Affiliate Membership shall consist of:

              (1)      physicians in related fields of medicine and science who cannot qualify for Active or Associate Membership and

              (2)      non-physician scientists who, by their professional or personal accomplishments, have contributed significantly to medicine in general or the specialty of Urology in particular. They shall be nominated by two (2) Active, Senior or Associate Members who shall furnish the Membership Committee with the curricula vitae and other pertinent information.

(b)          Applicants for Affiliate Membership must be recommended by the Membership Committee and endorsed by the Board of Directors.

(c)          They shall be elected if they receive a majority vote cast by the Active, Senior and Associate Members present and voting at the Annual Meeting. 

(d)          They shall not be eligible for office nor shall they have the right to vote. They shall be exempt from an initiation fee and assessments but shall pay the dues levied upon this classification.