ETADPA meets twice yearly, in mid-July and the first weekend of December. To attend as a guest doctor, the fee is $400 per meeting (Members may invite a guest doctor who has been graduated for five years or less to attend one meeting without charge**). After two consecutive paid meetings attended, the guest doctor may fill out a form to apply for membership, which will be voted on at the next meeting.
After joining, the yearly dues are $400, and it covers the doctor as well as any staff they choose to bring with them. This offers 9 hours of high quality CE for those attending, 6 on Friday and 3 on Saturday. We strive to offer exciting and engaging speakers, alternating the focus of the meeting between clinical content and practice administration content. If you wish to read the rules of membership in greater detail, sections 8-11 of the by-laws detail this information.
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FROM THE BY-LAWS
- Members are encouraged to invite guest doctors (limit of two (2) per meeting) to all regular meetings unless a meeting is specified for members only. The guest doctor must be a member in good standing of the American Dental Association, or a member in good standing of another quality dental organization recognized by the American Dental Association and accepted by the Academy. The guest doctor must be accompanied by the inviting member and is allowed to bring two (2) auxiliaries at the established fees, which are presently $400.00 for the guest doctor and $200.00 for each auxiliary and this may be changed for any meeting by the Executive Council.
- Doctors who are associates of active/senior active members may attend any regular meeting for a fee equal to the member’s annual dues per meeting which is presently $400.00. They are limited to two (2) auxiliaries at the established fee of $200.00 each if the auxiliaries are not part of the member’s staff. C. A prospective member must attend two (2) regular consecutive paid meetings to be eligible for membership. His/her membership dues shall start after he/she is elected into active membership. (If elected at the July meeting, they will owe one-half (1/2) the dues.)
D. Members may invite a guest doctor who has been graduated for five (5) years or less to attend one (1) meeting without charge. This practitioner must be the guest of an active/senior active member. The meeting shall not be open to their auxiliary. Members may only bring one such guest to each meeting.