NOTE: These regulations are written using terminology, particularly with respect to the categories and various classes of membership of the Society, which is defined in our Constitution. However, it should be noted that in everyday parlance we refer to:

The membership of the Association shall consist of the following categories:-

i) Honorary Membership

The Association may confer Honorary Membership on those persons who, whether or not registered in the Medical Register, have done exceptional work in the fields of Medicine and allied sciences or have rendered meritorious services.

ii) Life Membership

Life Membership of the Association shall be opened to Ordinary Members who are fully registered in the Register kept by the Registrar of Medical Practitioners.

iii) Ordinary Membership

Ordinary Membership shall be opened to every medical practitioner whether registered or provisionally registered or conditionally registered in the Register kept by the Registrar of Medicals Practitioners.

iv) Overseas Membership

Overseas Membership shall be opened to a registered medical practitioner whose permanent residence is outside Malaysia.

v) Associate Membership

Associate Membership shall be opened to para-Medical Personnel who being qualified in their respective profession legally practice in Malaysia.

vi) Student Membership

Student Membership shall be opened to:

a) registered medical students who are citizens of Malaysia and who are undergraduates in any medical school recognized by the Malaysian Medical Council: and/or

b) registered foreign medical students who are undergraduates in any medical school in Malaysia recognized by the Malaysia Medical Council provided that no local University or University College student shall be admitted as a member without the prior written approval of the Vice-Chancellor concerned.

vii) Exempt Membership

Exempt Membership shall be open to medical practitioners who have been Ordinary Members in good standing of at least 20 years and have attained the age of 65 years.

viii) Privilege of Membership

1. The privilege of membership is the participation in all activities arranged or organized by the Association including:

a) the Council and its committees;

b) the Branch and its Sub-committees; and/or

c) Sections, Societies and its Sub-committees.

2. Honorary, Associate, Student and Overseas members will enjoy all the privileges of Ordinary/Life and Exempt membership except that of voting or of holding office in the Council and Branch Committees of the Association.

3. All members of the Council and officers of the Association including Branches, Sections, Societies, Committees and Representatives to Government and Non-Governmental Organisations shall be Malaysian citizens.

NOTE      :     Arrears of Subscriptions (FOR RENEWAL OF Subscription)

i) If any member fail to pay subscription by the 28th of February of that year, that member shall cease to enjoy all the benefits and privileges and his name shall be removed from the Electoral Roll and loses his/her voting rights.

ii) Further, failure to settle the subscription in arrears for that year by the 31st of December of that year, he/she shall automatically cease to be a member of the Association but SUBJECT ALWAYS TO Clause 5 (1) (ii) of the Constitution.