Meghalaya Nursing Council Act 1992
No: 5 Dated: May, 04 1992
THE MEGHALAYA NURSING COUNCIL ACT, 1992
ACT NO. 5 OF 1992
An Act To provide for the establishment of a Nursing Council for the State of Meghalaya, registration of nurses with the Council and for matters ancillary thereto Be, it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Meghalaya in Forty-third year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement:-(1) This Act may be called the Meghalaya Nursing Council Act, 1992.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Meghalaya.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definition:- In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject of context-
(a) “Act” means the Meghalaya Nursing Council Act, 1992
(b) “Council” means the Meghalaya Nursing Councils established under section 3;
(c) “member” means a member of the Council;
(d) “nurse” includes a general nurse in auxiliary nurse midwife and a health worker;
(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or by regulations as the case may be;
(f) “register” means the register maintained under section 9 where nurses are registered and the words ‘registered’ and ‘registration’ shall be constructed accordingly;
(g) “Registration” means the Registrar referred to in subsection (1) of section 6;
(h) “regulations” means the regulations made by the Council under this Act;
(i) “rules” means the rules made by the State Government under this Act;
(j) “Section” means a section of the Act; and
(k) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Meghalaya.
3. Establishment of the Council:- The State Government may by notification in Officia Gazette, establish a Council to be called the Meghalaya Nursing Council, which shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and shall by the said name sue and be sued
4. Members of the Council:- (1) The Council shall consist of the following persons nominated as members by the State government, namely:-
(a) The Director of Health Services;
(b) The Principal of the State Regional Training Institute (Family Welfare);
(c) Two medical doctors from Government hospitals not below the rank of a District Medical and Health Officer of whom one should possess a specialisation or experience in obstetric or gynaecology;
(d) Two medical doctors from non-Government hospitals;
(e) The State Nursing Superintendent and the Assistant State Nursing Superintendent in the Directorate of Health Services;
(f) Two Matrons, one each from Government and nonGovernment hospitals;
(g) Two principal tutors, one each from Government and non-Government Schools of Nursing; and
(h) The President of the Trained Nurses Association of India, Meghalaya Branch.
(2) The nomination of members under sub-section (1) shall be in as far as possible a manner as may by rules be prescribed.
(3) The names of the members shall be notified in the Official Gazette and their team of office shall be three years from the date the notification is published in the Official Gazette and subject to the provisions of the rules, the members shall be eligible for renomination.
(4) In the event of any vacancy in the Council due to death, resignation or otherwise of a member, another person shall be nominated in his place and such person shall hold office for the remaining period of the term.
(5) No act or proceedings of the Council shall be invalid merely on the ground of their existence of any vacancy 3 The State Government may by notification in Official in or any defect in the act of the Council.