Your membership lasts as long as you renew it. You will need to renew your membership by paying your annual dues and reporting 150 CME credit hours by the end of your three-year reelection cycle. We send you reminders to renew your membership beginning each September, and your renewal deadline is Jan. 1.

You can learn more about renewing your membership from our guide. If you don’t know how many CME hours you have recorded or when you need to report them, review your membership portal. 

You can pay your annual membership dues here. You can also pay them by contacting the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) at aafp@aafp.org or by calling (800) 274-2237. You will need your AAFP ID number and your annual invoice number to pay dues.

To report your CME hours, you will need to report them through your AAFP portal or by calling (800) 274-2237.

Yes! The NC Academy of Family Physicians is a state chapter of the American Academy of Family Physicians, and so your membership is federated with both. Your membership at the NCAFP is your membership at the AAFP (and vice versa). The two organizations charge two dues amounts, but the two amounts form the one annual dues sum.

That way, you can enjoy your membership benefits here at the state level but also at the national level. 

The NCAFP CME department reports all the credit hours that you receive at NCAFP events directly to the AAFP. You only need to complete your CME survey after the meeting to receive your credits. From there, we do the rest to make sure your credits make it onto your AAFP transcript. We also make sure you know when the end of your CME reelection cycle is coming. We will remind you by email, phone, and letter.

In addition, the AAFP reports all the CME credits in your transcript to the American Board of Family Medicine. (Unfortunately, the Board does not report any credits it receives from you to the AAFP.) 

You will keep your membership. Because the AAFP and NCAFP are federated, you will remain an AAFP member. But you will need to transfer your membership to the new state where you live. You can do that by emailing aafp@aafp.org or calling (800) 274-2237 to request the transfer.

In addition, you’ll need to update your contact information through your AAFP portal. You can also do that by emailing aafp@aafp.org or calling (800) 274-2237. 

You can either be transferred to Life membership status or to Inactive membership status.

Life membership status commemorates your long-term commitment to the NCAFP and AAFP. As a Life member, you will only pay one more annual dues amount at the Active member amount and then have no more membership requirements for life. You are eligible if you:

• Have 25 or more years of Active AAFP membership (including the last five years consecutively)
• Are at least 70 years old or retired

To request Life membership, contact the AAFP at aafp@aafp.org or (800) 274-2237.

Inactive membership extends membership for family physicians who no longer practice but cannot receive Life membership. The dues amount is significantly reduced for Inactive members.

To request Inactive membership, contact the AAFP at aafp@aafp.org or (800) 274-2237. 

There are several ways to engage the Academy:

• Attend the next NCAFP meeting and meet your staff and fellow members there
• Precept a medical student in your workplace (contact NCAFP Workforce Initiatives Manager Perry Price at perry@ncafp.com)
• Apply to join a NCAFP committee during the nomination process every April — you can learn more about the process and the nomination committee by contacting ggriggs@ncafp.com
• Support the Academy’s work on behalf of medical students by donating to the NCAFP Foundation 

Review the annual list of NCAFP meetings and choose one!

You can also review the photo galleries from past NCAFP meetings. They show what it looks like when NCAFP members get together! 

You can access the AAFP directory to search NCAFP members by name, location, chapter, residency program, or medical school.

You can also join an AAFP Member interest group. These groups give a shared forum and national network to AAFP members with shared professional interests, including:

• Adolescent health
• Global health
• Independent practices
• Rural health
• And other topics

And finally, you can ask us about more specific networking opportunities at membership@ncafp.com! We know members all around North Carolina and would be happy to help you connect with them.