The AVMA Bylaws call for six standing councils. The councils serve as advisory bodies to the Executive Board. The councils anticipate the needs of the profession, address issues in their assigned areas, and recommend appropriate actions to the Executive Board.

Council members must be nominated one of the 68 organizations represented in the House of Delegates, or by petition of 10 voting members of the AVMA. They are elected to a once-renewable three-year term by the House of Delegates at an annual session to represent specific areas of the profession. The councils meet twice a year.

• Biologic and Therapeutic Agents
  
  
• Education
  
  
• Judicial
  
  
• Public Health and Regulatory Veterinary Medicine
  
  
• Research
  
  
• Veterinary Service

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