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Tennessee Medical Association company history timeline

1830

1830: Legislation enacted establishing a state medical society, which later became the Tennessee State Medical Society and then the Tennessee Medical Association.

1838

The first law directly affecting public health records was one brought from North Carolina in 1778; it focused on marriages and was eventually amended by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1838.

1877

The bill passed March 26, 1877 and was signed by Hugh M. McAdoo, Speaker of the Senate, and by Edwin T. Tallisaferro, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

1881

1881: The first vital statistics law for Tennessee was passed, requiring registration of marriages, births and deaths.

1885

1885: A law establishing county boards of health is passed by the General Assembly.

1908

Doctor William Litterer succeeded Sangree and Leroy in 1908 as state biologist.

1978

In 1978, the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) Board of Trustees established a committee for the purpose of offering professional assistance to physicians suffering from chemical dependencies.

1984

The first full-time Medical Director, the late David T. Dodd, MD, was hired in 1984 and carried on that vision.

1992

In 1992, the TMA transferred oversight and management of the program to the Tennessee Medical Foundation (TMF), a 501(c)3 organization.

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