Constitution and JSp^Uaws 
OF THE 
association of 
Hmerican flfeefcical Colleges 
As Amended May 6, 1907, 
AND A 
list of Members. CONSTITUTION. 
ARTICLE I. 
This organization shall be known as the 
Association of American Medical Colleges. 
ARTICLE II. 
Section 1.-Any medical college con- 
forming to the requirements of the Asso- 
ciation, as expressed in this Constitution 
and in the By-Laws of the Association, is 
eligible to membership. 
Sec. 2.-A medical college desiring mem- 
bership in this Association shall make ap- 
plication to the Secretary, on blanks pro- 
vided for that purpose, and in the form and 
manner set forth. Said college shall also 
express its readiness to be inspected by 
some person delegated by the Judicial 
Council and to defray the expenses of such 
inspection. The application, the report of 
the inspector, and all other evidence and 
information in relation to the college ap- 
plying for membership shall be brought be- 
fore the Judicial Council, without delay 
for its consideration and action ; and such 
action, if favorable, shall be submitted to 
the Association at its next annual meeting 
for its consideration, at which time the col- 
lege shall be elected to membership if it 
receives the favorable ballot of a majority 
of the colleges represented in the meeting. 
Sec. 3.-Each college is entitled to one 
representative at all meetings of the Asso- 
ciation, and to one vote on all questions. 
The dean of the college will be its accred- 
ited representative in the absence of any 
other delegate. 
Sec. 4.-The dues shall be $25.00 a year, 
payable in advance not later than March 1. 
Colleges in arrears after March 1 will be 
dropped from the membership roll and can 
be reinstated only by making formal appli- 
cation and by a vote of two-thirds of the 
members present. 
1 ARTICLE III. 
Section 1.-Every college holding mem- 
bership in this Association shall demand of 
each student, under the condition herein- 
after stated, as a minimum requirement for 
admission to the medical course : 
(a) A bachelor's degree from an ap- 
proved college or university. 
(b) A diploma from an accredited high 
school, normal school or academy requiring 
for admission evidence of the completion 
of an 8-year course in primary and inter- 
mediate grades, and for graduation not less 
than four years of study embracing not less 
than two years (4 points) of Latin; two 
years (4 points) of mathematics; two 
years (4 points) of English; one year (2 
points) of history; two years (4 points) 
of laboratory science, and six years (12 
points) of further credit in language, litera- 
ture. history or science. 
(c) An examination in the following 
branches: 
A. Required, 18 points : Mathematics, 4 
points; English, 4 points; History, 2 
points; Latin, 4 points; Science (taken 
from physics, chemistry, botany, zoology) 
4 points. 
B. Optional, 12 points: English, 2 
points; History, 6 points; Language, 6 
paints; Manual Training, 2 points; Me- 
chanical Drawing, 1 point; Natural Science 
(botany, biology, zoology) 2 points; Physi- 
cal Science (chemistry, physics) 2 points; 
Trigonometry, 1 point; Astronomy, 1 point; 
Civics, 1 point; Geology. 1 point; Physical 
Geography, 1 point; Physiology and Hy- 
giene, 1 point: Political Economy, 1 point. 
(One point in any subject in a high-school 
or academic course demands not less than 
five periods per week of forty-five minutes 
each for eighteen weeks. Two points repre- 
sent one year's work, five hours each week, 
in any subject. Approximately, one year of 
work represents 1 unit, 2 points, 2 credits, 
4 counts.) 
(d) Certificates from reputable instruc- 
tors recognized by the state board of medi- 
cal examiners duly authorized by law, or by 
the superintendent of public instruction in 
States having no examining board, may be 
2 accepted to lieu of any part of this exam- 
ination. 
Sec. 2.-This examination must be con- 
ducted by or under the authority of the 
board of examiners or of the superintendent 
of public instruction of the city or state in 
which the college is located. In no case 
shall it be conducted by any person con- 
nected with the faculty, medical or other- 
wise. of the institution to which the student 
is seeking admission. 
