Although the association does not require that its members be accredited, it asks them to sign a code of ethics.

As of January 1, 2011 all provincial associations will require an undergraduate degree prior to exam registration.

According to the agreement, the association can require teams to suspend players who do not comply.

An association may require further abstraction as an Association Class.

The association requires 100 certification points over five years to become recertified.

However, because membership to the organization was voluntary, the association could not require individuals to conform to the suggested behaviors.

The association requires its members to maintain $1 million in errors and omissions insurance.

The associations also usually require a guaranteed purse from the tracks for the winners of sanctioned events.

The association also requires drivers to perform charitable work, usually providing free transportation to city festivals and other special events.

By the 19th century, the Philadelphia and other northern associations required their ministers to have seminary or university education.