Constitution & Bylaws

The ADA Commons Constitution & Bylaws archival collection comprises printed issues of the Constitution & Bylaws of the American Dental Association.

The collection also includes the ADA's charter and the code of ethics issued 1924-1946. For a more complete collection of the ADA Code of Ethics see the ADA Commons Code of Ethics page.

During the 19th century, the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company published the ADA's annual meeting transactions which included the ADA Constitution & Bylaws and the ADA Code of Ethics. In the 1920s the ADA initiated the practice of routinely publishing/distributing the ADA Charter, ADA Constitution & Bylaws, and ADA Code of Ethics together in pamphlet form. After 1946 the ADA commenced publishing/distributing the ADA Constitution & Bylaws and the ADA Code of Ethics (under alternate titles) as separate pamphlets.

This collection is crucial for understanding the historical governance and ethical standards of the ADA. For the current version of the ADA Constitution & Bylaws visit the ADA's governance webpage.

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