Sec. 3.-A student may be allowed to 
enter on his medical work conditioned in 
not more than six points, and these condi- 
tions must be removed by satisfactory ex- 
amination before he is allowed to enter on 
the second year of his medical course. 
Sec. 4.-Colleges ip membership in this 
Association may honor the official creden- 
tials presented by students from other col- 
leges having the standard requirements 
maintained by members of this Association, 
excepting for the fourth year of their course, 
but no member of this Association shall ad- 
mit a student to advanced standing without 
first communicating with the college from 
which such student desires to withdraw, and 
receiving from the dean - of such college a 
direct written communication certifying to 
the applicant's professional and moral quali- 
fications, and to the exact work he has done 
in said college. 
Sec. 5.-Candidates for the degree of 
Doctor of Medicine shall have attended four 
courses of study in four calendar years, each 
annual course to ha^e been of not less than 
thirty teaching weeks duration, and at least 
ten months shall intervene between the be- 
ginning of any course and the beginning of 
the preceding course. 
Sec. 6.-No time credit shall be given to 
holders of a Bachelor's Degree, but sub- 
ject credit may be given on satisfactory ex- 
amination. Four years of residence in a 
medical college shall be required of all can- 
didates for the degree of doctor in medicine. 
Sec. 7.-A college which gives less than 
a four years' course of study, but does not 
graduate students, and is possessed of oth°r 
required qualifications, may be admitted to 
membership. 
Sec. 8.-Each student shall be obliged to 
3 attend 80 per cent, of the exercises in every 
annual course of study for which he seeks 
credit. No student shall be given credit on 
examination unless he attains a grade of at 
least 70 per cent, or its equivalent in any 
other marking system. And no student shall 
be graduated unless he shall have attained 
a passing grade in each and all subjects of 
the required curriculum. 
ARTICLE IV. 
Section 1.-Between January 1 in any 
year and the annual meeting of this Asso- 
ciation each college in membership shall 
prepare, on blanks of standard form and 
size furnished by the Secretary of this 
Association, a list of all students matricu- 
lated since the last report, showing for each 
case the character and extent of the creden- 
tials for entrance, the conditions entered 
against said student and the standing ac- 
corded him. Such reports shall be certified 
to by the dean and registrar or secretary of 
the college and shall be sent to the Secre- 
tary of this Association in duplicate from 
each college in membership. 
Sec. 2.-Any violation of this Constitution 
or By-laws of the Association shall subject 
the college so offending to expulsion from 
this Association. 
ARTICLE V. 
Section 1.-The entire course of four 
years shall consist of at least 4,000 hours, 
divided into the subjects as shown in the 
following table, and no college shall be 
recognized that falls below this standard 
over 20 per cent, in any one branch or over 
10 per cent? in the total. Laboratory or 
clinic hours may be substituted for didactic 
hours. 
4 CURRICULUM. 
No. of Hours 
of Lectures. | 
Hours of 
Laboratory.| 
Hours of 
Clinics. 
Total. 
Histology 
30 
CO 
90 
Embryology 
30 
60 
90 
Osteology 
30 
30 
Anatomy 
190 
230 
420 
Physiology 
180 
120 
300 
Chemistry and Toxicology. 
100 
200 
300 
Materia Medica 
40 
20 
60 
Pharmacology 
40 
20 
co 
Therapeutics 
90 
90 
Bacteriology 
40 
100 
140 
Pathology 
100 
140 
240 
Medical Zoology, Postmor- 
tem work and Clinical 
Microscopy 
30 
60 
90 
Physical Diagnosis 
20 
80 
1(0 
Practice of Medicine 
180 
360 
540 
Surgery 
180 
.... 
3C0 
540 
Obstetrics •. 
100 
60 
160 
Gynecology 
50 
110 
1(0 
Pediatrics 
40 
60 
100 
Eye and Ear 
30 
30 
60 
Nose and Throat 
30 
30 
60 
Mental and Nervous Dis- 
eases 
co 
60 
120 
Electro-Therapeutics 
20 
40 
60 
Genito-Urinary Diseases.... 
30 
30 
co 
Dermatology and Syphilis. 
