September 8, 2010 International Chiropractors Association
 
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By joining the International Chiropractors Association, you will be building the groundwork for a successful professional career both as a student and throughout your future career as a Doctor of Chiropractic.

You will also be joining an international fellowship of individuals and organizations, working together to strengthen chiropractic's unique identify as a separate, distinct and drugless doctor-level health care profession, and working worldwide to protect the rights of patients for unhindered access to chiropractic care.

For only a one-time student membership dues of $50 US you are entitled to a full range of services, products and money-saving opportunities to meet your needs both now and and when you graduate. Your student membership also entitles you to a free year's Field Membership in ICA as a new graduate! Best of all, your membership helps serve chiropractic globally with ICA's outreach and support in vitally important areas including education, health care policy, and professional development.

Free subscriptions to issues of the acclaimed periodical magazine, the ICA Review, and issues of ICA's profession-wide newspaper, The Chiropractic Choice. Both provide you with useful articles and up-to-date news and detailed information on chiropractic issues and ICA initiatives around the world.
Special low-rate group health insurance and other policies.
Substantial discounts on ICA seminar and conference registrations. ICA programs are many and diverse, and they are all geared toward promoting clinical excellence and strengthening professional standards.
The entire array of ICA Advantage membership affinity benefits, including credit cards, car rentals and a wide range of products and services.
Eligibility to to apply for scholarships including the ICA Auxiliary Scholarship Program and the Arnold Schwarzenegger Chiropractic Scholarship Essay Contest.
Networking and resource opportunities with successful ICA members through the ICA Membership Directory and ICA's online Find a Dr Referral Database.
Valuable contacts with leading experts in the profession through SICA sponsored events on campuses, at ICA seminars, and at ICA specialty council conferences and symposium programs.
Extension of your ICA Membership for one full year after graduation at not additional charge, and your dues discounted on a "sliding scale" for the three next years of membership as you get established in the field.
Special ICA membership rates for professional liability insurance after graduation.
   
These are just a few of the immediate benefits of being an ICA member.  There are also long-range benefits that you will realize over the years, including the opportunity to be involved in preserving chiropractic's unique identity and charting the future of your profession.

By joining the ICA you will be keeping chiropractic's voice strong around the world as a distinct and unique healing science, art and profession.
As an international community serving the chiropractic profession, ICA's organizational objectives include key values:

Affirm the right of every citizen in the world to freedom of choice in health care

Champion the need to ensure inclusion of chiropractic in all public and private health care delivery programs

Facilitate working harmoniously with other health care organizations and governments in global humanitarian and policy development efforts

HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD, ADVANCE CHIROPRACTIC'S GLOBAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND PROTECT PRACTICE RIGHTS, CLINICAL DISTINCTION, AND INDEPENDENCE OF DCs AROUND THE GLOBE!

JOIN ONLINE or DOWNLOAD the SICA Application and fax or mail to ICA
OR--CALL ICA (Eastern Time Zone office hours) and join by phone!

International Chiropractors Association
1110 North Glebe Road, Suite 650
Arlington, VA 22201 USA
Phone: 800/423-4690 or 703/528-5000
Fax: 703/528-5023

www.chiropractic.org