American Medical Association

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IN THE MATTER OF AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MODIFYING ORDER IN REGARD TO ALLEGED VIOLATION OF THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION ACT Docket 9064. Final Order, Oct. 1979-Mudifying Order, Dec. , 1982 This order reopens the proceeding and modifies Paragraph IV(A) of the Commission s order issued on Oct. 12, 1979 (94 F. C. 701), modified May 19, 1982 (99 C. 440). The modification eliminates the requirement that the AMA utilize first class mail to send a copy of the order to its members. MODIFICATION OF DECISION AND ORDER The American Medical Association ("AMA") has requested that the Commission modify its Order in Docket No. 9064 to relieve AMA of its obligation under Paragraph IV(A) of the Order to send by firstelass mail a copy of a letter, Appendix A to the Order, to each of its present members.

After duly considering AMA's petition, the Commission on December 22, 1982 determined that public interest considerations warrant reopening of the order, and that Paragraph IV(A) should be modified to relieve AMA of the obligation to send the required letter by firstelass mail Accordingly, It is ordered That the proceeding be, and it hereby is, reopened, It is ordered That the Order be, and it hereby is, modified by substituting for Paragraph IV(A) of the Order, the following: It is further ordered That respondent American Medical Association:

A, Send by mail under separate cover a copy of a letter in the form shown in Appendix A to this Order to each of its present members and to each constituent and component organization of respondent within sixty (60) days after this Order becomes final. 573 Modifying Order