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Membership Eligibility and Benefits

Membership in the state Alliance is composed of regular and associate members.

• Regular members
• Associate members
• Rights and privileges

Regular Member

A regular member is:

• The spouse of a physician member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society with voting privileges; or
• A physician who is a member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society; or
• The spouse of a student (enrolled in an approved medical school) or resident (in an approved training program) who is a member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society with voting privileges; or
• A widow or widower of a physician member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society with voting privileges, provided that person has not remarried outside the profession; or
• A member who is 65 years or older and is the spouse of a retired or permanently disabled physician member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society who held voting privileges at the time of retirement or disability.

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Associate member

An associate member is:

• The spouse of a physician who qualifies or qualified but is not or was not a member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society; or
• A widow or widower who remarries outside the profession; or
• A divorced physician's spouse who held membership in the Pennsylvania Medical Society Alliance at the time of the divorce; or
• Family members of physicians who are interested in supporting the objectives of the Alliance; or
• The spouse of a student (enrolled in an approved medical school) or resident (in an approved training program) who qualifies but is not a member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society; or
• A county medical society executive who may or may not be a physician.

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Rights and privileges

All members shall:

• Be represented in the House of Delegates as provided in ARTICLE VII, Section 2., D of the Pennsylvania Medical Society Alliance Bylaws
• Receive official publications
• Be eligible to attend meetings unless otherwise restricted
• Be eligible to testify at Reference Committee Hearings

Regular members shall be eligible to:

• Hold office
• Serve as a committee member and as a committee chair
• Vote in the House of Delegates

Associate members shall be ineligible to:

• Hold office
• Serve as a committee member and as a committee chair
• Vote in the House of Delegates

Lifetime members shall be eligible to:

• Hold office
• Serve as a committee member and as a committee chair
• Vote in the House of Delegates

Questions regarding Alliance membership?

Please call (717) 558-7827.

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