membership has benefits

General ACR members are physicians certified in a radiological discipline by the American Board of Radiology, the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the Collège des médecins du Québec, or physicians engaged in nuclear medicine and certified by a specialty board that is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties or its Canadian equivalent – or – Medical physicists certified by the American Board of Radiology or equivalent.

ACR members-in-training are physicians who are in approved radiology residency or fellowships in the U.S. or Canada registered in a formal educational program at a Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or physicists who are registered in a formal educational program in medical physics in the U.S. or Canada.
 

Member-in-training status shall normally terminate within six months following completion of training. Individuals who go directly from an approved residency to a fellowship program may continue as members-in-training until they complete the fellowship program.
 

Within six months of completing training, members-in-training will automatically become members of the College in the appropriate category of membership, unless they affirmatively decline membership.

Medical students in a US or Canadian approved program who has an interest in becoming a diagnostic radiologist, interventional radiologist, radiation oncologist, nuclear medicine physician or medical physicist.

Medical student status shall normally terminate within six months following completion of training. Individuals who go directly from medical school to an approved residency may continue as members-in-training until they complete their residency and/or fellowship programs.

Retired member status may be conferred by the ACR Board of Chancellors upon application of a member who is fully retired from professional practice. A Retired Member shall be relieved from payment of dues.

Associate ACR members are physicians engaged in the practice of radiology who have completed an approved residency program in radiology but have not been certified by the American Board of Radiology, the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the Collège des médecins du Québec, or physicians engaged in nuclear medicine but not certified by a specialty board that is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties or its Canadian equivalent. – or –  Medical physicists engaged in the practice of medical physics and otherwise eligible for membership in the College who have not been certified by the American Board of Radiology or its equivalent.

Allied health ACR members are MRI scientists and radiologist assistants with Registered Radiologist Assistant (RRA) certification from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) are eligible to be ACR members – or – Physicians not engaged in the practice of radiology and other non-physician medical professionals whose special qualifications are deemed valuable to the College may submit an application for consideration for membership under the “Other” category. Applications submitted under the category of “Other” must be approved for membership by the Commission on Membership and Communications and Chapter Programs before ACR and chapter membership can be granted.