History
HOSA was founded in 1976 out of a task force from the American Vocational Association (AVA) in order to determine whether a new student organization accommodating health care students was necessary. From November 4–7, 1975 the State Department of Education and Division of Vocational Education in New Jersey with 18 representatives from Alabama, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas voted to form the American Health Occupations Education Student Organization (AHOESO). On November 10–13, 1976 in a constitutional convention AHOESO in Arlington, Texas: (1) adopted bylaws, which also changed the organization's name to Health Occupations Students of America, (2) elected national leaders, (3) selected colors and a motto, (4) made plans to design an emblem, and (5) set the first National Leadership Conference for Spring 1978 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Next year's National Leadership Conference(2013) will be held in Nashville, Tennessee during June.
In 2004, the organization dropped the acronym from its name, and began publishing all documents under HOSA - Future Health Professionals.
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