Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
Establishment and constitution of Pharmacy Board
(a)
the Director General of Health ex officio;
(b)
the Director of Pharmaceutical Services ex officio;
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(c)
eight registered pharmacists in the public service, appointed by the Minister;
(d)
three registered pharmacists from any higher educational institution offering a course or programme in pharmacy, appointed by the Minister;
(e)
two registered pharmacists not in the public service, appointed by the Minister; and
(f)
three registered pharmacists not in the public service, nominated by the association representing pharmacists in private practice, approved and appointed by the Minister, who shall be citizens of Malaysia.
(2)
The period of appointment of members, other than ex officio members, shall be three years, but such members shall be eligible for reappointment.
(3)
Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Minister may, at any time, at his discretion, suspend or terminate the appointment of any member of the Board, other than an ex officio member, and may appoint another person in his place or in the place of any member who retires or who, for the time being, is unable to act or who is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Board without such excuse as may seem reasonable to the Minister:
Provided that where any member of the Board has been nominated in accordance with any of the provisions of subsection (1), the Minister shall not appoint any person in his place other than a person duly nominated in the same manner as such member.
(4)
All acts done by the Board shall, notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board or that it is afterwards discovered that there was a defect in the appointment of a person purporting to be a member thereof, be as valid as if no such vacancy or defect had existed.
(5)
For the purpose of subsection (1), “citizens of Malaysia” shall not include permanent residents of Malaysia.
8 Laws of Malaysia ACT 371
President and meetings of the Board