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1999 SESSION
SJ 422 Minorities in medicine.
Introduced by: W. Henry Maxwell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Minorities in medicine. Requests the Old Dominion Medical Society, the Medical Society of Virginia, the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia Medical Center, and the Medical College of Hampton Roads to encourage African-Americans and other minorities to enter the medical profession and locate their medical practices in underserved areas of the Commonwealth. The societies and medical schools are requested to work collaboratively to (i) inform African-Americans and other minority students about career opportunities in medicine, (ii) aggressively recruit African-Americans and other minorities for the medical profession, and (iii) encourage African-Americans and other minority physicians and specialists to locate practices in underserved areas of the Commonwealth, particularly urban areas in which minorities predominate.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Resolution; minorities in medicine. Requests the Old Dominion Medical Society, the Medical Society of Virginia, the Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia Medical Center, and the Medical College of Hampton Roads to encourage African-Americans and other minorities to enter the medical profession and locate their medical practices in underserved areas of the Commonwealth. The societies and medical schools are requested to work collaboratively to (i) inform African-Americans and other minority students about career opportunities in medicine, (ii) aggressively recruit African-Americans and other minorities for the medical profession, and (iii) encourage African-Americans and other minority physicians and specialists to locate practices in underserved areas of the Commonwealth, particularly urban areas in which minorities predominate.