(1) With effect from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette notify, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act a Council to be called "The Gujarat Nursing Council".
The Council shall be a body corporate and have perpetual succession and a common seal and may, by the said name, sue and be sued, and shall be competent to acquire and hold property, both movable, and immovable, and to contract and do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Council shall consist of the following members,-
(a) as ex-officio members,-
(i) the Director of Health and Medical Services, Gujarat State;
(ii) the Superintendent of Nursiug Services, Government of Gujarat;
(iii) Regional Nursing Supervisor, Government of Gujarat.
(b) as elected members,-
(i) two, persons to be elected by nurses, midwives and health visitors registered in the register referred to in section 12 from amongst themselves;
(ii) one person to be elected by the heads of the affiliated institutions from amongst themselves;
(iii) three persons to be elected as follows:-
(a) two, by the matrons of the affiliated institutions imparting training in general nursing and midwifery from amongst themselves;
(b) one, by the matrons of the affiliated institutions imparting training for auxiliary nurse mid-wife from amongst themselves;
(iv) one person to be elected by the sister tutors of the affiliated institutions from amongst themselves;
(v) one person to be elected by the Gujarat Medical Council from amongst its members;
Bom. VI of
1912.
Guj. XXXVI of 1963.
Guj. 6 of
1964.
Establishment, incorporation and constitution of the Council.
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(vi) one person to be elected by the Gujarat Territorial branch of the Indian Medical Association from amongst its members;
(vii) one person to be elected by the members of the Faculties of Nursing of the Universities established by law in the State of Gujarat, which confer a degree in Nursing from amongst themselves.
(c) as nominated members, three persons to be nominated by the State Government.
(3) The President and Vice-President of the Council shall be elected by the members of the Council from amongst themselves.
(4) The election of the President and Vice-President shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be held at such time and place and in such manner as may be prescribed by rules.
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this section and in section 5,-
(i) in respect of the constitution of the Council for the first time under this Act, the members thereof other than ex-officio members shall be nominated by the State Government from amongst persons qualified to be elected as members of the respective class;
(ii) the other members so nominated shall hold office for such period not exceeding three years in the aggregate as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
4. If any of the classes of persons or institutions referred in section does not, by such date as may be prescribed, elect a person to be a member of the Council, the State Government shall, by order in writing, appoint to the vacancy a person qualified for election thereto; and the person so appointed shall be deemed to be a member of the Council as if he had been duly elected by the said class of persons or institution, as the case may be.