Professional Membership

Your membership offers real value, with access to resources to support you and your practice. The new OAND Membership At A Glance (download a PDF simply by clicking on the image to your left) booklet has been developed to help you take advantage of all the OAND has to offer!

OAND Member Benefits

Your membership matters. The OAND is committed to careful use of your membership dues to continue efforts in areas that members have prioritized. Being a member supports a strong voice for the profession, keeps you informed and connected, and gives you access to the support you need to be more successful. This guide provided above helps to make renewal as easy as possible. Some of the programs and services highlighted in the New Membership at-a-glance are:

Business Excellence Initiative (BEI)
Membership Advantage Program (MAP)
ND Protect/ND Protect Hotline
Health and Auto/Home Insurance
Graduate Assistance Program (GAP)

How to Join

You can now join the OAND quickly and easily online: JOIN NOW!

You can also join by submitting the OAND membership contract as described below.
Please submit the OAND Membership Contract, including your fee category, payment and special status declaration form (if applicable) by mail or fax to the OAND office:

789 Don Mills Road, Suite 603
Toronto, ON M3C 1T5
Fax: 416-233-2924
Scan and submit by email

To make renewal a quick and easy task the OAND has created a Fact Sheet to guide and assist you - check it out. Sign up for the Auto-Renewal Plan for monthly payments and save up to $60 per year.

Forms

Free Membership!

Are you interested in learning more about your profession while earning a free membership in the OAND? Join the OAND Service Member program today! By working 24-full day shifts for the year at the OAND office (Don Mills & Eglinton), the OAND will cover the cost of your OAND membership; you will also have priority access to the Work Exchange Program at the OAND Convention held in the fall and will receive a complimentary registration to the OAND annual Clinical Focus Conference held in the spring. Primary duties include: answering telephone inquiries from the public and providing referrals to Ontario NDs; assisting with general office duies; assist with event registration and answering questions about OAND programs. Please click here for full details, including an application form.

Recent Graduates!

Congratulations on your recent graduation! We look forward to welcoming you to the OAND as a professional member. To apply for membership, please complete all of the above forms, including the Referral Survey if you are now in practice. Please note that your membership dues will be pro-rated corresponding to your month of joining. If you have not yet received your ND Registration Number from the BDDT-N, please leave that section of the OAND application form blank; however, please note that your membership application process will remain as "pending" until you contact us with your license number (we will, however, be able to confirm your membership in the OAND with ND Protect while your status is still "pending", so that you may obtain your proof of insurance to provide to the BDDT-N in order to complete the ND registration process and receive your ND registration number and you will start receiving all of the usual benefits of professional membership, with the exception of referrals to your clinic - you will not receive referrals until we have received your license number).

For more information on registering as an ND, please contact the BDDT-N directly at 416-866-8383 or toll-free at 1-877-361-1925 or visit their website at www.boardofnaturopathicmedicine.on.ca. We encourage all members to join CAND as well, to ensure strong representation of the profession at the national level. Please contact the CAND directly at 416-496-8633 or toll-free at 1-800-551-4381 or visit their website at www.cand.ca.

2012 Membership Fees

Membership Category	Single Annual Payment ( Cheque or credit card - no admin fee)	Or 12 Monthly Payments (Cheque or Credit Card)	Auto-Renewal Plan (Ongoing monthly credit card payments - no admin fee)
Active Full Member	$1111.44 +HST ($1255.92)	Monthly Payments of $109.66	Monthly Payments of $104.66
Active 2nd Year Practitioner	$500.00 +HST ($565.00)	Monthly Payments of $52.08	Monthly Payments of $47.08
Active 1st Year Practitioner	$252.00 + HST ($284.76)	Monthly Payments of $28.73	Monthly Payments of $23.73
Active Part-Time Practitioner *see definition below	$822.80 +HST ($929.76)	Monthly Payments of $82.48	Monthly Payments of $77.48
Associate Member **see definition below	$322.83 +HST ($364.80)	Monthly Payments of $35.40	Monthly Payments of $30.40
Retired Member ***see definition below	$322.83 +HST ($364.80)	Monthly Payments of $35.40	Monthly Payments of $30.40

The above fee schedule includes 13% HST and a monthly payment administration fee, where applicable. The membership year is January 1st to December 31st annually. All memberships expire on December 31st, regardless of when they commenced. If you apply for a new (first time) membership after January, your membership dues will be pro-rated for the remainder of the year to correspond to your month of joining. Please Note: if we are unable to process your credit card application for any reason, or if your cheque payment is returned NSF, you will be charged a $30.00 processing fee. Please keep us informed when your credit card details change including your expiry date. Thirty days written notice is required should you wish to cancel your membership. Non-payment of membership dues will result in termination of membership in the OAND.

*Part-time Practitioner Membership is eligible to:
Naturopathic Doctors practicing less than 16 hours per week. If you are employed on the basis of your qualifications as an ND outside of your practice (e.g. CCNM teaching or clinical staff), you must count these employed hours with your practice hours.

**Associate Membership is eligible to persons:

Who are licensed or registered as Naturopathic Doctors or who posses some other equivalent designation in a jurisdiction other than Ontario.
Who are licensed or registered as Naturopathic Doctors in Ontario but are not practicing or employed as a Naturopathic Doctor for the year in question (ie. maternity or sabbatical leave).
Who are currently registered as a Drugless Therapist (DT) in Ontario.

Associate Members do not have member voting privileges.

***Retired Membership is eligible to:
Naturopathic Doctors that are no longer working for remuneration as a Naturopathic Doctor and are either currently registered with the BDDT-N under inactive status or those persons who were previously registered as a Naturopathic Doctor in Ontario. Retired members must have been an OAND member in at least five of the past ten years.

Retired Members do not have member voting privileges.

Click to download the Special Status Declaration Form (PDF file), or contact the OAND office to apply for associate, part-time or retired membership status.

Membership Policy

Click to download the full OAND Membership Policy (PDF file). New! Please note that new graduates who join the OAND between July 1, 2011 and December 1, 2011 as Active 1st Year Practitioners will be eligible to continue in the Active 1st Year Practitioner membership category (with steeply discounted membership dues) right through until December 31, 2012!