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Membership Categories

PA Associate Members: includes those persons who are certified via the Canadian Certification Council of Pathologists’ Assistants (CCCPA-CCCAP) that have applied for and are granted membership to the PA Section via the general CAP-ACP application form. PA Associate Members are voting members of the PA Section.

PA Junior Associate Members: includes those persons who are students presently enrolled in a Pathologists’ Assistant Masters training program. Affiliates in this category may apply for PA Associate Membership following completion of their training program and following certification. Junior Associates are non-voting members.

International PAs and Inquiring Affiliates: non-voting members of the PA Section and may include those who have interests in common with Pathologists’ Assistants; Have interests in laboratory medicine in general; Have interests in the advancement of laboratory diagnostics

PA Emeritus Associates: those who were PA Associate Members and have resigned from full time or part-time employment. Emeritus (retired) Associates are non-voting members of the PA Section.

Pathology Laboratory Specialist Associates: non-voting members of the PA Section that are non-PAs, who are CCCPLS-CCCSLP certified, and eligible to practice in Canada.