Renewing Your Membership

If you are a Clinical Member (CM) you can:

• renew at the same level (prerequisites are 30 hours of professional development (PD), current First Aid qualification, professional indemnity insurance and appropriate fee paid)
• renew as a Full Member (lower fee, no requirement for proof of PD, no requirement for First Aid)
• renew as non practicing if you are not seeing clients so don’t require insurance but want to stay a voting member of the AHHCA and be kept in the loop (NP fee applies)
• upgrade to Approved Trainer (normal prerequisites PLUS teaching qualification and First Aid certification and AT fee applies)
• notify us in writing of your wish to retire or otherwise cancel your membership
• lapse (if you do nothing)

If you are a Full Member (FM) you can:

• renew at the same level (prerequisites are 30 hours of PD, professional indemnity insurance and appropriate fee paid)
• renew as non practicing if you are not seeing clients so don’t require insurance but want to stay a voting member of the AHHCA and be kept in the loop (NP fee applies)
• upgrade to Clinical Member (must have completed at least 350 hours of skills training, have a First Aid qualification and the fee is higher)
• upgrade to Approved Trainer (normal prerequisites PLUS teaching qualification and First Aid certification and AT fee applies)
• notify us in writing of your wish to retire or otherwise cancel your membership
• lapse (if you do nothing)

As an Approved Trainer (AT) you can:

• renew at the same level (prerequisites are 30 hours of PD and professional indemnity insurance, PLUS keeping teaching and First Aid certifications up to date – AT fee applies)
• renew as a Full or Clinical Member (based on previous level of membership, with prerequisites of 30 hours of PD and professional indemnity insurance – Full/Clinical Membership fee applies)
• renew as non practicing if you are not seeing clients so don’t require insurance but want to stay a voting member of the AHHCA and be kept in the loop (NP fee applies)
• notify us in writing of your wish to retire or otherwise cancel your membership
• lapse (if you do nothing)

If you are currently a Non Practicing (NP) you can:

• renew at same level if you are still not seeing clients (NP fee applies)
• upgrade to a practicing level of membership (Full or Clinical) based on previous level of membership, requiring professional indemnity insurance and the payment of Full/Clinical Member fee
• upgrade to Approved Trainer (prerequisites are 30 hours of PD and professional indemnity insurance, PLUS teaching and First Aid certifications and payment of AT fee)
• notify us in writing of your wish to retire or otherwise cancel your membership
• lapse (if you do nothing)

Life Members (LM) must:

• provide details of 30 hours of PD and professional indemnity insurance and keep contact details up to date
• if you are also an Approved Trainer you also need to keep your teaching and First Aid certifications current and pay the AT fee
• notify us in writing of your wish to retire or otherwise cancel your membership
• otherwise membership will lapse.

Affiliated Organisations (AO) must:

• pay annual AO fee, keep contact details up to date and provide proof of business insurance
• notify us in writing of your wish to cancel your membership
• otherwise membership will lapse.

Associate Members (AM) must:

• pay annual AM fee and keep contact details up to date
• apply for Full, Clinical or Approved Trainer Membership if they wish to upgrade (using the New Member application process, not the renewal options)
• notify us in writing of your wish to cancel your membership otherwise membership will lapse.

Student Members (SM) must:

• keep contact details up to date
• upgrade to Full or Clinical Membership via the New Member process once studies are completed – $50 discount applies

Annual renewal fees are currently:

• FM – $120
• CM – $170
• AT – $ 40 on top of FM or CM fee
• AO – $80
• NP – $50
• AM – $50
• SM – $0
• LM – $0