Section 9: Faculty Boards.
(1) Each faculty shall comprise all fellows in the appropriate specialty and the faculties in the College shall be as follows, that is-
(a) the faculty of anaesthesia;
(b) the faculty of general dental practice;
(c) the faculty of dental surgery;
(d) the faculty of general medical practice;
(e) the faculty of obstetrics and gynaecology;
(f) the faculty of ophthalmology;
(g) the faculty of paediatrics;
(h) the faculty of pathology;
(i) the faculty of physiology;
(j) the faculty of psychiatry;
(k) the faculty of public health;
(l) the faculty of radiology;
(m) the faculty of surgery; and
(n) the faculty of any other specialty as may be prescribed by the Governing Board of the College.
(2) Each faculty shall elect from among its members not less than eight nor more than sixteen persons to serve on its Faculty Board, two of such persons being elected chairman and secretary, respectively of the Faculty Board; and all members so elected to the Faculty Board shall each hold office for a period of two years.
(3) Subject to such standing orders that may be made by the Senate for that purpose, each Faculty Board may carry out its duties as it deems fit.
(4) Each Faculty Board shall appoint a court of examiners and the courts shall be charged with the conduct of examinations under this section and thereafter the Faculty Board shall make its recommendations to the Senate.
(5) Members of a Faculty Board shall not be entitled to any emoluments, other than expenses reasonably incurred in travelling on the Board's business, but members of a court of examiners shall be entitled to such remuneration as the Governing Board of the College may authorise.
Cite this section
Section 9, NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE ACT (1979).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/national-medical-college-act/section/9/