There are three categories of professional membership of NIMH. These include:
Practicing Member includes currently practicing members of NIMH who are subject to NIMH’s rules and regulations under the Memorandum & Articles, Code of Ethics, Code of Practice, Disciplinary & Complaints procedures and other policies required of NIMH council to ensure Fitness to Practice.
Non-practicing Member includes members who are currently taking a leave of absence from their practice, such as a family leave. These members normally intend to return to practice in future. These members are required to uphold the same on-going requirements as Practicing Members in order to maintain their competence during leave and will normally be required to update skills on return to practice, depending on their time on leave.
Retired Member normally includes former practicing NIMH members now in retirement and no longer practicing.
Professional NIMH members can be recognised by the letters MNIMH or FNIMH after their name.
MNIMH designates the person as Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. This includes ordinary members of the Institute who have completed recognised training in Western Herbal Medicine and passed the examinations required.
FNIMH designates Fellow of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. NIMH council can elect any ordinary member as a Fellow if he/she has distinguished themselves in any branch of Herbal Medicine.
Life membership can be offered by Council to members who have made an extraordinary contribution to the field of Herbal Medicine (in a professional capacity).
NIMH also includes Honorary Associates who are elected by Council having contributed notably to the advancement of herbal medicine (not in a professional capacity). An Honorary Associate does not have any professional status, is not a practicing herbalist, and is not subject to NIMH’s requirements of its professional members.
