INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

CHRONIC DISEASE

OBJECTIVES AND GOALS

MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

SASIM CONSTITUTION

MEMBERS ONLY

Any person who is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) or provided he / she has a special interest in the subject of integrative medicine.

FULL MEMBERSHIP

Any medical practitioner who is registered as such with the HPCSA and who is a full member of SAMA, shall be entitled to apply for full membership of the Society. Membership of SASIM shall at all times consist of at least 85% of full members of SAMA.

AFFILIATED MEMBERSHIP

Any medical practitioner who is registered with the HPCSA but not a member of SAMA shall be entitled to apply for affiliated membership. These members will enjoy all the benefits of the Society but shall not be allowed to participate or vote on matters concerning SAMA or have the right to be elected to any office of SAMA.

ALLIED MEMBERSHIP

Associated membership may be granted to persons who are not medical practitioners, but who are registered in terms of the Allied Health Professions Act, the Nursing Act, the Veterinary Act or the Pharmacy Act.

Associated members shall not have voting rights in matters affecting SASIM as a whole, and their participation in the activities of SASIM shall be limited to professional and technical matters.

Candidates for associated membership shall be approved by majority vote of the SASIM Executive Committee.

HONORARY MEMBERSHIP

Honorary Membership, as defined in the Articles of Association of SAMA, may be granted to:

· a member of SASIM who has given exceptional service to the organisation

· a non-member who, in the opinion of the members of SASIM, has by his\her actions served integrative medicine in an exceptional way.

Honorary Members shall be entitled to such privileges as may from time to time be determined by the Executive Committee of SASIM.

UNATTACHED MEMBERSHIP

Unattached Membership may be granted to foreign medical practitioners registered with or licensed by foreign Medical Boards or Councils.

LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Members who have been Full or Unattached Members of SASIM for at least 15 years in the aggregate, shall automatically become Life Members, provided that the Executive Committee of SASIM may, if circumstances justify it, according to its discretion grant Life Membership to a Member who does not meet the said requirement.