OIA Membership

The OIA includes the following categories of members: Full, Associate, and Partner. Those seeking membership must be recommended by the Board and ratified by the Full Members.

Full Members

The following groups are considered to be Full Members:

1. Governmentally authorized/recognized national organizations whose members are licensed or legally recognized Osteopathic Physicians and represent the majority of the professional grouping of Osteopathic Physicians in any one country.
2. Governmentally authorized national organizations whose members are Osteopaths and who regulate, license, and/or represent the majority of the professional grouping of Osteopaths in any country where the practice of Osteopathy is legally recognized with osteopathic practice standards.

Associate Members

The following groups are considered to be Associate Members:

1. Established or emerging Osteopathic Physician groups that represent the majority of Osteopathic Physicians in a given country who are working towards governmental recognition and the legal establishment of the practice of osteopathic medicine, and full membership in the OIA.
2. Established or emerging osteopathic groups that represent the majority of Osteopaths in a given country who are working towards governmental recognition and the legal establishment of the practice of osteopathy, and full membership in the OIA.

Partners

Other Partners are defined as organizations/institutions with goals and objectives that are consistent with those of the OIA.