Medical Assistants (Registration) Act 1977 Part II — Medical assistants (registration) board

s 3–s 5 · 3 sections

Establishment and constitution of Medical Assistants (Registration) Board

s 3

(1) There is established a board called the Medical Assistants (Registration) Board which shall be responsible for the registration of persons entitled to be registered as medical assistants and for matters connected therewith. (2) The Board shall consist of a chairman, a secretary and such other members as the Minister may determine. (3) The Director General shall be the chairman and the chief medical assistant shall be the secretary. (4) The members of the Board, other than the chairman and the secretary, shall be appointed for specified terms by the Minister and such members shall be eligible for reappointment. (5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the Minister may at any time and without assigning any reason therefor revoke the appointment of a member other than the chairman or the secretary.

Meetings of the Board

s 4

(1) The chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board at which he is present. (2) In the absence of the chairman from any meeting, the members present shall elect one of their number to be chairman. (3) The chairman at any meeting shall have an original vote and also, if upon any matter the votes are equally divided, a casting vote. (4) The Board shall meet at such places and such times as the chairman may appoint and at any meeting four members shall form a quorum.

Acts of the Board to be valid notwithstanding defect in appointment or vacancy

s 5

All acts done by the Board shall, notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board or that it is afterwards discovered that there was a defect in the appointment of a person purporting to be a member thereof, be as valid as if no such vacancy or defect had existed.

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