIate InstItutIOnal Members 250IndIVIdual Members 10SustaInIng Members 1.000

SectIOn 11 Amendmg By-Laws. TheseBy-Laws may be altered. repealed. oramended. or new By-Laws adopted bY atwo-thIrds vote of the InstItutIOnalMembers present at any meetIng of In­stItutIOnal and AfIllIate InstItutIOnalMembers for whIch thIrty days wnttennotIce has been gIvenSectIOn 12. Amendzng ArtIcles of /n­corporatIOn The ArtIcles of Incorpora­tIOn may be altered. repealed or amend­ed by the InstItutIOnal Members In themanner prOVIded by statute.

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