There is no personal membership. The statutes of IMIA define the objectives of IMIA as serving the specific needs of the application of information technology in the field of health care and biomedical research . The association is governed by a General Assembly, which meets once every year, and consists of one representative from each National Member, Institutional Member, and Regional Member as well as the Chairs of Working Groups and Honourary members. 1.National Member Societies or Associations. In any country, one society or group of societies or other body, which is representative of activities in the field of medical informatics, and is formally constituted according to the laws of the country in which it is established, may apply to become a National Member of IMIA .
Representative is the key word.
Since IMIA will only accept one society as national representative in any country, a candidate association or society must be able to convince the General Assembly, who decides on the admission of National Members, of its qualities in this respect. 5. participation of members in IMIA activities such as Medinfo, working Groups or Working conferences, 6. An appropriate national society applying for membership may apply for Corresponding Member status in IMIA during the preparation of an application for a maximum of three years. Representatives from countries which are not members of IMIA, but are planning or engaged in significant activities in medical informatics, may be accepted by the Gener al Assembly as Observer at IMIA meetings for a maximum of three years. The amount is determined by the size and economic status of the membership country.