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Membership
General Procedures
Successful
Applications
Types of Membership
Appeals
Subsequent
Applications
General Procedures
Applicants will be elected to Membership on a twice yearly basis,
at meetings of the full Executive Committee of the Institute.
Decisions as to whether or not to accept an applicant for
Membership will be decided by the full Executive Committee of the Institute,
but will be based on recommendations from the Professional & Ethics
Officer and Working Group. Applicants
will be informed of the decision by the Professional & Ethics Officer.
If an application is unsuccessful, the applicant has a right to
be informed of the reasons and may be offered guidance concerning their
application if they so wish.
A list of all members of the Institute, including those admitted
to membership within the previous year, will be circulated to all members of
the Institute annually, at or about the time of the Annual General Meeting.
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Successful applications
Following
a successful application for membership, the applicant will be required to
affirm that s/he will obey the rules and Constitution of the Institute and
will adhere to the Professional Code of Conduct of the Institute.
Full
members are required to inform the Professional & Ethics Officer of
convictions for criminal offences or of successful civil actions against them
relating to their professional practice.
Such disclosures will be kept confidential to the Professional & Ethics
Working Group and Executive Committee if it is necessary to consider them in
relationship to applications for membership, or withdrawal of membership.
The
membership fee will be due at the time of acceptance to membership.
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Types of Membership and how to apply
1.
Honorary Membership
2.
Full Membership
3. Student Membership
4.
Associate Membership
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Appeal procedure against decisions of Executive Committee
Following
each meeting of the Executive Committee at which decisions about membership
are reached, the list of successful applicants will be sent to all Honorary
and Full members of the Institute. Any two Honorary or Full members can appeal
against any decision reached concerning membership, provided that the appeal
is:
a. Made in writing to the Chair of the
Executive Committee
b. Made within 28 days of the original decision
being sent to members
c. Contains full details of the objection
to the Executive Committee’s decision
d. In
the case of appeals against rejection of application for membership,
correspondence must contain written sponsorship forms from two full members
of the Institute recommending the applicant be considered for membership.
Once
a request for an appeal has been received, the Executive Committee will
reconsider its decision at the first meeting at which membership applications
are evaluated.
If
necessary, the Executive Committee can ask the Professional & Ethics
Officer to reconsider applications, if necessary interviewing the members
objecting to the original decision, or
by obtaining written or verbal
evidence from any other source.
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Subsequent applications for membership
Following
the rejection of an application for membership of the Institute, the
unsuccessful applicant may not reapply for membership for a period to be
decided by the Executive Committee for each individual case. The delay before a further application will
be accepted will run from the date of the meeting of the Executive Committee
at which the application was judged unsuccessful.
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