Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Cancer Act 1958 - SECT 16

Constitution of medical and scientific committee

16. Constitution of medical and scientific committee



(1) There shall be a committee called the medical and scientific committee.

(2) The medical and scientific committee shall consist of-



   (a)  one member appointed by the Minister;





   (b)  four members appointed by the Council of the University of Melbourne,
        two of them being nominated by the Faculty of Medicine of the said
        University and two by the Faculty of Science of the said University
        and four members appointed by the Council of Monash University two
        being nominated by the Faculty of Medicine and two by the Faculty of
        Science of that University one member appointed by the Council of
        Deakin University on the nomination of the Faculty of Science of that
        University and one member appointed by the Council of La Trobe
        University on the nomination of the Faculty of Science of that
        University;

   (c)  eight members appointed by the senior medical staffs of hospitals,
        namely: one each by the senior medical staffs of the Austin and
        Repatriation Medical Centre, Bayside Health, Dental Health Services
        Victoria, Eastern Health, Melbourne Health, Southern Health, St.
        Vincent's Hospital (Melbourne) Limited and Women's and Children's
        Health respectively;

   (d)  the institute director for the time being (by whatever name called) of
        Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute or a nominee of the institute
        director;



   (e)  the director for the time being of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
        of Medical Research or a nominee of the director;



   (ea) the chief executive officer for the time being (by whatever name
        called) of HFI or a nominee of the chief executive officer;





   (f)  nine members appointed by the governing bodies of the following
        associations, namely; one by the Royal Australasian College of
        Surgeons, one by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, one by
        the Victorian Branch of the Australian Medical Association, one by the
        College of Radiologists of Australasia, one by the College of
        Pathologists of Australia and one by the Australian Regional Council
        of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, one by the
        Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, one by the Australian College of
        Paediatrics and one by the Royal Australian College of General
        Practitioners (Victorian Faculty);

   (g)  the chairman for the time being of the executive committee; and

   (h)  three other persons who may be co-opted by the medical and scientific
        committee.

(2A) The Governor in Council on the recommendation of the council may by
proclamation published in the Government Gazette alter the provisions of
paragraphs (b), (c), and (f) of the last preceding subsection or any of them
by altering the number of members to be appointed to the medical and
scientific committee or by removing from such paragraphs or inserting therein
the name of any University or Faculty thereof or any institution or
association (as the case may be) and the said paragraphs as so altered shall
thereupon be deemed to be paragraphs (b), (c), and (f) respectively of the
last preceding subsection.

(3) A quorum of the medical and scientific committee shall consist of nine
members thereof.