Membership- RENEWAL FORMS FOR 2009 HAVE BEEN SENT
FEES ARE DUE AND PAYABLE BY DECEMBER 31, 2008
 

Application forms for NEW MEMBERS available below
Please Select the appropriate form for the type of membership that applies to you (not sure? See category descriptions below)

To join the CSOT, simply print off the appropriate Membership Application Form, (Acrobat Format) and mail it to us.

Membership Year: January 1 - December 31
if you require the Acrobat Reader, go to www.adobe.com to download it

International Members - please add $20.00 to the fee to cover the cost of mailing etc.

We are a national society with representation in each Province. Our membership has also extended to the United States, United Kingdom and Europe. Full membership leading to Registered membership is available to all persons having completed one full year of gainful employment in a Canadian hospital, in the application of casts and traction assemblies. Sponsorship of an Orthopaedic Surgeon must accompany the application for membership in the CSOT.
Membership Categories
Full Member:

Is available to all persons who are gainfully employed in a Canadian Hospital and actively working in the orthopaedic fracture and/or cast room of a Hospital and have done so for at least ONE FULL YEAR(Minimum of 850 hours).They should be able to carry out the application of plaster casts and traction assemblies with a minimum of direct supervision. Sponsorship of an Orthopaedic Surgeon must accompany application for membership. Members of this classification should be striving for reclassification as a Registered member.
Registered Member:

A person who has satisfactorily completed the examinations for Registry as outlined in the Registry Regulations.
Associate Members:

Persons holding a position related to orthopaedic technology and having some knowledge of physiology, anatomy, therapy technique and equipment involved in the practice of orthopaedic technology, or, persons meeting the membership qualifications but who reside and practice outside Canada may be admitted to the Society as associate members. Ineligible to complete the examination process.
Industrial Members:

Persons engaged in the manufacture or sale of equipment and supplies used in the practice of orthopaedics or orthopaedic technology. Industrial members will not have a vote in the affairs of the Society, but may, with the approval of the Board, be nominated to certain standing committees. Ineligible to complete the examination process.

Student Members:

Persons in the process of being trained "in house".
Ineligible to complete the examination process.
No registered orthopaedic technologist engaged directly in the manufacturing and/or sales related fields of orthopaedic practice or technology is eligible to hold an elected position on the national board of directors. Registered Orthopaedic Technologists holding a position on the board must relinquish their position on the board within one month after commencement to a position in the manufacturing and/or sales side of the orthopaedic field.