Associate Member

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.