Acts and Regulations

M-11.5 - Midwifery Act

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Committees to be appointed
38(1)The Council shall have the following standing committees:
(a) Complaints Committee; and
(b) Discipline Committee.
38(2)The Council shall appoint the members of the committees, the composition of which shall be as follows:
(a) Complaints Committee - two persons who are registered as midwives under this Act or who are members in good standing of a regulated midwifery profession in another jurisdiction and one lay person who has never practised midwifery; and
(b) Discipline Committee - two persons who are registered as midwives under this Act or who are members in good standing of a regulated midwifery profession in another jurisdiction and one lay person who has never practised midwifery.
38(3)The Council shall appoint a chairperson for each committee from among the persons appointed to the committee.
38(4)Two members of a committee, one of whom shall be a lay person, constitute a quorum.
38(5)No person is eligible to sit as a member of the Complaints Committee if the person is a member of the Discipline Committee or a member of the Council.
38(6)No person is eligible to sit as a member of the Discipline Committee if the person has taken part in the investigation of the subject matter of the committee’s hearing or is a member of the Council.
Committees to be appointed
38(1)The Council shall have the following standing committees:
(a) Complaints Committee; and
(b) Discipline Committee.
38(2)The Council shall appoint the members of the committees, the composition of which shall be as follows:
(a) Complaints Committee - two persons who are registered as midwives under this Act or who are members in good standing of a regulated midwifery profession in another jurisdiction and one lay person who has never practised midwifery; and
(b) Discipline Committee - two persons who are registered as midwives under this Act or who are members in good standing of a regulated midwifery profession in another jurisdiction and one lay person who has never practised midwifery.
38(3)The Council shall appoint a chairperson for each committee from among the persons appointed to the committee.
38(4)Two members of a committee, one of whom shall be a lay person, constitute a quorum.
38(5)No person is eligible to sit as a member of the Complaints Committee if the person is a member of the Discipline Committee or a member of the Council.
38(6)No person is eligible to sit as a member of the Discipline Committee if the person has taken part in the investigation of the subject matter of the committee’s hearing or is a member of the Council.