Governance

JOS Guidelines

The society's membership rules, the admission process and members' rights.

Life Member

Eligibility: Medical professionals with a basic MBBS degree followed by an allopathic ophthalmic qualification who work, practise or live in Jammu Province.
Admission: Submission of an application, payment of the life-membership fee applicable at the time, and ratification by the general body. Payment alone does not automatically confer membership or voting rights.
After ratification: Voting, contesting an office-bearer post and committee appointment, each subject to the eligibility criteria for that role.
Moving away Awaiting sign-off: A Life Member who moves from Jammu and Kashmir and ceases to be a Jammu and Kashmir assembly voter may no longer vote, contest an office-bearer post or remain an office bearer.

Associate Member

Eligibility: Medical practitioners and allopathic postgraduate students of ophthalmology, as well as ophthalmologists practising, working or living outside Jammu Province.
Charges: Charges equivalent to the Life Membership charges current at the time. No amount is published here; contact JOS for the current charges.
Rights: Associate ophthalmologists outside Jammu Province have no voting rights and cannot hold an office-bearer post.
Converting later Awaiting sign-off: Postgraduate students may apply to become Life Members once they hold the required allopathic postgraduate ophthalmic qualification, by submitting the necessary application and documents. The guidelines state that no extra fee applies to that change.