Section 3: Establishment and membership of the Governing Board.

(1) There is established for the Council a Governing Board (in this Act referred to as "the Board") consisting of-
(a) a chairman who shall be a qualified Fellow of the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria with 5 years post qualification experience and shall be appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Minister from a list of names of the Fellows submitted by the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (in this Act referred to as "the Association");
(b) a representative of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Services;
(c) twelve members of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria representing the 6 geopolitical zones, with 2 persons representing each zone respectively on rotational basis, and the two of them shall not come from a state at a time;
(d) two registered members representing the Nigerian Universities offering medical laboratory sciences as a course, on a rotational basis;
(e) a representative of the private Medical Laboratory Science Practitioners;
(f) a representative of the Association; and
(g) a representative from a non-governmental organization with bias for health matter to represent public interest.
(2) Appointment of members of the Board shall be made by the President in consultation with the Minister and the Association.
(3) The provisions of the First Schedule to this Act have effect with respect to the proceedings of the Council and other matters therein mentioned.
(4) All appointments under this section shall be for a term of 3 years renewable for a further term and no more.