Annual Dues for the South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society are now due.
Mail in option: Please enclose your check in the amount listed for your membership status and return it with this printed form to Beth Owens, Executive Director, SC Ob/Gyn Society, 10120 Two Notch Road, Box 340, Columbia, SC 29223, (803) 606-4597.
Online option: You may also pay online through our website using PayPal or other credit cards and the form below.
Please take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with the membership categories of the Society and indicate in the space provided if your membership status should be changed. Records will be altered accordingly.
- Active $100.00 Active members must be certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Membership is restricted to those doctors of medicine practicing in South Carolina and who limit their practice to the overall health care of women.
- Emeritus $25.00 Active Fellows of the South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society who have passed their sixtieth birthday and have paid their dues for the current year, may apply to become an Emeritus Fellow. An Emeritus Fellow can hold office and can vote. An Emeritus Fellow must pay annual dues until they have passed their seventieth birthday.
- Affiliate $50.00 Affiliate Membership is reserved for Allied Health Professionals to include other physicians,PhD’s, certified nurse practitioners, certified physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and other licensed providers involved in women’s health care services. Affiliate Members will be invited to attend the Annual Meeting of the Society. Affiliate members will pay annual dues. Affiliate members are not eligible to hold office or to vote.
- Candidate $50.00 Candidate members are those physicians who have successfully completed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology and are actively pursuing board certification in the specialty. Candidates must achieve Active status within six years of passing the written exam, excluding time spent in a Board-approved fellowship. Candidate members shall pay one-half the annual dues to the society. Candidate members are not eligible to hold office or to vote.
- Associate $0 Active members of the South Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society who move from this State and continue the practice of obstetrics and/or gynecology, at their request, may be maintained as Associate members, not eligible to hold office or to vote, and not expected to pay dues. Associate members are expected to attend at least one meeting every four years or they will be dropped from the rolls of the Society.
- Resident/Fellowship $0 Resident/Fellowship membership is reserved for those residents in training at accredited statewide obstetrical and gynecological training programs. Resident/Fellowship members will pay no annual dues. Resident/Fellowship members are not eligible to hold offie or to vote. Upon graduation from the statewide training program, the Resident/Fellowship member can apply for Candidate Membership.