If you are  no longer practising professional forestry in British Columbia or no longer wish to pursue registration, you may request  to resign from the association.

How to Resign

1. Determine your eligibility. To determine if you are eligible to resign, please refer the applicable policy.
   

   a)	Enrolled members refer to the Registration Policy
   b)	All other members refer to the Members Change of Status Policy

   
   
2. Complete and submit the Change of Status Form, including the Professional Practice Questionnaire (if you are currently working in BC) and the Non-Practice Declaration form.
   Change of Status Form (fillable PDF)
   Change of Status Form
   
   
3. Your request will be forwarded to the Board of Examiners or the Professional Practice Committee for consideration. Requests determined not to include the practice of professional forestry in BC as defined by the Foresters Act will be forwarded to council for final approval.

Property of the Association
If you resign from membership, you must surrender your Certificate of Registration or Special Permit, stamp and seal to the registrar and director of act compliance. These items will be returned to you should you later be reinstated.

Reinstating or Reapplying
If you later wish to return to practise, you may be eligible to reinstate to your former membership class and category. For more information about reinstating, see the Reinstatement page.

If you wait too long, you may be required to reapply anew. For more information about reapplying, see the Reapplying page.

Forms & Publications
Change of Status Form (fillable PDF)
Change of Status Form
Members Change of Status Policy
Registration Policy

Additional Resources
Reinstatement
Reapplying
Leave of Absence

More Information
If you have any questions about resigning, contact the registration department.

Some of the above documents are in PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. You can download Acrobat Reader here.