Health Physics Society Membership

The membership of the Society consists of Plenary Members, Associate Members, Fellow Members, Student Members, Members Emeritus, Life Members, Section Members, and Affiliate Members. These types of memberships are discussed below. Click here for information on membership dues. To apply for an individual membership click here. To apply for an Affiliate membership click here.

Plenary Members

Plenary Members are persons who (i) are currently engaged in the practice, science, or technology of radiation safety at a professional level and (ii) meet at least one of the following combinations of education and/or experience:

1. Active certification by the American Board of Health Physics.
    
2. Registration by the National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists.
    
3. Master's or higher degree in a creditable area of education.
    
4. Bachelor's degree in a creditable area of education and one full year of professional-level experience.
    
5. Associate degree in a creditable area of education and three full years of professional-level experience.
    
6. Five full years of professional-level experience.

Associate Members

Associate Members are persons who lack the necessary qualifications for election as Plenary Members but who have sufficient interest in radiation safety to apply for membership. The membership includes the benefits of a Plenary Member except an Associate Member may not hold office or vote.

Fellow Members

Fellow Members are Senior Members (50 years of age or older by March 1 of the year the person is to be selected and who, except under unusual circumstances, have been members of the Society during the preceding five years) who have been honored with election of this class of membership as a result of significant administrative, educational, and/or scientific contributions to the profession of health physics.

Privileges accruing to this class of membership shall not be less than the privileges enjoyed by Plenary Members. Nominations for this class of membership may be made by any Plenary or Fellow Member of the Society. Three letters from existing Fellow Members must accompany this nomination. These must be received by the Awards Committee chairperson by March 1^st of each year.

Student Members

Student Members are students who are engaged in full-time study in a field allied with one or more health physics disciplines. The membership includes the same privileges as an Associate Member. Proof of status as a student must be demonstrated each year.

Members Emeritus

Members Emeritus are former Plenary Members who have (i) reached the age of 60 or ceased to function professionally in the field of radiation protection because of permanent disability, (ii) retired from active employment, and (iii) held membership in the Society at least ten consecutive years prior to reaching the age of 60 or becoming permanently disabled.

Emeritus status may be obtained upon request to the Executive Secretary and payment of dues established for the class. Privileges accruing to this class of membership shall not be less than the privileges enjoyed by a Plenary Member.

Life Members

Life Members are persons who have been designated by the Awards Committee and approved by the Board of Directors as persons worthy of Life Membership in the Society. There is no dues requirement and privileges accruing to this class of membership shall not be less than privileges enjoyed by a Plenary Member.

Section Members

Section Members are persons who have an interest in the subject area of one of the Technical Sections of the Society but lack the necessary qualifications or interest to be a Plenary or Associate Member. Section Members receive the publications and other benefits determined by the Section to which they belong, and their names are listed in the Membership Directory in the list of Section Members. They may not hold Society office or vote in Society business. However, they may hold Section office and vote in Section business.

Affiliate Members

Affiliates are organizations whose interests in the general field of radiation safety are such as to warrant a formal working relationship with the Society. This class of membership is divided into subgroups at the discretion of the Board of Directors. There shall be no voting rights for this class of members.