A new formula for proportional representation to the AMA-YPS Assembly was approved by the AMA House of Delegates (HOD) at the 2007 Interim Meeting. Beginning in 2008, state medical societies will be entitled to send at least two voting delegates to AMA-YPS Assembly meetings. There will no longer be alternate delegates.
Effective Jan. 1, 2008, AMA bylaws state that the apportionment for each state and specialty society, or federal service, will be two representatives (and no alternate representatives) for each 1,000 members of the Young Physicians Section who are members of the society as recorded by the AMA on Dec. 31 of each year.
The following chart reflects the number of young physician delegates each state medical society receives for 2007. Allocations for 2008 will be forwarded to societies in Jan. 2008. If you, a young physician under 40 years of age or within the first eight (8) years of professional practice after residency and fellowship training, have an interest in serving as a delegate, contact your state medical society to see if this is feasible. If you need to know how to contact your state medical society, e-mail the AMA-YPS for contact information. You may also wish to view the YPS' staff liaisons for State medical societies.
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State |
# |
State |
# |
State |
# |
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Alabama |
1 |
Kentucky |
1 |
Ohio |
2 |
|
Alaska |
1 |
Louisiana |
1 |
Oklahoma |
2# |
|
Arizona |
1 |
Maine |
1 |
Oregon |
1 |
|
Arkansas |
1 |
Maryland |
1 |
Pennsylvania |
2 |
|
California |
3 |
Massachusetts |
2 |
Puerto Rico |
1 |
|
Colorado |
1 |
Michigan |
2 |
Rhode Island |
1 |
|
Connecticut |
1 |
Minnesota |
1 |
South Carolina |
1 |
|
Delaware |
1 |
Mississippi |
2# |
South Dakota |
1 |
|
Dist of Col |
1 |
Missouri |
1 |
Tennessee |
1 |
|
Florida |
2 |
Montana |
1 |
Texas |
3 |
|
|
1 |
Nebraska |
1 |
Utah |
1 |
|
Guam |
1 |
Nevada |
1 |
Vermont |
1 |
|
Hawaii |
1 |
New Hampshire |
1 |
Virginia |
1 |
|
Idaho |
1 |
New Jersey |
1 |
Virgin Islands |
1 |
|
Illinois |
1+ |
New Mexico |
1 |
Washington |
1 |
|
Indiana |
1 |
New York |
3* |
West Virginia |
1 |
|
Iowa |
1 |
North Carolina |
2 |
Wisconsin |
1 |
|
Kansas |
1 |
North Dakota |
1 |
Wyoming |
1 |
+ The number of young physician AMA members qualifies this State for additional representation; however, it has not petitioned for such.
* At the 2002 Interim House of Delegates meeting, the bylaws for the Young Physicians Section delegate allocation were amended as follows: If the young physician membership information as recorded in the Office of the Executive Vice President of the American Medical Association on December 31 warrants a decrease in the number of Young Physician Section delegates representing a constituent association, the constituent association shall be permitted to retain the same number of young physician section delegates, without decrease, for one additional year if the constituent association promptly files with the Office of the Executive Vice President of the AMA a written plan of intensified AMA membership development activities among its young physician members.
# Unified society: qualifies for one additional delegate seat under AMA Bylaws adopted at the 1997 Annual Meeting.
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