Though you may not think about them, there are a number of legal issues that you face as an AMSA chapter. All chapters may use the AMSA name and logo, far and wide, to promote the Association. This naturally opens a number of legal copyright doors that can turn into uncomfortable problems for all of us if we don't take a few simple precautions.
Chapters can accumulate large sums of money through fund-raising and other special events.
This tab provides pertinent copyright information and tax forms to apply for an EIN number. AMSA is affiliated with approximately 150 independent, unincorporated chapters at the nation's allopathic and osteopathic medical schools. No chapter may use AMSA's name and logo on publications, promotional materials, or in any other manner without prior written permission of the American Medical Student Association. All requests by AMSA chapters and others to AMSA's name and logo should be submitted in writing to AMSA's Executive Director, together with a copy of the publications, materials, or other proposed use of the name or logo. Permission to use the name and logo will not be granted in the absence of a sample of the proposed use.