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The American Medical Association begins pushing for standardized licensure for (white) physicians.

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The American Medical Association (AMA) asserts that all persons desiring to practice medicine, whether medical school graduates or not, should take a State Board medical examination in order to become licensed. This licensure process is focused only on allopathic medicine, making all other forms of medical care illegal.