Eligibility for Professional Member Licensed (PML) Membership:

The receipt of the doctoral degree based in part upon a psychological dissertation, or a doctoral degree based on other evidence of proficiency in psychological scholarship from a program primarily psychological in content and conferred by a graduate or professional school that is regionally accredited, or that has achieved such accreditation within five years of the year the doctoral degree was granted, or one of equivalent outside the United States, with an active license as a psychologist in the State of Oregon; or

A master’s degree in psychology and an active license as a psychological associate in Oregon.

          P      Professional Members shall have the right to vote and hold office.

Eligibility for Professional Member Non-Licensed (PMNL) membership:

Fellow or Member status in the American Psychological Association, or

The receipt of the doctoral degree based in part upon a psychological dissertation, or a doctoral degree based on other evidence of proficiency in psychological scholarship from a program primarily psychological in content and conferred by a graduate or professional school that is regionally accredited, or that has achieved such accreditation within five years of the year the doctoral degree was granted, or one of equivalent standing outside the United States.

Professional Members – Non-Licensed shall have the privileges of voting and holding office.

Eligiblity for Life & Honorary Members:

A Professional Member qualifies for Life Member status if he or she (1) qualifies as a Life Member of APA, or (2) is 65 years of age or older and has been a Member of the Association for 15 years, or is retired from the profession.

A Professional Member qualifies for Honorary Member status if he or she (regardless of age or length of membership), has been adjudged disabled and is neither employed nor able to be employed in the profession.

Life & Honorary Members shall have the right to vote and hold office.

Eligibility for Associate Membership:

Associate status in the American Psychological Association, or

The master's degree in psychology from a regionally accredited graduate or professional school plus a year of acceptable experience in professional work that is psychological in nature.  Candidates for Associate Member status shall be engaged in professional or graduate work that is primarily psychological in nature.

Associate Members have no voting rights, and cannot hold office.

Minimum professional qualifications for Student Member status are as follows:  Actively enrolled in a graduate program of studies leading to a Master's or Doctoral degree in psychology.

Student Members have no voting rights, and can hold office only as specified in these bylaws.

Eligibility for Out of State Membership:

An individual desiring Out of State Affiliation must be a member of the psychological association of the state or province in which they reside, and not be practicing in Oregon.

Members of the Association who neither reside nor work in the state at least 8 months of the fiscal year shall, if they so request, be granted inactive status for that year.  Those on inactive status shall pay dues at a reduced rate.

Out of State Affiliate members have no voting rights, and cannot hold office.

Allied Professional Affiliate Membership:

Shall be allied professionals who are licensed, registered or certified in their profession in the state of Oregon.

Allied Professional Affiliate members have no voting rights, and cannot hold office.

Corporate Affiliate Membership:

Shall be representatives of a firm or corporation engaged in providing products and services to the profession of psychology. 

Corporate Affiliate members have no voting rights, and cannot hold office.