Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL ACT 1992 - SECT 20

             (1)  The Council of the NHMRC is established by this section.

             (2)  The Council of the NHMRC consists of the following:

                     (a)  the Chair;

                     (b)  the chief medical officer for the Commonwealth;

                     (c)  the chief medical officer for each State and Territory;

                     (d)  a person with expertise in the health needs of Aboriginal persons and Torres Strait Islanders;

                     (e)  a person with expertise in consumer issues;

                      (f)  a person with expertise in business;

                     (g)  at least 6, but no more than 11, persons with expertise in one or more of the following:

                              (i)  health care training;

                             (ii)  professional medical standards;

                            (iii)  the medical profession and post‑graduate medical training;

                            (iv)  the nursing profession;

                             (v)  public health research and medical research issues;

                            (vi)  public health;

                           (vii)  ethics relating to research involving humans;

                           (viii)  other appropriate expertise.

Note:          For the appointment, terms and conditions of the Chair and other members of the Council, see Part 5.