Establish-
ment and
composition
of Midwives Board.
(25 of 1957).
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"chairman" means the chairman of the Board:
"Director" means the Director of Medical and Health Services;
"member" means a member of the Board;
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made under section 23;
"register" means the register of midwives kept in accordance with
section 5, and "registered" shall be construed accordingly;
"secretary" means the secretary of the Board.
PART II.
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The Midwives Board of Hong Kong.
3. (1) There shall be established within the Colony a Board to be called the Midwives Board of Hong Kong.
(2) The Board shall consist of-
(a) the Director:
(b) the Principal Matron of the Medical and Health Department: (c) the Supervisor of Midwives of the Medical and Health Depart-
meat;
(d) one medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registra- tion Ordinance, 1957, to be nominated by the University of Hong Kong and appointed by the Governor:
(e) three registered midwives, to be nominated respectively as to one each by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital and the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, and appointed by the Governor;
(f) three registered midwives, to be nominated by the Hong Kong Nurses and Midwives Association and appointed by the Governor.
(3) Any member appointed by the Governor shall hold office for a period of three years, or such lesser period as the Governor may appoint, and shall be eligible for re-appointment from time to time.
(4) If any member appointed by the Governor is temporarily absent from the Colony or is for any other reason unable to attend to the business of the Board, the Governor may appoint an additional member during the absence or disability of that member.
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(5) The Director shall be the standing chairman of the Board and shall take the chair at all meetings of the Board at which he is present; but if he is absent from any meeting those members being present thereat shall elect one of their number to act as chairman for the purpose of that meeting.
(6) There shall be a secretary of the Board and a legal adviser to the Board, both of whom shall be appointed by the Governor.
4.
(1) The Board shall meet at such times and in such places- Mestings of
the Board. (a) as the chairman may from time to time appoint; or
(b) as may be requested in writing addressed to the chairman by
not less than five members.
(2) At any meeting of the Board five members shall be a quorum.
(3) The validity of any proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members of the Board or by any defect in the appointment thereto of any member.
(4) All questions for determination at any meeting of the Board shall be decided by a majority vote of the members present at such mecting and voting thereon:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent any question for determination by the Board being so deter- mined by a majority opinion of the members upon circulation to them of papers relating thereto.
(5) The chairman at any meeting of the Board shall have ao original vote and also, if upon any question the votes shall be equally divided, a casting vote except at an inquiry under section 10 at which be shall have only an original vote.
(6) The Board may make standing orders for regulating the procedure at, or in connexion with, its meetings.
PART III.
Registration of Midwives.
roidwives.
5. (1) The Board shall cause a register of midwives to be kept Register of which shall contain such particulars as may from time to time be prescribed.