17.1. For the purposes of this By-law, the abbreviations listed below refer to the following organizations:ACUC: American and Canadian Underwater Certifications
ADIP: Association des instructeurs de plongée
ANDI: American Nitrox Divers International
BSAC: British Sub-Aqua Club
CMAS: Confédération mondiale des activités subaquatiques (World Underwater Federation)
CMAS-Québec or AMCQ: Association des moniteurs de la Confédération mondiale des activités subaquatiques du Québec
CSAC: Certification subaquatique continentale
DSAT: Diving Science and Technology
FIAS: Fédération italienne des activités subaquatiques (Italian Underwater Activities Federation)
GUE: Global Underwater Explorers
HSA: Handicapped Scuba Association
IANTD: International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
IDEA: International Diving Educators Association
NACD: National Association For Cave Diving
NASDS: National Association of Scuba Diving Schools
NAUI: National Association of Underwater Instructors
NSS-CDS: National Speleological Society - Cave Diving Section
PADI: Professional Association of Diving Instructors
PDIC: Professional Diving Instructors Corporation
SDI: Scuba Diving International
SDI/TDI: Scuba Diving International/Technical Diving International
SDS: Silent Diving Systems
SSI: Scuba Schools International
YMCA: Young Men’s Christian Association