The Nursing and Midwifery Act

The Council members must elect one of their own as Vice Chairman.

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
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Citation: The Nursing and Midwifery Act
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The Council members must elect one of their own as Vice Chairman. Council members serve for up to three years, may be reappointed once in most cases, and can resign or be replaced by the appointing authority. The Council must meet at least once every three months, and the Chairman, or the Vice Chairman if the Chairman is absent, must preside. If both are absent, the members present must choose someone to preside. The Council’s secretary must give each member notice of every meeting and keep a record of the proceedings. A Council meeting has a quorum when at least half of all Council members are present; if the number of members is even, use the next whole number above half.

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AI-assisted research summary: The Council members must elect one of their own as Vice Chairman.

1. Members of the Council shall elect one of their members to be the Vice Chairman who shall, subject to his continuing to be a member, hold office for a term of one year from the date of his election and may be eligible for re-election.
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Application
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AI-assisted research summary: Council members serve for up to three years, may be reappointed once in most cases, and can resign or be replaced by the appointing authority.

2.–(1) A member of the Council shall hold office for a term not exceeding three years from the date of his appointment and may be eligible for re-appointment; Provided that, except for appointment of the head of the nursing and midwifery service, a member shall not be reappointed for a third term. (2) In the case of a member who is a member by the virtue of his holding some other office, he shall cease to be a member upon his ceasing to hold that other office. (3) A member appointed may, at any time, resign his office by notice in writing to the appointing authority. (4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the appointing authority may at any lime revoke an appointment of a member. (5) Where a member of the Council who is a member by the virtue of his office is unable for any reason to attend any meeting of the Council, he may nominate in writing another person from his institution to attend the meeting in his behalf. (6) Where any vacancy occurs in the membership of the Council by any reason of any member thereof or otherwise, the appointing authority may appoint another person to fill that vacancy and the person so appointed shall hold office for the unexpired period of office of the member in whose place is appointed.
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Interpretation
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AI-assisted research summary: The Council must meet at least once every three months, and the Chairman, or the Vice Chairman if the Chairman is absent, must preside. If both are absent, the members present must choose someone to preside.

3.–(1) The Council shall ordinarily meet for the transaction of its business at the times and places determined by it but it shall meet at least once every three months. (2) The Chairman or in his absence the Vice Chairman, shall preside at every meeting of the Council and in the absence of both of them, the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside over the meeting. 353 Vice Chairman Tenure for appointment Meeting Council ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG. THE NURSING AND MIDWIFERY ACT [CAP. 325 R.E. 2023] (3) A member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings of the Council without leave of the Chairman shall cease to become a member of the Council. Notice of meeting
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Establishment of Council
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AI-assisted research summary: The Council’s secretary must give each member notice of every meeting and keep a record of the proceedings.

4. The secretary to the Council shall give each member adequate notice of the time and place of every meeting and shall keep record of the proceedings of every meeting of the Council. Quorum Decision of Council Council to confirm minutes of its meetings
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Composition of Council
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AI-assisted research summary: A Council meeting has a quorum when at least half of all Council members are present; if the number of members is even, use the next whole number above half.

5. The quorum at any meeting of the Council shall be one half of the total number of members of the Council and where there is an even number of members, it shall be the whole next number above half.
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Functions of Council
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AI-assisted research summary: The Council must decide proposed matters by majority vote of members present and voting. If votes are tied, the person presiding gets a casting vote. The Council may also make a decision without a meeting if papers are circulated and a majority of members give written views.

6.–(1) The matter proposed at the meeting of the Council shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting and in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding shall have a casting vote in addition to his normal or deliberative vote. (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), a decision may be made by the Council without a meeting by way of circulation of the relevant papers among the members, and the expression in writing of the views of the majority of members.
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Committees of Council
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AI-assisted research summary: The Council must keep minutes of its meetings, have them read and confirmed or amended and confirmed at the next meeting, and have them signed by the person presiding.

7.–(1) The Council shall cause to be recorded and kept minutes of all business conducted or transacted at its meetings and the minutes of each meeting of the Council shall be read and confirmed or amended and confirmed at the next meeting and signed by the person presiding at the meeting. (2) Minutes signed or purporting to have been signed by the person presiding at the meeting of the Council shall in absence of proof of error be deemed to be a correct record of the meeting whose minutes they purport to be. Vacancies etc,. not to invalidate proceedings
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Delegation of powers and functions of Council
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AI-assisted research summary: A Council act or proceeding is not invalid just because there is a vacancy among its members or because an appointment was defeated.

8. An act or proceeding of the Council shall not be invalid by reason only of any vacancy among its members or defeat in the appointment of any of them. Orders, direction etc,.
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Appointment of Registrar
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AI-assisted research summary: Documents issued on behalf of the Council must be signed by the Council Chairman and the Registrar, or another officer the Registrar appoints in writing. The Council may regulate its own proceedings.

9. All orders, direction, notices or other documents made or issued on behalf of the Council shall be signed by- (a) the Chairman of the Council; and (b) the Registrar or any other officer of the Council appointed in writing in that behalf by the Registrar. Council to regulate its own proceedings
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Functions of Registrar
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AI-assisted research summary: The Council must regulate its own proceedings, subject to this Schedule.

10. Subject to the provisions of this Schedule the Council shall regulate its own proceedings. 354 ©2025 Government of Tanzania. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or distributed without permission of OAG.

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