4.1. MEMBERSHIP
CATEGORIES
4.2 PROCEDURES
4.3
DUES PAYMENT
Student Membership –
Medical students
are eligible for medical student
membership while they are enrolled in an
accredited medical school. Medical
student members are not eligible to vote
or hold office.
Resident Membership
- Preventive
medicine residents are eligible for
Resident Membership throughout their
residency training and one year beyond.
Resident members are not eligible to vote
or to hold office.
Affiliate Membership
- Recent
graduates of residency programs are
eligible for Affiliate membership.
Affiliate members may remain in this
category for a maximum of three years
following residency training. Affiliates
may vote but are not eligible to hold
office.
Associate Membership
- Doctors of
medicine and doctors of osteopathy who are
not certified by the American Board of
Preventive Medicine or by another American
Board of Medical Specialties board or any
American Osteopathic Board and physicians
who have been trained and/or are living
abroad and whose credentials cannot be
easily evaluated are eligible for
Associate membership. Associate members
may remain in this category indefinitely.
Associates are eligible to vote but are
not eligible to hold office.
Membership
- Doctors of medicine and
doctors of osteopathy who are certified by
the American Board of Preventive Medicine
or by another American Board of Medical
Specialties board or any American
Osteopathic Board are eligible for
membership. Certification by the American
Osteopathic Board fulfills the spirit of
the requirement for board certification as
envisioned in the Bylaws. Therefore
members certified by the American
Osteopathic Board can be Fellows when they
have completed the requirements for
Fellowship. Members may vote but are not
eligible to hold office.
Fellowship
- Physicians who have been
ACPM Members for at least three years and
who have been Members in good standing for
the three years prior to applying for
Fellowship and who have contributed to the
field and to the College are eligible for
Fellowship. Members may advance to
Fellowship by completing a supplemental
Fellowship application. Fellows may vote
and are eligible to hold office.
The Board of
Regents can waive a requirement. The
process starts with nomination by a Fellow
through submitting a letter of nomination
and the nominee’s CV to the chair of the
membership committee. The membership
committee reviews the nomination to
clarify the candidate’s qualifications and
to consider such criteria as whether the
nominee is nationally prominent, is
distinguished in his/her field, or can
make a unique contribution to ACPM. The
membership committee then makes a
recommendation to the Board of Regents.
Honorary Fellowship
- Qualified scientist or physicians who
have made universally recognized
outstanding contributions to preventive
medicine or to the College.
Emeritus Membership and
Fellowship -
Fellows, Members and Associate members who
have held membership in the College for at
least five years, have attained the age of
65 and who have retired from active
practice are eligible for Emeritus
status. When retirement from active
practice is due to physical disability,
the Board of Regents may waive the time
and age requirements. Emeritus Members
and Fellows are not eligible to vote or to
hold office.
4.2
PROCEDURES
Qualified
applicants for membership with the
American College of Preventive Medicine:
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Must be a
Medical Doctor (MD) or a Doctor of
Osteopathy (DO);
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Must
complete the membership application in
its entirety and send it in with a copy
of their CV;
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The
applications will be forwarded to the
Membership Committee for review and
consideration.
Qualified
applicants for Fellowship with the
American College of Preventive Medicine:
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A
procedure for elevation to Fellowship
which includes the following:
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That the
applicant for Fellowship has been a
Member of the American College of
Preventive Medicine in good standing
for the prior three years before
becoming eligible for Fellowship.
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That
applicants for Fellowship need to:
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Submit
an application with all required
information
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Include all required dues and fees
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Obtain
two letters of sponsorship from
current ACPM Fellows in good
standing
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The
procedure for Fellows who have not paid
their dues for any given year is as
follows:
a. If
a Fellow does not pay membership dues,
he/she is deleted from the ACPM
membership role.
b. The
Fellow may reinstate as an ACPM Member
by paying the current year’s membership
dues (based on month rejoining). He/she
may then follow the current membership
rules governing Fellowship and reapply
for Fellowship when qualified.
c. The
Fellow may pay a reinstatement fee of
$150 plus the current year’s Fellowship
dues (based on month rejoining). He/she
will then be reinstated as a Fellow in
good standing.
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That the
Board of Regents waives the procedure of
Board review of applicants for membership
and has the Membership Committee approve
applicants after assuring that all
requirements for membership or Fellowship
outlined in the Bylaws and Policy Manual
are met.
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Honorary
Fellowship is granted by vote of a
majority of the Board of Regents
4.3
`DUES PAYMENT
ACPM shall
terminate all benefits for those members
whose dues have not yet been received by
the College effective 180 days from the
start of the membership year (1/1 – 6/1).
A notice to all non-paying members will be
sent 30 days prior to cancellation (5/1).
Members may renew without penalty and
remain in good standing if payment of
delinquent dues is received within 60 days
of cancellation.
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