Welcome to capm.us*, the home page of the California Academy of Preventive Medicine! CAPM is an educational and scientific society in California composed of qualified physicians who specialize in the field of preventive medicine and public health.

• Riverside County Chief of Medical Services
• Public Health Medical Officer Classification Examination, California Department of Public Health

CAPM Documents we hope you will find useful. Unless otherwise indicated, all files are in Portable Document Format. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader to open them.

• Renewal Notice and Form
• Application Form With Our New Mailing Address - Join CAPM for only $30 (or less) per year.
• List of Current Board of Directors and Past Presidents
• Newsletters: 2004; 2002
• Meeting Minutes: October 20, 2006; October 27, 2005; October 29, 2004; November 17, 2003; February 21, 2003; May 1, 2002
• Constitution and Bylaws - Amended in May 2002. Also available in Word format.
• Example of CAPM Correspondence - From 2001. This letter concerned HIV reporting regulations. CAPM produces a number of letters each year on various topics related to public health and preventive medicine.
• Procedure and Sample Letters Regarding Local Health Officer Vacancies and Duties - From 2001. CAPM "supports physician leadership in the public health infrastructure."
• Statement on Primary Care - From 1995. CAPM "considers Preventive Medicine to be a primary care-related specialty."

Links to organizations related to CAPM; however, inclusion in this list does not necessarily imply endorsement by CAPM.

• American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) - A member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties, ABPM "grant[s] and issue[s], to qualified physicians who are licensed to practice medicine, certificates of special knowledge in Preventive Medicine." Among the useful pages at ABPM's Web site, you may search diplomates by name, location, etc.
• American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) - Citing Article X of ACPM's bylaws, the ACPM Board of Regents declared CAPM a Component Society on November 16, 2003.
• California Conference of Local Health Officers (CCLHO).
• (California) Department of Health Care Services (DHCS).
• California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
• California Medical Association (CMA) - CAPM is one of the California Medical Specialty Societies recognized by CMA. As a voting member of the Specialty Society Delegation of the House of Delegates, CAPM is the voice for preventive medicine within CMA. CAPM members also serve on various CMA committees such as the Council on Scientific Affairs. Among the useful pages at CMA's Web site, you may wish to consult the list of county affiliate medical associations and societies.
• Medical Board of California - licenses CA physicians. Among the useful pages at the Board's Web site, you may look up medical doctors with California licenses by name, location, etc.
• Preventive Medicine Residency Programs in California: CDHS, Loma Linda, UCLA, UCSF-UCB, UCSD-SDSU.
• Public Health Associations in California: California Public Health Association - North (CPHA-N), Southern California Public Health Association (SCPHA).
• Schools of Public Health in California: Loma Linda University, San Diego State University, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles.
• Western Occupational and Environmental Medical Association (WOEMA).

About Our Non-Profit Status

• CAPM is registered with the California Secretary of State as a nonprofit corporation.
• Per a 1959 letter, we are exempt from federal income tax under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(6). Our federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) is 95-6123914.

* Both the URLs "http://capm.us" and "http://www.capm.us" are automatically forwarded to the URL "http://home.comcast.net/~capm."

Last revised 2008 February 18. At the Internet Archive, you can find versions of this site dating as far back as 2003. Contact the Webmaster for comments or questions about this Web site or about CAPM. Or you may send mail to: California Academy of Preventive Medicine, 1500 W. El Camino Ave. #140, Sacramento, CA 95833 .