NYSVMS Membership

Membership Advantages  

Membership in the New York State Veterinary Medical Society is open to graduates of veterinary colleges. The NYSVMS Constitution provides:

• Active Members shall be graduates of veterinary colleges. They shall be persons who are of good moral character, whose professional conduct meets the requirements of the Code of Ethics of this Society and of the American Veterinary Medical Association and who have been duly elected to and are members in good standing of the regional veterinary medical association, affiliated with this Society, having jurisdiction in the area in which they practice, or in which they reside, or are members of a recognized state association of industrial, teaching, or regulatory veterinarians. Exception to practice or residency requirements may be made by the approval of both regionals involved.
• Associate members shall be those veterinarians who meet the requirements of Active membership and are residing and/or practicing in a state or province other than New York State and are members in good standing of the state or provincial veterinary association within said state or province, or are on assignment in the capacity of a veterinarian within New York State and are subject to transfer to another state. Associate members may not hold office or vote, but shall be entitled to all other privileges of this Society.

The regional veterinary medical associations affiliated with this Society and the counties over which they have jurisdiction are as follows:

• Capital District Veterinary Medical Society, Inc
  Counties: Albany, Columbia, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, Washington
• Catskill Mountain Veterinary Medical Association
  Counties: Chenango, Delaware, Otsego, Schoharie
• Central New York Veterinary Medical Association
  Counties: Cayuga, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego
• Finger Lakes Veterinary Medical Association
  Counties; Livingston, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Yates
• Genesee Valley Veterinary Medical Association
  Counties: Monroe, Orleans
  Hudson Valley Veterinary Medical Society, Inc.
  Counties: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan, Ulster
• Long Island Veterinary Medical Association, Inc.
  Counties: Nassau, Suffolk
• Veterinary Medical Association of New York City, Inc.
  Counties: Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond
• Northern New York Veterinary Medical Association
  Counties: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence
• Southern Tier Veterinary Medical Association
  Counties: Broome, Chemung, Cortland, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins
• Westchester-Rockland Veterinary Medical Association, Inc.
  Counties: Rockland, Westchester
• Western New York Veterinary Medical Association, Inc.
  Counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Wyoming

Click here for the membership application .

State and regional membership dues must be remitted before an applicant is added to the NYSVMS database.

Membership Dues:
The NYSVMS Bylaws provide: A graduating student will, upon application for membership, be granted exemption from the payment of dues until January 1st following graduation, furthermore, starting January 1st following graduation, state dues will be 25 percent of usual dues for the first year. The second year after graduation, dues will be 50 percent of the usual dues, the third year after graduation, dues will be 75 percent of the usual dues, and the fourth year after graduation, full dues will be assessed.
Dues for associate members shall be 50 percent of the dues of active members. A member who is pursuing a full-time course of graduate study or has a training position in a specialty within the profession will be granted reduced dues of 50 percent per annum for a period of not more than three years. After June of each year, membership dues are prorated for new members depending on the month their application is received.
2007 NYSVMS state dues are $195 and regional dues are listed below:
Capital District	$100
Catskill Mountain	$35
Central New York	$40
Finger Lakes	$40
Genesee Valley	$100
Hudson Valley	$60
Long Island	$160
New York City - bills separately
Northern New York	$20
Southern Tier	$40
Westchester/Rockland	$155
Western New York	$75

At this time, dues payments cannot be remitted online. Please contact NYSVMS headquarters, (800) 876-9867, and give us your credit card information. Or, you can mail your check to:

NYSVMS
9 Highland Avenue
Albany, NY 12205