Membership Categories
U.S. Poison Center Member / Poison Prevention Education Center / Associate Institutional Member / Canadian Associate Institutional Member / Animal Poison Center / Industry Poison Center / Individual Member / Honorary Individual Member / Sustaining Member
 | U.S. Poison Center Member: |
Entitled to:
-Four copies of The Poison Line
-Four copies of the NPDS Annual Report
-Six ballots in AAPCC elections
-Use of the AAPCC logo and education materials
-Participation in NPDS
-Application for poison center certification
-Eligible staff may sit for the AAPCC Certification Exam
-Employees are eligible for member rate at the annual scientific meeting
-Listing in the AAPCC membership directory
-Appointment to AAPCC committees
-Eligibility for AAPCC grants
-Election to AAPCC officeAnnual dues:
$2500
Annual dues for poison center systems will be $1500 x the number of sites in the system (in 1998), and $2500 x the number of sites in the system (in 1999). Each poison center system may request that mailings be provided either to each site or to the system’s main address. Services will be proportional to the number of sites for which dues are paid (e.g., 6 ballots to each site, 4 copies of The Poison Line to each site, 6 voting members per site). Both system and site addresses will be included in the membership directory.
| Poison Prevention Education Center: |
Membership category open only to organizations which provide community-based poison prevention education programs and services but do not provide other poison center services.
Entitled to:
-One copy of The Poison Line
-One ballot in AAPCC elections
-One copy of the NPDS Annual Report
-Use of the AAPCC logo and educational materials
-Employees are eligible for member rate at the annual scientific meeting
-Listing in the AAPCC membership directory
-Appointment to AAPCC committees
-Election to AAPCC officeNOT entitled to:
-Participation in NPDS
-Application for poison center certification
-Sit for the AAPCC Certification Exam
-AAPCC awardsAnnual dues:
$500
| Associate Institutional Member: |
Membership category open to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations other than U.S. poison centers. Foreign poison centers, other than Canadian poison centers, may become Associate Institutional Members.
Entitled to:
-Four copies of The Poison Line
-Employees are eligible for member rate at the annual scientific meeting
-Four copies of the NPDS Annual Report
-Listing in the AAPCC membership directory
-Appointment to AAPCC committees as nonvoting members
-Use of logo and educational materials by foreign poison centersNOT entitled to:
-Participation in NPDS
-Application for poison center certification
-Sit for the AAPCC Certification Exam
-AAPCC grants
-Vote in AAPCC elections
-Use the AAPCC logo and educational materials
-Election to AAPCC officeAnnual dues:
$500
| Canadian Associate Institutional Member: |
Membership category open to Canadian poison centers that are members of the Canadian Association of Poison Control Centres.
Entitled to:
-One copy of The Poison Line
-Use of the AAPCC logo and educational materials
-Employees are eligible for member rate at the annual scientific meeting
-One copy of the NPDS Annual Report
-Listing in the AAPCC membership directory
-Appointment to AAPCC committees
-Sit for the AAPCC Certification ExamNOT entitled to:
-Participation in NPDS
-Application for poison center certification
-Vote in AAPCC elections
-Election to AAPCC officeAnnual dues:
$500
| Animal Poison Center: |
Entitled to:
-Four copies of The Poison Line
-Four copies of the NPDS Annual Report
-Employees are eligible for member rate at the annual scientific meeting
-Appointment to AAPCC committees
-Listing in the AAPCC membership directory
-Participation in NPDSNOT entitled to:
-Use of the AAPCC logo and educational materials
-Sit for the AAPCC Certification Exam
-Application for poison center certification
-Vote in AAPCC elections
-Election to AAPCC office
-Reimbursement for data salesAnnual dues:
$1000
| Industry Product
Surveillance Service of Industry Poison Center Generally, a for-profit company, consulting group, or industry-based service providing poisoning emergency consultations and responses to queries concerning selected products. Industry product surveillance services may be offered directly by the manufacturer or distributor of the products or by a company or consulting group funded by the product manufacturer, distributor, or trade association. Industry product surveillance services or industry poison centers may provide services for multiple manufacturers, distributors, or trade associations. Entitled to:
NOT entitled to:
Annual dues:
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| Individual Member: |
Membership category open to any individual with an interest in poison control.
Entitled to:
-One copy of The Poison Line
-Member rate at the annual scientific meeting
-One copy of the NPDS Annual Report
-Listing in the AAPCC membership directory
-Appointment to AAPCC committees
-One vote in AAPCC elections
-Election to AAPCC officeNOT entitled to:
-Participation in NPDS
-Application for poison center certification
-Sit for the AAPCC Certification Exam-AAPCC grants
-Use the AAPCC logo and educational materialsAnnual dues:
$200
| Honorary Member: |
(Non-voting membership granted to U.S. individuals who: 1) have been members of the AAPCC for at least ten years and have retired; 2) are Past Presidents of AAPCC and no longer affiliated with a poison control center; or 3) have been granted honorary member status by the AAPCC Board of Directors)
Annual dues:
Complimentary
| Sustaining Member: |
This category is open to organizations and individuals who wish to demonstrate their commitment to poison prevention. Sustaining members will be recognized in the annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control Centers Toxic Exposure Surveillance System, the program for the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology, and the AAPCC Directory. Other benefits are the same as Associate Institutional Members.
Annual Contribution: $7500