(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute an Authority to be called the Meghalaya Nursing Homes Licensing and Registering Authority consisting of the following persons, namely:-
Chair-person (i) The Director of Health Services (Medical Institutions) of the State; Vice-Chair-person
(ii) The Additional Director of Health Services (incharge, Maternity and Child Health and Family Welfare) of the State; Members
(iii) (iv) The Chief Executive Member of the Autonomous District Councils or their representative.
(v) One medical expert and one environmental expert both of whom shall be appointed by the State Government; and a representative of the Meghalaya Urban Development Authority;
(vi)The Joint Director of Health Services (Medical Institutions) of the State Government who shall be the Member Secretary.
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(2) The Authority
(a) shall, for dealing with any nursing home set up or proposed to be set up in an area falling within a municipality, invite the Chairman or, if the officer is vacant, the Chief Executive Officer of that municipality to its meetings and such Chairmen or as the case may be, Chief Executive Officer, shall have a voting right;
(b) may, if it considers necessary, for dealing with any special issue before it, invite any person to attend its meetings but such person shall not have a voting right.
(3) No act or proceeding of the Authority shall be invalid on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Authority.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the State Government may at any time reconstitute the Authority or replace any member thereof.