Membership

Membership of the Association will be open to all practising and qualified individuals working within Forensic Toxicology and associated job roles.

Membership will operate on three categories: (1) Professional Member (Practicing), Professional Member (Non-practicing); (2) Associate Member; (3) Affiliate Member and Affiliate Student Member.

Professional Membership

Professional Membership (Practicing) is open to those individuals with an appropriate science degree who are practicing forensic toxicologists with at least 4 years experience in a role pertaining to forensic toxicology.

Professional Membership (Non-practicing) is open to those individuals with an appropriate science degree and at least 4 years experience in a role pertaining to forensic toxicology who no longer practice as forensic toxicologists but remain active in the field of forensic toxicology.

Associate Membership

Associate Membership is open to those individuals with an appropriate science degree who are practicing forensic toxicologists with less than 4 years experience in a role pertaining to forensic toxicology.

Affiliate Membership

Affiliate membership is open to those individuals who are professionally linked to the field of forensic toxicology (for example, pathologists/medical examiners) but are not actively involved in forensic toxicology casework and to post-graduate students studying in the field of forensic toxicology (students are required to indicate ‘student’ on their application form).

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A summary statement of the nature of qualifications and experience shall accompany all applications.

All applicants MUST be sponsored by two Professional Members of UKIAFT.

All Application forms and Sponsors forms must be received by the UKIAFT Secretary at least two weeks prior to the meeting at which the applications will be considered.

The annual subscription is due on confirmation of acceptance of membership and on each succeeding January 1st. Any member joining after 1st November will not be charged for membership until January of the following year.

Note: Professional (Practicing) members, Professional (Non-practicing) members and Associate members can attend UKIAFT Business meetings.
Affiliate members are not permitted to attend UKIAFT Business meetings.
Only Professional (Practicing) members have voting rights at the UKIAFT Business meetings. Professional (Non-practicing) members, Associate members and Affiliate members have no voting rights at the UKIAFT Business meetings.

Dues:

Professional Member: £20
Associate Member: £10
Affiliate Member: £10

Application and reference forms are available below as pdf files.

download UKIAFT Application Form

download UKIAFT Application Reference Form

Please forward completed electronic forms via email to the UKIAFT Secretary (hazel.torrance2@spa.police.uk). With all electronic forms, please make sure that your name is it the title, together with some guide to what the form is (e.g. CV, Ref 1 etc.) For details of where to post paper forms to, please contact the same email address.

For those wondering how to complete a pdf form electronically, there are a number of software packages available on the web, both free and purchased, that enable pdf editing.

UKIAFT GDPR policy

The following outlines the General Data Protection Regulation Policy for The UK and Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists (UKIAFT). Applicable from 12/06/2019.

The purposes for collecting and storing personal data relating to UKIAFT members are:

UKIAFT initially collects data to verify an individual’s status when they apply for membership of the Association. All data is provided by the individual and their sponsors for membership.
When membership has been agreed, data is then transferred to two online facilities: (1) WebCollect and (2) The UKIAFT Website.
(1) WebCollect is used so that individuals can maintain their membership. Personal data that may be stored in WebCollect can include email address, contact address, work address, telephone number, qualifications and membership grade/status. The minimum stored will be email address. All data that is stored in an individual’s profile can be accessed and amended by the individual using a personal log in and password. Web Collect can be used by individual UKIAFT members with suitable administration status, to send group emails to the UKIAFT membership.
(2) The UKIAFT website. The website is used to give online notifications to individuals of forthcoming meetings, interesting news items and to store, where authorised, presentations that have been given at past meetings that may be of future interest to the membership. Personal data that may be stored may include name, membership grade, email address and telephone number. All data that is stored in an individual’s profile can be accessed and amended by the individual using a personal log in and password, or by website administrators. This log in and password will allow a member to access other members declared email addresses.
Data is stored securely within the members area of the UKIAFT website.
The website is managed by www.bibibus.com.
Membership lists may also be stored by the UKIAFT secretary and the UKIAFT treasurer to allow identification of current members of the association.

The overarching principles of the General Data Protection Regulation Policy for UKIAFT are:

Data stored by UKIAFT is for the sole purposes of UKIAFT business and an individual’s relationship with UKIAFT. This will include, but is not limited to, membership communication and internal notification of events/meetings. An individual’s personal data will not be shared with a third party without prior written consent. Data is only accessible by UKIAFT members.
No member of UKIAFT will share any personal data with a third party without the prior consent of the individual. This includes, but is not limited to Name, address, email address and phone details. Data is only accessible by UKIAFT members.

Data Storage

Both Web Collect and the UKIAFT website are considered as secure storage, but individuals can edit their personal data contained within both resources to limit of amount of data stored. The minimum requirement is a current email address.
UKIAFT stores no financial data relating to individuals but does store data relating to membership fees having been paid.

Membership

UKIAFT will not under any circumstances use members data for any other purpose than for processing and marketing of UKIAFT and membership deliverables. The data will not be circulated to third parties unless members they give their prior written consent.
From time to time the Association have been approached to circulate relevant matters on behalf of scientific third parties (e.g. The LTG, TIAFT or the Forensic Regulator). These items may be circulated by UKIAFT by email for information only.

Data Rights

The data held by UKIAFT can only be as accurate as the information supplied to UKIAFT by individual members. It is the responsibility of the individual to ensure their data is accurate.
Once an individual’s membership with UKIAFT has become inactive, their personal data will be removed immediately from Web Collect and will be made inactive on the UKIAFT website which will then allow only Website administrators to view this data.

Amendments to this data privacy statement

We reserve the right to change our data privacy statements in case this should become necessary due to new technologies. The latest version will always be available in the members area of the UKIAFT website. Any important changes to this data privacy statement will be disclosed on our website.

We will ensure that technical and administrative safety precautions are taken to protect your personal data against loss, destruction, manipulation and unauthorised access.

Membership

Membership

Professional Membership

Associate Membership

Affiliate Membership

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Dues:

Statement relating to the GDPR Policy of The UK and Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists

The following outlines the General Data Protection Regulation Policy for The UK and Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists (UKIAFT). Applicable from 12/06/2019.