New Fellows pay a registration fee of twice the membership rate applicable to them. The Fellowship Committee was established in November 1966. Its terms of references are to advise and assist Council on all matters pertaining to Fellowship and to define the Criteria for Fellowship and to review these from time to time. The rest of the Committee membership is comprised of six Fellows who are members of Council and up to six Fellows who are co-opted members and elected by a ballot of all Fellows of the College. Service on the Committee must not normally exceed two consecutive three year terms.
Members are only eligible for re-election after a break of at least one year.
The ballot to appoint non-Council members to the Committee is held every three years. The RCGP in Northern Ireland , RCGP Scotland , Wales , and Worldwide .