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Membership Categories


Full Membership

  • Any person who is registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as an oral hygienist shall be eligible for full membership
  • Full Members pay membership fees and enjoy full voting rights

Associate Membership

  • Any person who is not registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as an oral hygienist but has a qualification in oral hygiene shall be eligible for associate membership
  • Associate Members pay membership fees and enjoy no voting rights

Junior Membership

  • Any student in oral hygiene registered at a training institution within the Republic of South Africa approved by the Health Professions Council of South Africa shall be eligible for junior membership
  • Junior Members (Registered Students) pay no membership fees and enjoy no voting rights

Donor Membership

  • The National Executive Committee may on application grant donor membership to any person for a period specified by the National Executive Committee
  • Donor Members are exempted from paying membership fees and enjoy no voting rights

Allied Membership

  • Any person other than an oral hygienist who is interested in the oral hygiene profession shall be eligible for allied membership
  • Allied Members pay membership fees and enjoy no voting rights

Honorary Life Membership

  • The National Executive Committee may award honorary life membership to any member of the Association or any other person based on outstanding service or contribution made to the Association or the oral hygiene profession
  • Honorary Life Members are exempted from paying membership fees and enjoy full voting rights