CHARTER MEMBERS are members of the faculty whose names appear on the charter as founders of the chapter.  They shall have all privileges of active members while remaining a member of the dental school faculty.

ALUMNI MEMBERS shall be elected as follows:

    (a) Graduating students.  A list containing the names of at least the upper 20% of the graduating class (class: a group that generally began studies together) who rank highest in scholarship for the entire period that they have been in attendance at a dental school shall be submitted or secured from the Dean.  From any on this list, a number constituting not more than 12% of the entire class, who, in addition to scholarship, have demonstrated exemplary traits of character and potential qualities of future professional growth and attainments, may be elected to alumni membership by the active members of the component chapter.  The election of such members may be held at the discretion of the active members at any time after the beginning of the last term (quarter or semester) by which at least 80% of the class has the potential to graduate.  The method of balloting shall be determined by the component chapters.  A two-thirds affirmative vote of the active members of the component chapter who participate in the voting shall be necessary to elect a student or an alumnus to alumni membership.  If 12% of the class shall be less than three, a maximum of three students may be elected.

    (b) Graduating international students.  A list containing the names of at least the upper 20% of the graduating international students  (a student with a foreign dental degree who has completed all of the requirements necessary to be awarded the D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree) who rank highest in scholarship for the entire period that they have been in attendance at a dental school shall be submitted by or secured from the Dean.  From any on this list, a number constituting not more than 12% of this group of students, who, in addition to scholarship, have demonstrated exemplary traits of character, and potential qualities of future professional growth and attainments, may be elected to alumni membership by the active members of the component chapter.  The election of graduating international students may be held at the discretion of the active members and must occur at the time of the election of graduating students as described above.   The method of balloting shall be determined by the component chapters.  A two-thirds affirmative vote of the active members of the component chapter who participate in the voting shall be necessary to elect a graduating international student  to alumni membership.  If 12% of the graduating international students shall be less than one, a maximum of one student may be elected.

    (c) Alumni of any dental school, in which since their graduation a component chapter has been established may be elected to alumni membership, providing their standing as students would have made them eligible to membership.  Such eligibility, however, shall be conditional upon an ethical and unblemished record since graduation.

    (d) Alumni members who become members of a dental school faculty are eligible for all the privileges of active members.

FACULTY MEMBERS are the dentists in a dental school faculty who have been elected to membership after service as a full-time teacher or a part-time teacher for six years.  Full-time and part-time shall be defined by the administration of each school of dentistry.  Two part-time years will be the equivalent of one full-time year.  To be eligible for election, a member of a faculty shall have made an outstanding contribution to the art, science or literature of dentistry (as described previously) in addition to the minimum period of service.  A two-thirds affirmative vote of the active members of the component chapter who participate in the voting shall be necessary to elect to faculty membership.  They are eligible for all the privileges of active members.

HONORARY MEMBERS.  A component chapter may elect to honorary membership any dentist (who is not a faculty member of a dental school) who has outstanding contribution to the art, science or literature of dentistry, and others who have made similar contribution to the advancement of dentistry.  At any annual meeting only one (1) person may be elected to such honorary membership.  A two-thirds affirmative vote of the active members of the component chapter who participate in the voting will be necessary to elect. 

An honorary member of the Supreme Chapter or of a component chapter is entitled to the privileges of active membership.  An honorary member of the Supreme Chapter may attend the meetings of any component chapter.

LIFE MEMBERS. To be granted life membership by a component chapter, one must have been an active or an associate member for thirty (30) years and have reached the age of sixty (60).  Life members retain all privileges of active members while remaining a member of a dental school faculty, and are exempt from paying dues.

ACTIVE MEMBERS. All charter members are active members while remaining a member of the dental school faculty.  All alumni, faculty and honorary members who are members of a dental school faculty and have been approved by the component chapter are active members.  Only active members may vote or be elected to office.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS are all those members of a component chapter who are not active members, but do support the component chapter by payment of dues with a regularity satisfactory to the Executive Committee of the component chapter.