Constitution of Board

(1) The Government shall, by notification, constitute a Board to be called "The Board of Integrated Medicine, Tamil Nadu". (2) The Board shall be a body corporate, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued. (3) The Board shall consist of- (a) four members elected from among themselves by the registered practitioners holding the diploma of Graduate of the College of Integrated Medicine granted by the Board of Examiners in Integrated Medicine; (b) four members elected from among themselves by the registered practitioners holding the diploma of Licentiate in Integrated Medicine granted by the Board of Examiners in Integrated Medicine; (c) one member elected from among themselves by such members of the staff of the College of Integrated Medicine as are registered practitioners; (d) six members nominated by the Government: Provided that pending the preparation of registers, the Government may nominate to the first Board members referred to in clauses (a), (b) and (c) above out of persons who are eligible for registration in the respective registers, and such persons shall hold office for such period as the Government may, by notification, appoint. (4) In the event of the requisite number of members not being elected under any of the clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (3), the Government may fill up the vacancies by nominating the required number of registered practitioners. Every practitioner so nominated shall be deemed to be a member duly elected. (5) Nominations under sub-section (4), or clause (d) of sub-section (3) shall be so made as to give, as far as possible, proper representation to all the systems of integrated medicine. (6) The President of the Board shall be elected by the members of the Board from among themselves in the prescribed manner: Provided that for a period of four years from the date of the constitution of the Board under this Act, the President shall be a person nominated by the Government and if he is not already a member of the Board, shall be ex-officio member of the Board in addition to the members specified in sub-section (3): Provided further that the President so nominated shall not be removed from office except by or under the orders of the Government.