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SECTION A – CLASSES The membership of the Medical Society of the State of New York shall be divided into nine classes: (a) active (b) student (c) resident and fellow (d) post medical graduate (e) retired (f) life (g) honorary (h) affiliate and (i) part-time Active membership shall be limited to graduates of recognized medical and osteopathic schools, hereafter referred to as medical schools) who are eligible for medical licensure in the State of New York and either reside or work in New York State.  Active members shall be all active members in good standing of the component county medical societies who live or work in a component county society as a physician, researcher or in an academic setting as defined in Article X.  A copy of the roster of such members, certified to be correct by the respective secretary of each component county medical society, shall be evidence of the right of the members whose names appear therein to membership in the Medical Society of the State of New York. The active member shall also include physicians who meet the above requirements and participate through group or institutional membership agreements approved by the Council and the Board of Trustees and by participating county medical societies. (HOD 2019-1) The active members shall also include physicians who meet the above requirements and are participants in a pilot program or an alternative route to membership that has been approved by the Council and the Board of Trustees and by participating county medical societies, as provided under Article XV. (HOD 2019-2) Student members shall be those members enrolled in recognized medical or osteopathic schools in the United States or in medical schools included in the World Directory of Medical Schools (www.wdoms.org), who attend medical or osteopathic school or attend clerkships or maintain a residence in New York State. They shall apply for student membership on a form supplied by the secretary.  When a student member ceases to be enrolled in a recognized medical school pursuing a course of study leading to a degree of Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, other than by reason of graduation, or leave of absence, said student member shall be considered to have resigned from membership in the Medical Society of the State of New York. Resident/Fellow Membership shall be limited to graduates of recognized medical schools who are in residency training or fellowship and who are resident members of a component county medical society.  Resident membership with full rights and privileges shall also be open: (1) for one year after graduation to medical school graduates who have not immediately entered a residency program; (2) for one year after a resident has resigned from a residency program to look for a new residency position in a different field or hospital; (3) for one year after a resident has resigned from a residency program for a personal or medical leave of absence; and (4) for the duration of a structured educational program taken within or immediately following