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section 4

Constitution of the Board

The Madhya Pradesh Public Health Act, 1949
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  1. (1) There shall be constituted a [State] Board of Health consisting of the following members, namely:-
    • (a) the Minister for Public Health;
    • (b) the Minister for Local Self-Government;
    • (c) three members of [Madhya Pradesh] Legislative Assembly nominated by the Government;
    • (d) Director of Health Services;
    • (e) Deputy Director of Health Services;
    • (f) the Public Health Engineer;
    • (g) the Chief Engineer, Public Works Department;
    • (h) one other officer of the Government nominated by the Government;
      • (i) two members nominated by the State Government from amongst persons who for the time being are or deemed to be members of a Janapada Sabha [or Mandal Panchayat or Town Committee or District Board] or Municipal Committee or Municipal Corporation;
    • (j) one member of the [State] Branch of the Indian Medical Association elected by that Branch in the prescribed manner;
    • (k) [one member practising the Ayurvedic or the Unani Systems of medicine to be elected by such body and in such maner as may be prescribed]
    • (l) one member practising the Homeopathic or the Biochemic system of medicine to be elected by such body and in such manner as may be prescribed.
  2. (2) Members nominated under clauses (c) and (i) and elected under clauses (j),
    • (k) and (l) shall hold office for [three years] from the date on which the nominations or elections are notified in the Gazette by the State Government: [ Provided that if a person nominated under clause (c) or clause (i) ceases for any reason to be a member of the body from which he was nominated, he shall forthwith cease to be a member of the Board and his office shall become vacant.]
  3. (3) If the Board, constituted from time to time in accordance with sub-section (1), does not contain a woman, the State Government shall nominate one woman to be a member of the Board for a period of [three years] from the date of the notification of the nomination.
  4. (4) The Minister for Public Health shall be the President of the Board and the [Director of Health Services] shall be its Secretary.
  5. (5) The Board shall have power to call to a meeting or metings any officer of Government or representatives of a local authority affected by its deliberations.

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