Meghalaya Medical Council Act, 1987
No: 9 Dated: Dec, 03 1994
THE MEGHALAYA MEDICAL COUNCIL ACT, 1987
ACT 9 OF 1994
An Act To provide for the registration of medical (allopathic) practitioners in the State of Meghalaya and for matters connected therewith. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya in the Thirty-eight Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement- (1) This Act may be called the Meghalaya Medical Council Act, 1987
(2) It extends to the whole State of Meghalaya.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) “Council” means the State Medical Council of Meghalaya constituted under this Act;
(b) “Government” means the Government of the State of Meghalaya;
(c) “Institution” includes a hospital, dispensary or health centre where people report either as indoor or outdoor patients for investigation or for treatment;
(d) “Medical Council of India” means the Medical Council of India established and constituted under the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956;
(e) “medicine” means any modern scientific medicine and includes surgery and obstetrics, but does not include veterinary medicine or dentistry or veterinary surgery or Homeopathic, Ayurvedic or Unary system of medicines and the expression “medical” shall be construed accordingly;
(f) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act;
(g) “President” and “Vice-president” means respectively the President and VicePresident of the Council;
(h) “recognised medical qualification” means any of the medical qualifications included in the Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, as amended from time to time;
(i) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Council;
(j) “Register” means the State Medical Register maintained by the Council under this Act;
(k) “registered practitioner” means any person whose name is entered in the Register under this Act;
(l) “section” means a section of this Act;
3. Constitution of Medical Council- (1) The State Government may constitute a Medical Council for the State to be called “the State Medical Council of Meghalaya” and the Council shall be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a Common Seal and Shall by the said name, sue and be sued. The Council shall consist of the following members, namely-
(a) Two members to be nominated by the State Government;
(b) Two members to be elected in the Prescribed manner by the registered practitioners, practising in the State from amongst themselves;
(c) One member to be nominated by the Director General of Health Services of the Government of India;
(d) Two members to be nominated by the Medical Council of India; (e) Director of Health Services, Meghalaya (Ex-officio)
(2) The President and the Vice-president shall be elected in the prescribed manner by the members of the Council from amongst themselves.