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The Onondaga County Medical Society (OCMS) is a professional membership organization for physicians who live, or work, in Onondaga County, New York. As such, it is part of the larger network of medical organizations which includes the American Medical Association and the Medical Society of the State of New York. According to its website, the mission of the OCMS is: :''"...To promote and preserve quality health care by working for patients, physicians and the community."''〔(www.oncms.org )〕 The OCMS was founded in 1806 and has been in continuous operation since. It is operated and overseen by an Executive Council and maintains several standing committees with specific areas of interest, including membership, medical credentialing, public health, and workmen's compensation, and has an advisory committee for young practitioners. == History == On April 4, 1806, the New York State Senate and State Assembly passed “An Act to Incorporate Medical Societies for the purpose of regulating the practice of physic and surgery in this State.” The legislation, signed into law by Governor Morgan Lewis, permitted physicians to establish medical societies in their counties as a means of safeguarding medical practice and furthering public health. On July 1, of the same year, eleven physicians, including the first president of the society, Dr. John H. Frisbee, gathered at the Onondaga County Courthouse, on Onondaga Hill, to establish the Onondaga Medical Society. On that day, membership was open to any “doctor or surgeon” residing in the county, and an annual membership fee of 50¢ was set. The early workings of the organization were heavily oriented towards improving the quality and availability of physicians within Onondaga County with public disclosure of who joined the society, where members resided, and how and why they came to live in the county. The organization maintained privacy for their monthly meetings, with minutes remaining confidential until 1830. Thereafer, records were made public. The organization remained structurally similar since its inception with a gradual lifting of membership restrictions on the basis of race, gender, and sexual orientation. At its inception the society had eleven members, by the end of its first year twenty two, and by its bicentennial, in July 2006, 1,262. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Onondaga County Medical Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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