Section 21: Establishment of the Disciplinary Committee and the Investigating Panel

(1)
There shall be established a Disciplinary Committee to be known as the Community Health Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (hereafter in this Act referred to as "the Disciplinary Committee") which shall be charged with the duty of considering and determining any case referred to it by the Investigating Panel established by the following provisions of this Act.
(2) The Disciplinary Committee shall consist of the chairman of the Board and four other members of the Board to include members holding office by virtue of paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of section 2 of this Act.
(3) There shall be established a body to be known as the Community Health Practitioners Investigating Panel (in this Act referred to as "the Investigating Panel") which shall be charged with the duty of-
(a) conducting preliminary investigation into any case where it is alleged that a registered person has misbehaved in his capacity as such, or should for any other reason be the subject of proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee; and
(b) deciding whether the case should be referred to the Disciplinary Committee.
(4)
The Investigating Panel shall be appointed by the Board and shall consist of five members of the Board one of whom shall be named as the chairman.
(5)
The provisions of the Third Schedule to this Act shall, in so far as is applicable to the Disciplinary Committee and the Investigating Panel respectively, have effect with respect to those bodies.
[Third Schedule.]