Cap. 464 Art. 26Council for the Professions Complementary to Medicine.

(1) There shall be a Council to be called "the Council for the Professions Complementary to Medicine", which shall consist of the following members:

(a) a President appointed by the Prime Minister from amongst legal practitioners;

(b) two persons from amongst the general public, who are not health care professionals, appointed by the Prime Minister;

(c) seven persons elected by and from amongst the professions regulated by the said Council: Provided that, wherever possible, no profession regulated by the said Council shall be represented by more than one member elected under this paragraph;

(d) three persons appointed by the Prime Minister from amongst the professions regulated by the Council: Provided that no profession regulated by the said Council shall be represented by more than one member appointed under this paragraph, and provided further that a profession regulated by the Council shall not be represented by a member appointed under this paragraph if it is already represented by a member elected under paragraph (c).

(2) Where the Council for the Professions Complementary to Medicine proposes to discuss matters relating to one or more of the professions complementary to medicine not represented on the Council, one of the two members of the subcommittee referred to in sub-article (4) shall also sit on the Council for the Professions Complementary to Medicine and attend all meetings in which such matters related with the said profession are proposed and to participate but not to vote thereat.

(3) At the first meeting after its constitution, the said Council shall set up sub-committees for each of the professions regulated by it, which shall discuss and deliberate upon specific matters pertaining to each of those professions and to report on and advise the Council thereon.

(4) Each sub-committee referred to in sub-article (3) shall consist of the following members:

(a) a Chairman nominated by the Council from among its members, and who shall be a person who is not registered as a member of the profession for which the particular sub-committee is set up; and

(b) two members nominated by the Council and who shall be persons who are registered as members of the profession for which the sub-committee is set up.