2016 Midyear Resolutions

This list contains resolutions that were reviewed and acted on by the AOA Board of Trustees on Thursday, February 25, 2016, at the 2016 Midyear Meeting at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

This PDF document contains all the 2016 Midyear Resolutions with action. To view each resolution individually, click the Resolution Title in the table below.

Res. No.	Resolution Title	Action
B-1	Nominations to Membership on Specialty Boards	APPROVED
B-2	Acceptance of Other PPA Formats used by Physicians for OCC Component 4	APPROVED
B-3	Acceptance of Allopathic PPA for OCC Component 4	APPROVED as AMENDED
B-4	Creation of an Orthopedic Sports Medicine Subspecialty	APPROVED
B-5	Proposed Revisions to the Handbook of the BOS	APPROVED
B-6	Proposed Revisions to the AOA Specialty CME Policy	APPROVED
B-7	Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine and the U.S. Model of Osteopathic Medicine	APPROVED
B-8	AOA Specialty Certification During Transition to the Single GME Accreditation	APPROVED as AMENDED
B-9	Study Elimination of Specialty Credit Requirement for Board Certification	APPROVED as AMENDED
B-10	Revisions to the CME Guide for Osteopathic Physicians 2016-2018	APPROVED
B-11	Revisions to the AOA Accreditation Requirements for AOA Category 1 CME Sponsors	APPROVED as AMENDED
B-12	Revisions to Section X: AOA Accreditation During Transition to Single Accreditation System	APPROVED as AMENDED
B-13	Restructuring of AOA Bureaus, Councils and Committees	APPROVED
B-14	Addiction Medicine CAQ	REFERRED (to AOAAM)
NB-1	New Membership Category	APPROVED
NB-2	Non-Osteopathic Organization Representatives at the AOA Annual Meetings	APPROVED
NB-3	Eligibility for AOA Board Certification for MD Physicians Completing ACGME Residency Programs	APPROVED
NB-4	AOA Strategic Plan Priority Areas	APPROVED
NB-5	Student, Intern/Resident, and New Physician in Practice Advisors to the Board of Trustees	APPROVED

Past Midyear Meeting Resolutions (with action)

2015 Midyear Meeting Resolutions
View the resolutions acted on during the AOA's 2015 Midyear Meeting of the Board of Trustees.
2014 Midyear Meeting Resolutions
View the resolutions acted on during the AOA's 2014 Midyear Meeting of the Board of Trustees.

BOT Reference Committee

The 2015-2016 BOT Reference Committee met on Wednesday, Feb. 24, and made recommendations for action. The full AOA Board of Trustees heard the report of the reference committee, including Basic Docs and the Finance committee, and took action on Thursday, Feb. 25. View the full report of the BOT reference committee with action (PDF document).

The Committee on Basic Documents & Operations of Affiliated Organizations met and reviewed requests related to various affiliated organizations. View the full report with action (PDF document).

The Finance Committee met and submitted its report to the BOT. View the full report with action (PDF document).

Contact Us

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