4.1 All persons holding the position known as resident or fellow in any Post Graduate program in the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University.
4.2 Any member may resign from membership upon notice in writing to that effect addressed to the President of the Association.
In the event of resignation, that person shall remain liable for payment of all assessments or other sums levied which are payable by members to the Association, in the same manner as all such assessments are made upon members, such assessments to be made on the basis of employment rather than membership.
4.3 Where the immediate Past President does not qualify for membership under subsection 4.1, the immediate Past President shall remain a member of the Association ex officio for one year from the date upon which he or she ceased to be President of the Association. The Executive, may, in its discretion, waive payment of membership dues in such a case.
4.4 The Association may confer honorary membership on any person.
4.5 Upon admission to the Association each member agrees to pay membership dues by means of payroll deduction, commencing on the first pay period following admission to membership. The membership dues shall be based on a percentage of a members’ annual salary at the rate from time to time determined by the Executive and approved by the members in general meeting.
Upon the written petition of twenty percent (20%) of the membership of where otherwise determined to be necessary by the Executive, the Executive shall hold a referendum concerning the annual membership fee.
4.6. Each member agrees that a portion of his or her annual dues be forwarded to Resident Doctors of Canada and that such payment will be made by PAR-NL on the members’ behalf. The portion to be forwarded to Resident Doctors of Canada shall be such amount as determined from time to time by Resident Doctors of Canada and approved by the Executive.