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Constitution of Medical Council Constitution of Medical Council.-

1. (1) A Medical Council shall be established for the Jammu and Kashmir State and shall consist of thirteen members including a President and a Vice-President, all of whom shall be actually residing within the State.
2. (2) The Council shall be appointed in the following manner :-
   • (a) a president to be nominated by the Government :
   • (b) three members to be nominated by the Government, two of whom shall be medical practitioners not in Government employ ;
   • (c) six members to be elected by the registered practitioners who are graduates or post-graduates in medicine or surgery, three from the province of Jammu and three from province of Kashmir ;
   • (d) two members to be elected by registered practitioners who are licentiates of an Indian College or School of Medicine, one from the Province of Jammu and one from the Province of Kashmir ;
   • (e) one member to be elected by women practitioners who are registered practitioners : Provided that in the case of the first Council established under this Act, after the Commencement of the Jammu and Kashmir Medical Registration (Amendment) Act, 1966, the members to be elected under clauses (c),
   • (d) and
   • (e) shall be nominated by the Government.
3. (3) The vice-president shall be elected by the members of the Council in the prescribed manner.