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ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP

Membership in the Association shall be classified as follows:

A. Full Membership

1. Medical student membership (2003)

2. Resident membership (2003)

B. Affiliate Membership

1. Supporting affiliate membership

2. Professional sustaining membership

3. Corporate sustaining membership

4. Premedical sustaining membership

5. International sustaining membership

C. Alumni Membership

Section 1—Full Membership

A. Medical Student Membership

Medical Student membership in the Association shall be available to medical students who have demonstrated a serious interest in the profession of medicine and the objectives of the organization and who have paid the required dues of the Association.

Medical Student membership shall be that period from the time of receipt of dues at the AMSA national office until termination of undergraduate medical education. At such a point, medical student members who pursue graduate medical education shall become resident members.

A "medical student" is defined as any individual enrolled in or on leave of absence from any LCME- or AOA-accredited or provisionally accredited North American allopathic or osteopathic training program or any international medical school listed in the International Medical Education Directory (IMED) of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). "Medicine" is defined as a profession of an individual from an allopathic or osteopathic educational background. (2007)

Full medical student members of the Association shall have the right to become medical student members of the various committees of the Board of Trustees, as specified in Article IV, Section I of the Constitution and Bylaws, and shall be entitled to the full privileges of the Association. (2003)

B. Resident Membership

Resident Membership in the Association shall be available to any person engaged in graduate education in the United States who has demonstrated a serious interest in the profession of medicine and the objectives of the organization and who have paid the required dues of the Association.

Resident membership shall be from the time of receipt of dues at the AMSA national office (in the case where dues are owed) or the initiation of graduate medical education (in the case where dues are not owed) until the completion or termination of graduate medical education.

Resident membership shall be conferred automatically to medical student members upon the completion of undergraduate medical education, provided that they fulfill the resident membership requirements above. International affiliate members who have completed medical school and fulfill the resident membership requirements may become resident members by contacting the AMSA national office.

Resident members shall have all benefits of the Association that are determined to be legally and fiscally feasible by the Board of Trustees. (2003)

Section 2—Affiliate Membership

A. Supporting Affiliate Membership

Supporting affiliate membership shall be available to any person not eligible for full membership, on payment of dues prescribed by the Board of Trustees. Supporting affiliate dues shall be uniform for all persons, except those in foreign countries, for whom a higher rate may be necessary.

Supporting affiliate members shall carry partial privileges in the Association, which shall not include election to national or regional office, voting privileges in the House of Delegates and regional meetings, or such benefits as shall be deemed legally or fiscally infeasible by the Board of Trustees. Supporting affiliate membership may be subject to annual renewal of membership upon recommendation of the Board of Trustees.

B. Corporate Sustaining Membership

Corporate sustaining membership may be granted upon the approval of the Board of Trustees of the Association and the payment of dues prescribed by the Board of Trustees to corporations, agencies, professional societies, or other organizations that have demonstrated a serious interest in the objectives of the Association. Such membership shall be nonvoting and non-office holding, but shall include receipt of such of the Association's publications as the Board of Trustees may deem appropriate.

C. Premedical Sustaining Membership

Premedical sustaining membership in the Association shall be available to any student attending or having graduated from an accredited university in the United States who has demonstrated a serious interest in the profession of medicine and the objectives of the Association, and who has paid the required National premedical sustaining dues of the Association. (2004)

1. Premedical sustaining membership shall carry partial privileges of the Association, which shall not include election to national or regional office, except for Premedical Trustee-at-Large and Premedical Regional Director, as specified in Article IV, Section 11 of the Constitution and Bylaws, and Action Committee Coordinator and Project Coordinator as specified in Section III, Part B of the Internal Affairs. No more than two premedical students may serve as committee coordinators in each of the Action Committees. (2007)

2. Premedical sustaining members shall not have voting privileges in the House of Delegates and regional meetings, or such benefits as shall be deemed legally or fiscally infeasible by the Board of Trustees.

3. There shall be a Premedical Caucus, which shall be composed of all premedical sustaining members of the Association. The Premedical Caucus will convene during each annual meeting under the direction of the Premedical Trustee-at-Large and the National President. The Premedical Caucus shall elect a Premedical Trustee-at-Large and the Premedical Regional Director as specified in Article VIII, Section 4 of the Association's Constitution and Bylaws. (1991)

4. The Premedical Trustee-at-Large will represent the views of the premedical caucus to the Board of Trustees. (2001)

D. International Sustaining Membership

International sustaining membership in the Association shall be available to all American and foreign students ineligible for full membership, who are in training at foreign medical institutions who have demonstrated a serious interest in the profession of medicine and the objectives of the organization, and who have paid the required yearly dues of the Association. (2007)

1. International sustaining members shall carry full privileges of the Association, except for election to offices other than International Trustee or Associate International Trustee, Action Committee Coordinator and Interest Group Coordinator, voting privileges in the House of Delegates and regional meetings (2003) and such benefits as shall be deemed legally or fiscally infeasible by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees may annually renew international membership subject to recommendation. (1991)

2. There shall be an International Caucus, which shall be composed of all international full and international sustaining members of the Association. The International Caucus will convene during each annual meeting under the direction of the International Trustee and the National President. The International Caucus shall elect an International Trustee and the Associate International Trustee as specified in Article VII, Section 13 of the Association's Constitution and Bylaws. (2007)

3. The International Trustee will represent the views of the International Caucus to the Board of Trustees. During Board of Trustees meetings, the Board will hold comments and/or suggestions made from the International Trustee as equal to those of a voting member of the Board of Trustees. (2003)

Section 3—Alumni Membership

Lifetime alumni membership is conferred upon all members of the Board of Trustees, Regional Programming Coordinators, Student Office Staff, Action Committee Chairs and Coordinators, Chapter Presidents (or equivalent chapter officer), Interest Groups and any full AMSA member or International affiliate who demonstrates interest in becoming an alumni member by contacting the AMSA National Office. (2007)

Section 4—Resignation

Any member may resign upon written notification to the Board of Trustees and to the local chapter, if there is one. Resignation shall entail forfeiture of all dues paid to the Association.