Types of Membership
The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors has numerous types of membership: regular, student, retired, fraternal and international. If you are unsure of what membership you should apply for, please contact CIPHI at 1-888-245-8180. We also have corporate membership and affiliate membership. To qualify for regular membership, you must be a Certified Public Health Inspector, as defined by the Board of Certification. To find out more about how to qualify for this, visit our 'Board of Certification' page.
The different classes of membership are as follows.
- Regular: Persons may be eligible
for Regular Membership if they hold the Certificate in Sanitary Inspection
(Canada), the Certificate in Public Health Inspection (Canada), or if they
possess those qualifications acceptable to a three-fourths vote of the entire
Executive Council of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors or as
determined by an Annual General Meeting. Regular Members shall have full voting
rights and the right to hold office.
- Associate: Associate Membership may be granted to a person upon submission of the prescribed application form and fee providing the applicant is the holder of the CPHI(C) or the CSI(C) but is either not working or is not employed in a position where a prerequisite is the CPHI(C) or the CSI(C). It shall be the responsibility of every Associate Member to notify CIPHI within thirty (30) days of a change in status relative to the above stated membership criteria.
- Fraternal and International:
Fraternal membership may be granted to any person who does not hold the
C.P.H.I.(C) or the C.S.I. (C) and who shares a common interest in the field of
environmental health and wishes to contribute towards a unified voice on issues
of common interest. International membership may be granted to any person
residing outside of Canada who does not hold the C.P.H.I.(C) or the C.S.I. (C)
and who shares a common interest in the field of environmental health and wishes
to contribute towards a unified voice on issues of common interest. Fraternal
and International Members shall have neither voting rights nor the right to hold
office.
- Affiliate: Non-profit organizations
may be eligible for Affiliate Membership if they share a common interest in the
field of environmental health and wish to work toward a unified voice on issues
of common interest. Affiliate Members shall have neither voting rights nor the
right to hold elected office.
- Student: Student Members shall be
persons studying for the Certificate in Public Health Inspection (Canada) and
approved as such by the Board of Certification of Public Health Inspectors of
the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors or such other Public Health
Inspector qualification as the Institute may approve. They shall have neither
voting privilege nor the right to hold office, but may attend Meetings and
partake in all discussions. A student may be a member of any Branch of the
Institute.
- Honourary: Honourary Membership may
be conferred by majority vote at an Annual General Meeting as a mark of
distinction to persons not holding qualifications as a Public Health Inspector,
but who have made a noteworthy contribution to the Science of Sanitation.
Honourary Members shall pay no fees and shall have no voting privileges. They
shall not be entered upon the Register of Members of the Institute and shall not
be under any liability for the debts and liabilities of the Institute. They
shall remain Honourary Members during the pleasure of the Institute.
- Life: Life Membership may, subject
to the provisions of Subsection (c) of this Section, be conferred by vote at the
Annual General Meeting on qualified Public Health Inspectors who are Members of
the Institute and who have made a noteworthy contribution to the advancement of
Sanitary Science and/or the purposes of the Institute. Life Membership may be
granted to persons still practicing. Such Life Membership shall carry voting
privileges and the right to hold office, but no obligation to pay fees.
- Retired: Any Member who upon
retirement from active employment through age, health or disability and is
eligible for some form of pension, and wishes to continue membership in the
C.I.P.H.I. may apply in writing to their Branch to continue such membership. The
applicant shall advise the Branch and the Executive
Secretary-Treasurer/Executive Director as to the effective date of retirement. A
Retired Member shall have full voting rights and the right to hold office.
- Corporate: Corporate Members shall be persons or corporations who derive benefits of information, education and self-promotion through membership in the Institute. Such Members shall have neither voting privileges nor the right to hold office, nor shall such members be responsible for the debts and liabilities of the Institute. Such Membership shall be at the pleasure of the Institute.
To notify the Institute of a member's change of address, please contact the CIPHI office at office@ciphi.ca .
How can I become a member of CIPHI? You can become a member of CIPHI by clicking on 'forms' on the scroll bar on the left hand side of this web page and then submitting your application for the appropriate membership category directly to our national office at the address indicated. Corporate and Affiliate applicants please note that your membership begins when your payment is received and is renewable annually.