'20 
20 
40 
Hygiene and Public Health 
30 
30 
Dietetics 
30 
30 
Medical Jurisprudence 
30 
30 
1750 
1010 
1240 
4000 
Sec. 2.-Each college in membership in 
this association shall print in every annual 
catalog or announcement a table of the 
total number of hours' work given in said 
college arranged both by subjects and 
years. 
5 ARTICLE VI. 
Section 1.-In addition to the represen- 
tatives of colleges in attendance at regular 
meetings, who are termed active members, 
there shall also be associate members and 
honorary members. Associate members shall 
consist of former representatives and repre- 
sentatives of chartered post-graduate medi- 
cal schools and members of state boards of 
medical examiners. Distinguished teachers 
in medicine and surgery may be elected to 
honorary membership. 
Sec. 2.--Only duly delegated and ac- 
credited active members in actual attendance 
whose annual dues are paid shall have 
voting power, but associate and honorary 
members may participate in all other pro- 
ceedings and duties and may be elected to 
any office. 
ARTICLE VIL 
Section 1. The officers of this Associa- 
tion shall be a President, two Vice-Presi- 
dents, Secretary and Treasurer, and a Ju- 
dicial Council of seven members, all of whom 
shall be elected annually by ballot and serve 
until the election of their successors. 
Sec. 2.-The President, or one of the Vice- 
Presidents, in the absence of the President, 
shall preside at all meetings and perform 
such duties as parliamentary usage in de- 
liberative assemblies and the By-laws of this 
Association may require. The seven mem- 
bers constituting the Judicial Council shall 
serve three years each. Vacancies by ex- 
piration of term shall be filled at the an- 
nual election of officers. Vacancies by death 
or resignation shall be temporarily filled by 
the surviving members of the Judicial 
Council. 
Sec. 3.-The Secretary and Treasurer 
shall record the proceedings of the meetings, 
conduct the correspondence, receive dues and 
assessments from members, disburse the 
funds of the Association as provided by 
resolution, issue certificates of membership, 
and perform such other duties as the By- 
laws may require. 
Sec. 4.-The Judicial Council shall in- 
vestigate and determine all questions of 
6 violation of the rules and regulations of this 
Association and ail matters of dispute be- 
tween the members of this Association. All 
charges or complaints shall be preferred 
formally in writing, and referred to the 
Council. The Council shall make written 
report at the next ensuing session of the 
Association upon all matters received for 
adjudication. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
Section 1.-The stated meetings of this 
Association shall occur annually on the third 
Monday in March at such place as the 
Association may designate. 
Sec. 2.-A majority of the active members 
whose dues are paid shall constitute a 
quorum. 
ARTICLE IX. 
Section 1.-This Constitution shall not 
be altered or amended except by written 
notice to all members at least 30 days 
previous to a stated meeting and by a vote 
of two-thirds of all the active members 
present at such meeting. 
7 BY-LAWS. 
Section 1.-The presiding officer shall, 
on calling meetings to order, call for the 
reading of the minutes of the previous ses- 
sion, which, when approved, shall be re- 
corded in a book kept for that purpose, 
signed officially by the Secretary and ap- 
proved by the President. 
Sec. 2.-After approval of the minutes, 
the Secretary shall announce the colleges 
Sec. 3.-Order of business : 
1. The reading of the minutes of the 
previous meeting. 
2. Roll call of membership. 
3. Papers and essays. 
4. Reports of committees. 
5. Secretary and Treasurer's report. 
6. Report of Judicial Council. 
7. New business. 
8. Adjournment. 
Sec. 4.-These By-laws may be altered 
or amended at any time by unanimous con- 
sent of the members present, or by written 
proposition, to so alter or amend, being read 
in open session and receiving the approval 
of a three-fourths vote of all the members 
present at an adjourned session of any 
stated meeting; provided, however, not 
more than twenty-four hours shall have 
e'lapsed between the time of the proposition 
to amend and the final vote thereon. 
Sec. 5.-That no college, a member of 
this Association, shall be permitted to ac- 
cord to any one any beneficiary scholarship 
except as provided for in the endowment 
funds of said college. The facts in regard 
to such a scholarship shall be fully set 
forth in the annual announcement of the 
college offering it. 
