Constitution & Rules of the APSM

3. MEMBERSHIP

3.1 Membership of the Association comprises the following categories:

(a) Register Members
(b) Ordinary Members
(c) Associate Members
(d) Student Members

3.2 Registered membership shall be open to those who are registered as physical scientists in medicine with the national registration committee and who support the aims of the Association.

3.3 Ordinary membership of the Association will be open to those who fulfil (a) and (b) and who support the aims of the Association.

(a) Hold a third level qualification in the physical sciences. For the purpose of applications for membership the definition of the term ‘physical sciences’ shall be at the discretion of the Executive Committee of the day.
(b) Are working on the application of the physical sciences to clinical problems.

3.4 In exceptional circumstances, Ordinary membership may be granted to those persons not satisfying the condition 3.3 if such persons have made or are making an exceptional contribution to the development of the profession.

3.5 Associate membership is open to persons who are ineligible for Registered or Ordinary Membership and whose interest lies in the field of the physical sciences as applied to medicine.

3.6 Students membership is open to persons who as yet do not meet the conditions set out in 3.2 or 3.3 but who are seeking appropriate qualifications and employment.

3.7 Only Registered and Ordinary members shall have voting rights at business meetings of the Association but all other members do not have voting rights.

3.8 Voting rights will not be granted to members who have not been paid up members six months before annual or extraordinary general meetings

3.9 Only Registered APSM members can vote on issues relating to the Registration Committee.

3.10 Only Registered members can be considered for nomination to the Registration Committee.

3.11 Application for membership must be supported by a proposer and a seconder who are registered or ordinary members of the Association.

3.12 The Executive Committee of the Association shall evaluate all membership applications and grant or withhold membership in accordance with Constitution and Rules

3.13 An applicant who is refused membership by the Executive Committee shall have the right to appeal in writing to the next General Meeting of the Association. The General Meeting may decide by a simply majority of the Registered or Ordinary members attending to grant withhold membership.

3.14 The annual membership fee must be paid, before the 30th April of the year in which the subscription is due. A member who is in breach of this rule, and who has been issued a further 6 weeks written notice to this effect, shall, providing the Executive Committee so approves, forfeit all rights to membership of the Association.

3.15 A member whose employment has changed so that he/she no longer complies with the requirements for Registered or Ordinary membership may, at the discretion of the Executive Committee, continue to hold full membership rights.