5.1 Match Commitment The listing of an applicant by a program on its certified rank order list or of a program by an applicant on the applicant's certified rank order list establishes a binding commitment to offer or to accept an appointment if a match results. Each such appointment is subject to the official policies of the appointing institution in effect on the date the program submits its rank order list and is contingent upon the matching applicant meeting all eligibility requirements imposed by those policies. Those requirements must be communicated to applicants in writing prior to the
rank order list certification deadline. It is recommended that each program obtain a signed acknowledgement of such communication from each applicant who interviews with such program.
Failure to honor this commitment by either party participating in a match will be a material breach of this Agreement and may result in penalties to the breaching program or applicant, as described in
Section 7.0. In addition, the non-breaching party may seek any remedy available to it under the terms of this Agreement.
Any program that offers a position to an applicant who matched to a concurrent year position in another program will be in material breach of this Agreement and may be subject to the penalties described in
Section 7.0. Prior to offering a position to an applicant, a program must take reasonable steps to ascertain the applicant's match status, including contacting the NRMP to obtain that information.
