Membership Policy
Last updated: 2 September 2026
Creating an account, signing a petition, attending an event, receiving a certificate or using Google sign-in does not automatically create UCS membership. Membership is governed by the UCS statute, applicable law, internal decisions and published category rules. UCS may request professional evidence, review applications and lawfully approve, defer, reject, suspend or terminate access/membership. Members must provide accurate identity/professional data, protect patient confidentiality, follow ethics and law, disclose relevant conflicts and avoid implying that UCS guarantees their clinical competence. Membership does not grant a medical license, specialty, state accreditation, employment or immunity from professional responsibility.
Contact
Questions, privacy requests, complaints and security reports: info@uasurgeons.org. UCS may reasonably verify identity and authority before acting on a request.
Verification documents and applicant responsibility
A membership application may request identity/contact information, professional profile, specialty, workplace or institutional affiliation, education, qualifications, training, professional experience and other information reasonably connected with eligibility. UCS may request a diploma, diploma supplement, specialization/internship/residency or training certificate, professional license or registration where applicable, employment or affiliation confirmation, BPR/CPD or other educational certificates relevant to the category, a translation or recognition document for a foreign qualification, or another specifically identified supporting document.
UCS should not request passport copies, taxpayer numbers, banking data, health records or unrelated sensitive information without a specific lawful and documented reason.
The applicant confirms that submitted information is accurate and uploaded documents are genuine and lawfully submitted. The applicant must not impersonate another person, use another person’s credentials without authority, forge or materially alter documents, conceal information in a way that makes a document misleading, or falsely claim a degree, specialty, position, membership, registration or professional status. If a credential expires, is revoked, corrected, replaced or becomes materially inaccurate and this affects eligibility, the applicant/member should notify UCS.
UCS may manually review files, compare document data with the application/account, request a clearer copy, original for comparison, translation or supplementary evidence, verify information through the issuing institution or an official/public register where available and lawful, and record the verification method, result, reviewer, notes and timestamps. For Ukrainian education documents UCS may use publicly available EDEBO verification tools where applicable. A missing registry record is not by itself conclusive proof of invalidity.
Membership decisions should be made or confirmed by an authorized person or body under UCS rules. Automated checks may assist but should not be the sole basis for a significant adverse membership decision unless the applicant has been appropriately informed and applicable law permits it. UCS may approve, reject, defer, request more evidence, assign a different membership category, suspend review, close an incomplete application or later re-verify credentials where reasonably necessary.
Membership verification files are private by default and are not public profile content. Uploading such a document does not authorize UCS to publish it, use it in advertising, show it publicly or reuse it for an unrelated purpose without a separate lawful basis.
If UCS reasonably suspects a document or representation is false, forged, materially altered, stolen or unlawfully used, UCS may pause review, request further evidence, restrict access, reject the application, suspend or terminate membership, preserve relevant evidence and, where necessary or lawful, contact the issuer, professional body, adviser or competent authority. A good-faith discrepancy, spelling difference, historical format or missing registry record is not automatically treated as fraud.
UCS may retain a membership/verification record containing application status, membership category, verified attributes, document types, issuer, relevant dates, masked identifiers, verification result, reviewer/audit information and decisions in accordance with the Data Retention Policy.