Chapter VI ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF CITY AND DISTRICT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES COUNCILS

1. (1) For the purpose of providing emergency medical services in every City and in every District, the State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a City Emergency Medical Services Council for every City by the name of such City and a District Emergency Medical Services Council for every District by the name of such District with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification and different dates may be specified for different City and District Emergency Medical Services Councils.
2. (2) Every City Council and every District Council shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name and shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be competent to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to enter into contract and do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act.

The headquarters of the City Council shall be in the City for which it is established and the headquarters of the District Council shall be at such place in the District for which it is established as the District Council may, by order in writing direct.

The City Council shall consist of a Chairperson and seven other members as follows, namely: -

1. (a) the Municipal Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of the City, ex-officio who shall be the Chairperson,
2. (b) the President of the branch of the Indian Medical Association in the City, ex-officio,
3. (c) the Chief Health Officer in the City, ex-officio, Member-Secretary,
4. (d) the Commissioner of the Police of the City, ex-officio,
5. (e) the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade maintained by the Municipal Corporation of the City, ex-officio,
6. (f) the President of District Blood Transfusion Council, ex-officio,
7. (g) a person representing hospitals in the City registered with the City Council, to be nominated by the Authority in consultation with the Council, and
8. (h) a person representing the non-Government organisations which are associated with the work of providing emergency medical services in the City to be nominated by the Authority in consultation with the City Council.

The District Council shall consist of a Chairperson and eight other members, as follows, namely:--

1. (a) the Collector of the district, ex-officio, who shall be the Chairperson,
2. (b) the President of the branch of the Indian Medical Association of the district, ex-officio,
3. (c) the Chief District Medical Officer of the district, ex-officio,
4. (d) the Chief District Health Officer of the District, ex-officio,
5. (e) the Superintendent of Police of the district, ex-officio,
6. (f) the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade maintained by the State Government in the district,
7. (g) the President of the District Blood Transfusion Council, ex-officio,
8. (h) a person representing hospitals in the district registered with the District Council, to be nominated by the Authority in consultation with the Council, and
   • (i) a person representing the non-Government organisations which are associated with the work of providing emergency medical service in the district, to be nominated by the Authority in consultation with the District Council.