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Requirements of Fellowship

By-Law 7.3.4
A person shall be eligible to apply for Fellowship who is a Full Member of the Society and who has met, in the opinion of the Board of the Academy, the requirements for Fellowship approved by the membership of the Academy. To remain a Fellow of the Academy, a person must pay annual membership dues and comply with the professional development program for the maintenance of competence.

What is reinstatement?

A return to status as a Fellow requires reinstatement into the PD Program and compliance with the program. The process applies to Fellows who are: 1) returning from Emeritus status to active practice;
or 2) restoring compliance with the PD Program after removal from the “List of Fellows”.

Reinstatement Process

Application Form for Reinstatement

Once your application has been approved for reinstatement, and any past dues have been paid (see below), re-entry into the Professional Development Program will require the following steps:

  1. In the first year of reinstatement, the annual minimum of 25 credits, in any category, shall be met by December 31 and submitted to the PD Program by the usual deadline (February 28).
  2. In the second year, the member will be audited for compliance with the PD Program, except for the 3-year rule. The second year of reinstatement follows the same minimum annual
    requirement and audit.
  3. In the third year of reinstatement, full compliance is required and the 3-year rule will apply. A third audit will be conducted.  
  4. Upon notification of maintenance of full compliance for 3 years, the reinstatement process is complete and the PD Program certificate will be issued. 




Return to Active Fellowship After a Leave of Absence from Work

Defining the sabbatical year: 

  1. Head Office must be notified in advance of a sabbatical year (or any reasonable leave from practice), and both the PD calendar year and the 3-year cycle to which it is applied must be specified. If the sabbatical overlaps two PD years, notification must include defining the calendar year to which the split should be applied. 
  2. If the sabbatical year overlaps into two PD years, the yearly requirement of 25 credits may be waived for one of the two years involved, depending on how the year is defined. 
  3. The 3-year rule always applies. Ideally Fellows are expected to make up for the required 3-year cycle 150 credits, during the working period outside of the sabbatical. If the sabbatical is a full 12 months (1 year), at a minimum your PD credits must total 2/3 (66.6%) of the time for the 150 credit requirement (i.e. 100 credits); for a 6-month sabbatical, a minimum of 2.5/3 (83%) of the 150 credits (i.e. 125 credits) must be attained. 
  4. The reduced PD credit requirement may only be applied to one 3-year cycle. For example, if a Fellow is anticipating to take a leave for 2017, and designates the 2015-17 cycle for the reduced credit assignment, then the Fellow is expected to meet the full 150 credit requirements in the following periods (2016-18, 2017-19), even though both periods include the sabbatical year.



Dues are still payable in sabbatical years.

 Update from the Maintenance of Competence Chair re Reinstatement and Requirements