Extracted from the Memorandum and Articles of Association.
Eligibility for membership as Fellow
A person who:
is eligible to apply for membership as a Fellow of the College.
A Fellow is entitled to claim his or her membership of the College as having specialist knowledge, skill and experience in legal and/or forensic medicine.
A Fellow is entitled to use the abbreviation "FACLM" after his or her name and primary qualifications to denote his or her status as having specialist knowledge, skill and experience in legal and/or forensic medicine.
Eligibility for membership as Member
A person who:
is eligible to apply for membership as a Member of the College.
A Member is not entitled to claim his or her membership as a Member of the College as denoting specialist knowledge, skill and experience, but may use the abbreviation "MACLM" after his or her name and primary qualifications to signify membership as a Member of the College.
Eligibility for membership as an Associate member
A person who:
is eligible to apply for membership as an Associate member of the College.
An Associate Member is not entitled to claim his or her membership of the College as denoting specialist knowledge, skill and experience, nor may any abbreviations be used after his or her name to signify membership of the College.
Eligibility for membership as an Affiliate member
A person who:
is eligible to apply for membership as an Affiliate member of the College.
There is no College post-nominal to be used by an Affiliate. An Affiliate otherwise enjoys all College privileges and opportunities and will pay subscription fees.
Eligibility for membership as an Student member
A person who:
is eligible to apply for membership as a Student Member of the College.
There is no annual subscription fee for student members. A Student Member does not have the right to vote, to nominate, or to hold office in the College and there is no College post-nominal to be used by a Student Member. A Student Member otherwise enjoy all College privileges and opportunities,
including access to the College website, and will pay no subscription fees.
Eligibility for membership as a Retired member
A person who:
Retired members continue to pay a reduced annual subscription fee as approved by the College Council.
A retired member does not have the right to vote, to nominate, or to hold office in the College. Retired members otherwise enjoy all College privileges and opportunities.
Other categories of membership
Appeals process
The appeals process is outlined in the Memorandum and Articles of Association section 10A.
Maintaining your membership status
It is a requirement that relevant, continuing professional development is undertaken to maintain Fellowship, Membership or Associateship, with the
relevance of the professional development undertaken to be determined by Council as required.
Recommended Post Graduate or Diploma courses
Melbourne University and Sydney University both offer a Masters in Health Law; Monash University offers a Masters of Forensic Medicine; and a number of universities offer courses in health law, forensics, and criminology at certificate and graduate diploma level.