AMA House of Delegates

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The AMA House of Delegates is the principal policy-making body of the American Medical Association, composed of physician representatives who set the organization’s official positions on medical and public health issues.

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AMA House of Delegates canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf deliberative assembly ⓘ
policy-making body ⓘ
affiliation organized medicine in the United States ⓘ
composedOf delegates from AMA sections and special groups ⓘ
delegates from federal services ⓘ
delegates from national medical specialty societies ⓘ
delegates from state medical associations ⓘ
physician representatives ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decisionMethod majority vote of delegates ⓘ
establishes AMA policy on clinical practice ⓘ
AMA Code of Medical Ethics ⓘ
surface form: AMA policy on ethics

AMA policy on health care delivery ⓘ
AMA policy on health care financing ⓘ
AMA policy on medical education ⓘ
AMA policy on public health ⓘ
field health policy ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
public health ⓘ
governs policy of the American Medical Association ⓘ
governsBody AMA Board of Trustees ⓘ
surface form: AMA Board of Trustees (through policy direction)
hasFunction adopts positions on health system reform ⓘ
adopts positions on medical issues ⓘ
adopts positions on professional practice issues ⓘ
adopts positions on public health issues ⓘ
sets official policies of the American Medical Association ⓘ
hasOutput official AMA policies ⓘ
reports ⓘ
resolutions ⓘ
hasRole principal policy-making body of the American Medical Association ⓘ
hasSubUnit reference committees ⓘ
historicalRole central forum for organized medicine policy debates in the United States ⓘ
influences AMA ⓘ
surface form: AMA advocacy agenda

AMA positions before federal and state governments ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationHeadquarters Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
meetingFrequency twice per year ⓘ
meetsAt AMA Annual Meeting ⓘ
AMA Interim Meeting ⓘ
membershipType delegate-based representation ⓘ
overseenBy Speaker of the House of Delegates ⓘ
Vice Speaker of the House of Delegates ⓘ
partOf American Medical Association ⓘ
represents physicians in the United States ⓘ
sector health care ⓘ
usesProcedure parliamentary procedure ⓘ
reference committee process ⓘ

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American Medical Association → hasPart → AMA House of Delegates ⓘ