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| (1) There shall for the purposes of this Act be established a Private Health Services Regulatory Council (in this Act referred to as "the Council"), which shall consist of-
| | (a) the following members appointed by the Minister (hereinafter referred to as "appointed members") :–
| | | (i) a representative each to represent each of the associations hereinafter set out, nominated by the respective association;
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| (ii) one person each to represent the fields of Accountancy, Management, Law and Nursing: provided such person is a person who has rendered distinguished service in his respective field; |
| (iii) nine representatives from the Association of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes; and |
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| | (b) the following ex-officio members :-
| | | (i) the Director General of Health Services; |
| (ii) the Director in-charge of development of the Private Health Sector; |
| (iii) the Registrar of the Sri Lanka Medical Council; and |
| (iv) the Provincial Director of Health Services of each Province. |
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| (2) The Director-General of Health Services shall be the Chairman of the Council, and the Director of Private Health Sector Development shall be its Secretary. |
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| (3) An appointed member of the Council shall, unless such member vacates office earlier by death, resignation or removal or otherwise, hold office for a period of three years. |
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| (4) An appointed member shall be deemed to have vacated office if such member absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Council without any reason, which the council considers as being an acceptable excuse. |
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| | (a) The quorum for any meeting of the Council shall be seven members. | | |
| | (b) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Council and in the absence of the Chairman, the members present shall elect one from amongst them to preside at the meetings. | | |
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| (6) The Minister may at any time after assigning reasons therefor, remove an appointed member of the Council from office. |
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| (7) An appointed member of the Council may at anytime resign from his office by letter to that effect addressed to the Minister. |
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| (8) In the event of the vacation of office by an appointed member by death, resignation, removal, the Minister shall, having regard to the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (1), appoint another person to succeed such member. The member appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold office during the unexpired period of the term of office of the member whom he succeeds. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts