ATMS offers three categories of membership:

Accredited Membership 
This is the practitioner category of membership.

Student membership
This category is for students studying ATMS accredited courses.  It is not suitable for practitioners as it does not offer all the benefits a member in practice requires.

Associate membership
This category if for anyone interested in natural medicine.  Again is not suitable for practitioners as it does not offer all the benefits a member in practice requires.

ATMS ACCREDITED MEMBERSHIP 

ATMS accredited membership is very affordable. Membership fees for the 2012/13 financial year are $175.00 plus $17.50 GST (total $192.50). There is also a joining fee of $40 plus $4 GST (total $44).

The major benefits of ATMS accredited membership include:

Membership of Australia’s largest natural medicine association with permission to use of the ATMS logo on clinic stationery, advertising etc.

Dedicated professional full time staff serving the needs of members.

Potential eligibility for up to 43 health funds. (ATMS is recognised by all major health funds. However health funds set their own eligibility and actual eligibility depends on each person’s qualification.)

Access to professional indemnity insurance cover offered exclusively to ATMS members.

A free listing of practice details on the ATMS web site with a link to members’ professional practice websites.

Free entry in the ATMS Qualified Natural Therapists’ Membership Directory.

Subsidised entry to ATMS Continuing Professional Education Seminars held in capital cities and major regional centres.

A practitioner referral service.

Subscription to the Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society (a peer review quarterly publication).

Free advertising in the Noticeboard section on the ATMS website.

Merchandising Products, eg Marketing Postcards, Polo Shirts, Pens, with all products at or below cost price.

National media advertising to promote ATMS members in the community.

Eligibility to apply for one of 10 x $1,000 educational grants offered each year.

Lobbying with Government bodies, political parties and regulatory authorities on a wide range of issues affecting the practice of natural medicine.

Applying For Accredited Membership

An accredited membership application form can be acquired by telephoning the ATMS office on 1800 456 855, by sending an email request to info@atms.com.au or by downloading the application form as a PDF file from here:

ATMS Membership Application Form Accredited/Associate

ATMS STUDENT MEMBERSHIP

STUDENT MEMBERSHIP OF ATMS IS FREE!

Student membership is open to all students studying accredited courses at ATMS recognised teaching institutions.  ATMS Student Membership is not a practitioner category.  An ATMS Student member must not practise outside of the training institution’s supervised clinical practicum.  Please note that ATMS Student Membership does not guarantee qualification for later Accredited Membership.

Benefits of Student membership include:

Download a student membership application form 

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP 

Associate membership is open to anyone who supports ATMS and the promotion of the study and use of natural medicine within Australia. Applications for Associate Membership may be made on the accredited membership application form.

Benefits of Associate membership include:

Journal of the Australian Traditional-Medicine Society (a peer review quarterly publication).
Membership of Australia’s largest natural medicine association.
ATMS website: www.atms.com.au.
Free subscription to ATMS Rapid News.
ATMS Membership Application Form Accredited/Associate

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA FOR ATMS MEMBERSHIP 

Details of the qualfiying criteria for each category of membership, and what information is required by ATMS is set out in the Application Forms.

For an application for please fill in the form below, or download the form here: