Clause 48

There shall be a committee to be known as the Health Committee comprising not less than 3 members of the Council, to be appointed by the President of the Council, which shall inquire into any case referred to it under section 39(1) or (5) or 46(1).

The President of the Council shall appoint one of the members of the Health Committee as the chairman of the Committee.

A member of the Health Committee shall be appointed for a term of 2 years and shall be eligible for reappointment.

A member of the Health Committee shall, notwithstanding that he has ceased to be a member of the Council on the expiry of his term of office, continue to be a member of the Committee until such time as the Committee has completed its work.

Sections 35(3), 40(4), (6) and (7), 41, 42 and 43(1) to (4) and (6) to (15) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to the Health Committee and to any inquiry by the Health Committee.

The Council may, with the approval of the Minister, appoint medical assessors to assist the Health Committee in its inquiry, and pay to the medical assessors, as part of the expenses of the Council, such remuneration as the Council may determine.