Membership

Article 5 of the Association’s Constitution spells out the five categories of the membership, as listed below:

1. Ordinary membership.
2. Associate membership.
3. Honorary membership.
4. Life membership.
5. Consultant Community Pharmacists membership.

Ordinary membership shall be opened to every community pharmacist who is registered as a pharmacist with the Pharmacy Board of West Malaysia at the time of application. He shall be entitled to use the suffix MCPA behind his name.

Associate membership shall be opened to all the pharmacists, other than the community pharmacists, who are registered with the Pharmacy Board of West Malaysia, in Malaysia. He shall be entitled to use the suffix AMCPA behind his name.

The Association may confer Honorary membership on such persons who, whether or not registered in the Register of Pharmacists, have done exceptional work in the fields of pharmacy and allied sciences or have rendered meritorious services in the cause of pharmacy and associated sciences or to this Association. Those persons shall be nominated by the Supreme Council, subject to approval by a resolution at a General Meeting. He shall be entitled to use the suffix MCPS(Hon) behind his name.

Life membership shall be opened to any community pharmacist, who shall pay a lump sum of one thousand ringgit to his membership. He shall be entitled to use the suffix MCPA behind his name.

Any registered community pharmacist who, at the time of application, is registered with the Pharmacy Board of West Malaysia, and has been practicing community pharmacy in Malaysia, for at least ten years, may apply in a prescribed Application Form B, to use the title “MCP Consultant Community Pharmacist” and whose name shall appear in a Register provided for this purpose. The Supreme Council may determine the pre-requisite to admitting this class of membership.

Duties of the members:

Acceptance of membership shall be ipso facto acceptance of the Constitution, Articles, Rules and By-Laws of the Association.

It shall be the duty of all the members, except Honorary Members, to actively participate in all the activities of the Association and to abide by the Constitutional decisions of the Supreme Council.

It is the duty of a member to pay all the subscription fees or practicing fee in time. Failure to discharge this duty may result the membership being terminated.

It is the duty of a member to inform the Association of any change in his/her corresponding address.

 

Privileges of Members:

Associate and Honorary members shall enjoy the privileges of the ordinary members except that of voting, holding of office in the Supreme Council, and the rights to be appointed to represent the Association in any Statutory Board, public body or institution.

All the members shall be entitled to receive publications, newsletters, circulars or any other information disseminated by the Association. Some special publications may require some charges.

All the members shall be entitled to the use of whatever facilities or services of the Association.

Any member, whose membership has been terminated or suspended, shall immediately cease to enjoy any privilege, right, power or entitlement normally enjoy by a subsisting member.

An Ordinary member annual subscription fee shall be Rm100.00.
An Associate member annual subscription fee shall be Rm60.00
A MCP Consultant Community Pharmacist annual fee shall be Rm200.00
Any class of member shall pay Rm20.00 for the entrance fee.

 

Membership Application Procedure:

1. Any eligible pharmacist may either submit the Membership Application Form A online or download a copy of Form A and submit it by post.
2. All the applications must be accompanied by the appropriate payment which should be sent to the Association’s Registered Address.

All the membership applications submit in now will automatically be considered for Year 2006 membership subscription.

 

Membership Application Forms:

Form A (Online Registration / Printable Form )

Form B (Online Registration / Printable Form )