(1) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a Council to be called the Goa Nursing Council;
(2) The Council shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and may by the name aforesaid sue and be sued.
(3) The Council shall consist of the following members, namely:—
(a) Ex officio Members:
(i) the Director of Health Services;
(ii) the Dean, Goa Medical College;
(b) Nominated Members:
(i) four head nurses (by whatever name called) having minimum qualifications of Bachelor’s Degree in nursing, from hospitals in the State, to represent each hospital, namely, the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour, Mormugao Port Trust Hospital, Government District Hospitals of North and South Goa and Employees State Insurance Hospital, to be nominated by the Government by rotation;
(ii) three members to be nominated by the Government out of whom one shall be a Public Health Nurse and one each shall be from amongst auxiliary nurse-midwives and teachers of recognized nursing schools/colleges in the State.
(c) Elected Members:
(i) one member, to be elected from amongst the principals of colleges conferring degree in nursing, by themselves;
(ii) one member, to be elected from amongst the faculty conferring degree in nursing by themselves;
(iii) one member to be elected from amongst the faculty conferring diploma in auxiliary nursing midwifery by themselves;
(iv) one member to be elected by members of the Trained Nurses Association of India (Goa Branch), from amongst themselves;
(v) one member, to be elected by the nurses whose names are entered in the register, from amongst themselves.
(4) The President and the Vice-President of the Council shall be elected by the members from amongst themselves.
(5) The election of the members and of the President and the Vice-President shall be held at such time, and at such place and in such manner, as may be prescribed.
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(6) If at any election, the electors fail to elect the requisite number of members or the President, or the Vice-President, the Government shall nominate such person or persons who are qualified to be elected, as it deems fit, to fill up the vacancy or vacancies; and the person or persons so nominated shall be deemed to have been duly elected under this section.
(7) Where any dispute arises regarding any election of a member or the President or Vice- President, it shall be referred to the Government and the decision of the Government shall be final.
(8) The Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, publish the names of both elected and nominated members.