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Current Membership Classifications

Fellow members are physician assistants who are graduates of a physician assistant program approved by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (CAHEA), affiliated with the American Medical Association, or persons certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Fellow members must be members of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and are eligible to vote and hold office.

Affiliate members include other persons approved by the Board of Directors of NAPA, including other health professionals or physician assistants not wishing to be AAPA members. Affiliate members are entitled to privileges of the floor, but are not entitled to vote on AAPA affairs. An affiliate member may be elected to serve as a director-at-large or committee chair, but may not hold other offices.

Student members are persons enrolled in approved training programs for physician assistants, and may not vote or hold office except for student members who may be elected by his/her peers to sit on the Board of Directors.

Physician members are licensed physicians who desire to associate with NAPA. Physician members are entitled to privileges of the floor, but may not vote or hold office.

Honorary members are persons of distinction who have rendered outstanding service to NAPA, or persons who have retired from active work, and as such may be elected by the officers to honorary membership. Honorary members are entitled to the privilege of the floor, but are not entitled to vote. Honorary members are exempt from paying dues or assessments.

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