Associate
Members
Associate
Members shall include only ophthalmologists:
- whose
department or division head or co-head is a Member of the AUPO, and
- who
either are directors, or designated formally or informally by their institutions
as "co-directors," or
- who
are recognized by the ACGME as "responsible parties" of accredited ophthalmology
residency training programs accredited by the ACGME in the United States or RCPS
in Canada, or
- who are directors,
co-directors, or responsible parties of ophthalmology residency programs that
have merged or otherwise combined and ophthalmology residency programs that are
conducted by departments or divisions of ophthalmology that have merged or otherwise
combined in situations where at least one of the merged or combined departments
prior to the merger or combination either was affiliated with a medical school
accredited by the LCME or conducted an ophthalmology residency training program
accredited by the ACGME.
Associate
members may not be the head or co-head of their department or division.
Any Associate
Member who ceases to be qualified as noted above shall automatically cease to
be an Associate Member. |