8 Sec. 6.-There shall be a committee of 
three members of this Association to be 
known as the_ Visitation Committee, said 
committee to consist of the President, Secre- 
tary and Chairman of the Judicial Council, 
whose duty it shall be to see that all schools 
which are members of this Association be 
visited and investigated by a member of this 
committee, or by some one designated by 
the committee, at least once every five years, 
for the purpose of determining whether the 
members are enforcing the laws of this 
Association. 
Sec. 7.-If any school or schools shall, in 
the judgment of this committee, be found 
not to possess the qualifications necessary 
to membership in this Association, they 
shall present a detailed report on the same. 
Sec. 8.-For the preservation of students 
records either a ledger or the card index 
system may be employed with advantage. 
Sec. 9.-These records should include the 
full name of the student, his. age and resi- 
dence, the year of the curriculum to which 
he is admitted, the date of admission, and 
the credentials on which he is admitted. 
They should also furnish a statement of the 
courses taken by the student each session, 
and the grades made thereon. For the lat- 
ter purpose we recommend the following 
system of marking : A. Excellent. B. Good. 
C. Passed. D. Failed., must take examina- 
tion over again. E. Must take the course 
over. I) and E should be recorded in differ- 
ent colors from the others. Furthermore, 
dishonorable conduct should be a matter for 
record. 
Sec. 10.-At the end of each annual ses- 
sion there should be issued to each student 
a certificate of the work done by him that 
year. This certificate should be 'signed a id 
sealed by the proper c ffl dal ; should show 
the dates of the beginning and end of the 
session, the studies pursued, the number of 
hours in each, divided into lectures, labora- 
tory or clinical, and the grade made by the 
student. 
Sec. 11.-In case the student desires to 
enter another school, this certificate may 
ser^e to admit him c0 advanced standing 
conditionally: but unconditional admission 
may be withheld until correspondence with 
9 the proper official of the school previously 
attended by the student has established the 
genuineness of the certificate. 
Sec. 12.-Rules of the Judicial Council: 
1. All complaints, charges and other 
questions must be submitted in writing 
through the Secretary of the Association 
or directly through the Chairman of the 
Council. 
2. All complaints of violations of rules 
and regulations must be in the form of 
written charges and specifications, signed 
by the complainant. 
3. All charges and specifications must be 
presented to the accused for answer. In 
all cases the written answer must be filed 
with the Chairman of the Council within 
10 days from the receipt of the copy of 
charges by the accused. 
4. All counter charges must be submitted 
to the accused for answer and pleadings in 
the same manner as the original charges 
and the Council will take no notice of any 
evidence not submitted through its Chair- 
man in regular form and order. 
5. As the strictest formality is necessary 
to insure justice equally all decisions of the 
Council must be rendered in writing, signed 
by each member taking part in the deter- 
mination of any question. 
6. In the intervals between the annual 
meetings, the Council may act upon all mat- 
ters submitted in due form by its Chairman, 
each member communicating his decision to 
the Chairman, who shall immediately, or 
within 10 days from the date of any de- 
cision, file a certified copy with the Secre- 
tary and notify all the parties interested. 
7. It will be the duty of the Chairman 
of the Council to file and preserve all orig- 
inal complaints, charges and other matter 
referred to the Council, and to deliver them 
to the Secretary on the first day of each 
annual meeting next ensuing the date, of 
final decision. 
8. The Council may at its discretion ask 
any member of the Association to furnish 
documentary evidence of the standing ac- 
corded to students as entered on the matri- 
culation record of the college as provided 
for in Article IV, Section 1 of the consti- 
tution. 
10 MEMBERS. 
CALIFORNIA.' 
College of Medicine, University of 
Southern California, Los Angeles. 
Cooper Medical College, San Francisco. 
University of California, Medical De- 
partment, Berkeley and San Francisco. 
COLORADO. 
University of Colorado, Medical De- 
partment (Colorado School of Medicine), 
Boulder. 
Denver and Gross College of Medicine, 
Medical Department, University of Den- 
ver, Denver. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMEIA. 
