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Deiinitions. n thls Act, unless the contexl olnerwrse requlres,_ (a) "aiiillatecl lnst tution" means an instltlrl on and l-leallll Caie faciltes providellorthe furslng ol the s ck, nlaternty or ciriid wellare, wh ch nlay be aiii iated to the Council io accordance w th the bye' laws; (b)'aLrxi rary nurse_m dwife" means a person who has passed the exam nalion Plescr bed rl th s beha l; (c) "bye- aW' rneans a bye'law made by ihe Council ufder secl on 32; (d) 'Counci " means the Sikk m l\urs ng Cou rlc I const tuted i-rnder section 3i (e) "health visitol' means a person who has obtained lhe Hea th Visitors' Certiilcate irom any Health School, inst tution and examining bocly recoUf sed in this behalf by the Councili (l) " nstitut on" includes any assoclation, which rnaintains ol controLs a nurses estab ishment; (g) "licensing authority" means the urban coTporation or the firunicipa c-ouncil or such other state urban or rural authority established for such area: Prov ded that the Slate Government rnay by nollflcalion in respecl of any area spec fy any other authorlty as ihe licensinll authority 10r such areai (i) Nurse - lM dw ves (il) Nurses (l )Nlidwlves (v) Auxl aiy Nurse Mldwives (v) Health V sitors (v;) Public Health Nurses lIr'Sl mea,r5 a r.Sl Ol TLlse ln'Ow VeS. lU-SeS. n- Cl.r!.v'S dux 'o') n,,,." miow ues. hea l' \ rs 10 s a10 p,lb'ic ^ea I_ r -rsec pleud ru and kept under seclion 14; rir -id,r je Ireat s a pcrso_ v,"o holds a ce4i.cale n nlid!^/ le'v {rom anv rnslrlJtior -ecoqlized ill Ir '5 oe^a ' by 11e Co" t - L: 11; "notltication' means a notiflcat on published in the Otlicial Gazelte; rkr "n-rSe' means a peISOr who'OlClS a Cerll{rcdle dlp'On'a/deg ee r a-rs ng'rom any rslltLlio_ -ecog Sed _ t''s oeral'b/ I' e Council; I )-.-rse: eslaOl'snrneal'- ears arry eSlab,'S'rt_1. !(helheI .dr reo o4la ga 'lo _ol v\nrcr p-ov'de.lor or s'_ie rdeo Lo p'ovide the services oi persons to act as nurses, midwives auxi lary nurse' rnirjwives or healtlr visltors to those requiring such services; 3, Establishment,. incorporation and oonstitution of Coun.il, (..) prescrlbed means prescrbed by tules: ( ) "reglsier'means a reg ster mainta:ned under seci on 1:r ai.j ihe expressions "regislered' and "reg stralion' shall be construeaj aocordinglY; (o) "regisie.ed rnedica practit oner means a person regisiered under any a,,! n force in the State regulating the regislration of pract tioners n the ayurvedlc, Unan , homeopath c or modern system oi medlc nel (p) "ru e' rneans a ru e made by Stat-. Governmenl Lrnder seclion 31. PART II THE SIKKIM NURSING COUNCII- (1) The State Governmenl may, by nol llcation, establ sh a Counci Lo be ca ed the S kki.n Nursing Council for the purpose of carrying out the prov sions of this Acl. Such Council shall be a body corporaie havlng perpetLlal succession and a cornmon seal w th power subject to the provis ons of this Act to acqu re, hold and d sposed'oi property and 10 conlract and may, tly the same name, sue and be sued. (2) The Council shal cons s1 of the following membeTSl- (a) as ex-offic o members - (l) The Director ot Hea th Care, l-luman Services Personal Famlly We lare in Slkk m or such other Officer as the State n'ray nomlnate; ( ) The Jo nt Directol ol Nurs lrg Serv ces, Government of (ii) The Principai, Co ege oi Nursifg, SMiJ (iv) Defiuty. D lector of Nursing SeNices Go\,'t. ol Sikkim; (b) as e ected metnbers (i) eight persons to be e eoted lrom amongst then-rse ves by (aa) nurses, iuo)"miowives, (cc) auxiljary nurse-m dwlves and (dd) health v sltors iegLterecJ n the reglster, the rlumber of persons to be e ec{ed from each c;egory be ng so d-lvided as to be in the proportion oi the nu"ber of the r meinbers in ihe registeri Provided that in deierm ning the said proporUon, a fract on ol one-ha I or less sllal be feglecteal and a lract on of more than one-ha I shal be counted as onel Prov ded furlher that the number oi members 10 be e ected/nom nated represent ng any parlicular calegory shall be at least one' (ii) tlvo persons to be electecl/nominated from amongst thernse ves lly the heads oithe ailllated institutlons; 3 Servlces and Governrnenl S kkim,. (3) (4) (ii) two persons 10 be e ecteo/rrom nated lrom arnongsl ihemse tais by the rilatrofs and l\uISlng Super ntendeJlts oi the alli!laied nstilutions lnthe State oi Slkl(ni. (iv) one person to be e ected/nom nated from ar,l1orlgstlhenrse ves by the s sler tutors oithe alfiiialed inst lutiorrsi (v) one person to be e ected/nom nated by the Sikkilr] N4edLcal Counc ll (vi) one person to be elected/non)inaled ijy lhe Sikl(lrn State Branch (by whatever name called) oi the nd an Med cal Association; (vi ) one person to be e ected/nomLrlated by the Sil(klm branch of Nurses Assoc ation; (c) as nominated rnembers, three persons to be nomirlated by the State Government ot whom at least one person sha I be a woman: Provided that the rrembers to be elected under clause (b) shal n respect oithe first CoLrnci , be nominated by the State Govearrnent fronr persofs wtro in the op nlon ot the State Govenlnlenl are entit ed to be ncluded in the e ectorate or body concetned and shal hold olfice ior a period of t!!o years, The President and Vlce-Pres dent of the Council sha I be eiected/ nom nated from among the members oi the Councll. The e ectlon oi the President and Vice-Presldent slra l, subiect to the prov s ons oi this Aot, be he d al such time and p ace and ia such rnanner as may be pfescr lled. -fhe Counc I sha I const 1u1e from among its rllerrbers an Execut ve Commlttee a rd such otrier Cornrnittees for general and spec al purposes as the counci deerns necessary to carry out purposes of thls Act. The Counci shall a so appo nt a Reg strar and such other otlicers ano servants as the council deems necessary to carry oLlt the purposes oi Ihr5 Acl ll any oi ihe electorates or bodies relerred to n section 3 does not, by such date as nray be prescribed, elecl a person to be a mernber ot the Counci , the State Government shal , b,y notificat on appoint to the vacancy a person qual fied for e ect on thereto; and the person so appointed shall be deemed to be a riernber of the counc as il he had been duly elected by the said electorate or body The members oitheCouncl, other than the ex-oificio members speciiled in c aLrse(a)oi sub-seotion(2) oi seclion 3,sha ho d oil ce lor a tenn oJ iive years trom the dateoltheir eleclion or nomination or unti their successoTs have been du y elected ol nominated whichevel is onger and shall be elig ble tor Te-e ect on or re-nomlnation, as the case may be. (5) (6)