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ACEP Categories of
Membership and Dues (note: By joining ACEP, you automatically
become a member of GCEP *)
Membership Categories
The College has
established membership categories so that emergency physicians may join
with their colleagues to improve emergency care.
Active Membership
is available to physician emergency specialists who meet one of the
following requirements:
- Satisfactory
completion of an emergency medicine residency program accredited by the
Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
- Satisfactory
completion of an emergency medicine subspecialty-training program
accredited by ACGME.
- Satisfactory
completion of an emergency medicine residency training program
accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
- Satisfactory
completion of an emergency medicine residency program approved by an
ACEP-recognized accrediting body in a foreign country.
- Certification by an
emergency medicine certifying body recognized by ACEP. Or
- Eligible for active
or international membership in the College at any time prior to the
close of business December 31, 1999.
Annual dues: $565.
Chapter membership is required. Members must choose a chapter based on the
location of their practice or residence. Members employed by the military
or other government services are urged to join the Government Services
Chapter.
New Active members in
military service receive a 50% reduction in dues their first year and a
33% reduction their second year.
Transitioning
Emergency Medicine Residency Graduates are offered discounted
dues. If you have completed your emergency medicine residency within the
last three years, ACEP offers the following dues structure:
First year following
graduation $141
Second year following graduation $283
Third year following graduation $424
Fourth year following graduation $565 (full dues)
Candidate Membership
is available to
- Medical Students
- Interns
- Physicians
participating in an emergency medicine residency program
- Physicians
participating in a fellowship program
- Physicians in the
uniformed services, while serving as general medical officers.
Medical students,
interns, and physicians participating in an emergency medicine residency
or fellowship are encouraged to join the Emergency Medicine Residents'
Association at the same time by completing the joint application for
membership. Residents may join both ACEP and EMRA for a low annual
combined dues of $105. A joint membership for medical students is $55
annually. Multiple -year membership rates are available for residents in
their first year of a three-year program or in the first and second years
of a four-year program. A two year discounted rate is available for
medical students. Memberships in EMRA/ACEP have a common expiration date
of July 1. Please call 800-798-1822, press 5, for more information. Dues
rates for national and chapters are listed on the application for
membership. The membership year for candidate members is renewable
annually on July 1.
General Medical Officers
who have been members of ACEP as medical students or emergency medicine
residents may continue their membership for a maximum of four years as a
candidate member in ACEP and inactive members in EMRA. During their tour
of duty as a GMO, a dues rate of $283 of the ACEP Active Membership dues
rate for the first year, and 66.6% or $376 of the ACEP Active Membership
dues rate for the second apply. This category of membership is also
available to General Medical Officers who are joining ACEP for the first
time. No discounts apply for the subsequent years.
Applicable chapter dues
rates apply for all types of candidate membership. Dues rates for national
and chapter dues are listed on the application for membership and are also
listed below. Please call 800-798-1822, press 5, for more information.
Dues are not deductible as a charitable contribution for tax purposes.
However, they may be deductible as a business expense subject to
restrictions imposed as a result of association lobbying activities. ACEP
estimates the nondeductible portion of your national dues to be 21%.
* - Georgia Residents Only
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