Georgetown University School of Medi- 
cine, Washington. 
George Washington University, Depart- 
ment of Medicine, Washington. 
Howard University, Medical Depart- 
ment, Washington. 
ILLINOIS. • 
American Medical Missionary College, 
Battle Creek, Mich., and Chicago. 
Illinois Medical College, Chicago. 
University of Illinois, College of Medi- 
cine (College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons), Chicago. 
11 INDIANA. 
Indiana Medical College, School of 
Medicine, Purdue University, Indianapo- 
lis. 
Indiana University, School of Medicine, 
Bloomington. 
State College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, Indianapolis. 
IOWA. 
Drake University, College of Medicine, 
Des Moines. 
Sioux City College of Medicine, Sioux 
City. 
University of Iowa, College of Medi- 
cine, Iowa City. 
KANSAS. 
Kansas Medical College, Medical De- 
partment of Washburn College, Topeka. 
University of Kansas, School of Medi- 
cine, Lawrence and Rosedale. 
KENTUCKY. 
Kentucky School of Medicine, Louis- 
ville. 
Louisville Medical College, Medical 
Department Centra,! University, Louis- 
ville. 
University of Louisville, Medical De- 
partment, Louisville. 
LOUISIANA. 
Flint Medical College, Medical De- 
partment, New Orleans University, New 
Orleans. 
12 MARYLAND. 
Baltimore Medical College, Baltimore. 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
Baltimore. 
Johns Hopkins University, Medical De- 
partment, Baltimore. 
University of Maryland, School of 
Medicine, Baltimore. 
Woman's Medical College, Baltimore. 
MICHIGAN. 
Detroit College of Medicine, Detroit. 
University of Michigan, Department of 
Medicine and Surgery, Ann Arbor. 
MINNESOTA. 
Minneapolis College of Physicians and 
Surgeons, Medical Department, Hamlin 
University, Minneapolis. 
MISSISSIPPI. 
University of Mississippi, Medical De- 
partment, Oxford. 
MISSOURI. 
St. Louis University, Medical Depart- 
ment, St. Louis. 
University Medical College, Kansas 
City. 
University of Missouri, Department of 
Medicine, Columbia- 
Washington University, Medical De- 
partment, St. Louis. 
NEBRASKA. 
John A. Creighton Medical College, 
13 Medical Department, Creighton Univer- 
sity, Omaha. 
University of Nebraska, College of 
Medicine, Lincoln and Omaha.. 
NEW YORK. 
University of Buffalo, Medical Depart- 
ment, Buffalo. 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
University of North Carolina, Depart- 
ment of Medicine, Chapel Hill. 
Wake Forest College, School of Medi- 
cine, Wake Forest. 
NORTH DAKOTA. 
University of North Dakota, Medical 
Department, University. 
OHIO. 
Cleveland College of Physicians and 
Surgeons, Cleveland, Medical Department 
Ohio Wesleyan University. 
.Miami Medical College, Cincinnati. 
Starling-Ohio Medical College, Colum- 
bus. 
Western Reserve University Medical 
Department, Cleveland. 
OKLAHOMA. 
State University of Oklahoma, School 
of Medicine, Norman. 
OREGON. 
University of Oregon Medical Depart- 
ment, Portland. 
14 Willamette University Medical Depart- 
ment, Salem. 
TENNESSEE. 
Meharry Medical College, Medical De- 
partment Walden University, Nashville. 
Vanderbilt University Medical Depart- 
ment, Nashville. 
VIRGINIA. 
University College of Medicine, Rich- 
mond. 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
University of West Virginia, College of 
Medicine, Morgantown. 
WISCONSIN. 
Medical Department, Marquette Uni- 
versity (Milwaukee Medical College), 
Milwaukee. 
Wisconsin College of Physicians and 
Surgeons, Milwaukee. 
HONORARY MEMBERS. 
Dr. Geo. M. Sternberg, Washington, 
D. C. 
Dr. Henry Y. Bowditch, Boston, Mass. 
Dr. Egbert Le Fevre, New York, N. Y. 
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