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NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF STATIONS

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SECTION
1 . Establishment of National Medical Collie
2 Functions of (lie College
3. Corn11 tut ion of l!w College
4. Composition of liit Govemhjg tJrard.
5. Functions of (lie Board
6. Composition 6jf the Senate
7. Fuuct ions of the Senate
8 Appointment and tenure of office of President and members of tlie Governing Board anti tls
Senate
9. Faculty Boards
10 Candidate * for exaimtlai ions
11 Award of diploma .
3 2 Award of houcraiy icllowslups mid election of fellows
13 Public-alien of apptoved standards and iiutiluiiona
14. Appoi i kLii ac] n s of seerei aay and otliej staflf
13. Interpretation.
16. Short title

SCHEDULE
SitppL' nit' ttfd ! } provisions relating (o ( he Gowrnuig Btxtyd, \the Seriate,

NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE ACT

An Act to establish a National Medical College to he charged with the responsibility
of conducting exam illations m the various specialised branches of me i Heine . siugety*
obstetrics andgynaecology and dcnti.il siagery and otitcr related mailers

[1979 No 67 )

[2-ttfi September, 1979 ]

[ConuiicneouienL|
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There is Iwieljy established a National Medical College RHI tins AuL lelened [OILS " rite
College" ) which shall be a body corporate with|wrpetual succession and a common seal
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The College shall have responsibility tori lie conduct of jnofessioitil posl graduate -
examination of candidal es in llie Various specialised branches of fttecbcipe, surgery ,
obstetrics and gynaecology and dental surgery turd making awards in reMfcxi thereto accordingly
3 Constitution of tlie College

{\} The College slwll constat of all Follows of tlte College and its affairs aliall I *
managed by -

1u ) a Gov cluing Board. and

{b) a Senate*

which stinll each exeicise such pCrtven* as me conferred oil ir l >y Hus Act.

(2) The supplementary provisions m the Schedule lotliis Act shaft have effect with
tes|-)cct to ( he proceedings of the
Governing Board and ( he Senate and ilie other matters
therein mentioned,

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4. Com ohilion of the Governing Board

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Tlie Governing Board of the College sliull consist of
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the President oftlie College , wl 10 shall he tihainuati ,
( h) tlie President find tlie registrar of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria;
fej twelve representatives of tlie Senate:
( iff tlie Federal Director of Medical Service * and Training;

(t ) the Permanent Secretary , Federal Mimstiy of Health a I us representative;

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tlie Permanent Secretary, Federal >, Juustiy of Finance or ins representative:

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{$) the Permanent Secretary , Federal Ministry of Education oc jiis representative;

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ihf one lepicscnLEitiv e of Line mined forces of tlie Federation, who shall tw a
registered medical practiiloner or denial surgeon
S, Functions nf the Board

Tlie Governing Board shall be llie governing body of die College and alia 11 be charged
with tfic general control and superintendence of l IK policy, finances and property oftlie
College includutg its public illations.
6. Composition of ( IK Senate
The Senate shall consist of- r
{ a} I lie President of the College, who aim 11 lie cluumiLin:
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( bi die chairman and secretary ofeach faculty: board appointed pursuant to section 9 ot' tins
Act; and

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one iqjrcsciilEiliYe elected by each faculty

I' iuict mi is of d ie Senate

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Tlw Senate shall hive responsibility for the mnmng of the academic affairs of the
College including -
f a) die organisation and control of courses of study al tbo College and oft I te
exnimnu lions held in com tec Lion with iJ KMC COL uses , and

( hi the award of degrees, diplomas and such otlier qualifications as may be

pressi ibed m connection with examination held as aforesaid
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S . Appointment and tenure of office of Presideqt and members ofrJic Govcuntti

Board and the Senate
( 1 ) Subjeci lo paragraphI oftjjB Schedule to this Act. die President shall he
appointed by tlie G oven ting Board and stall liold office as such for two years
[ Schedule )

11 H In ilrc event of die death oi incapacity of die Iresideut or if fc.it any ctason otlia
than lire effluxion of lime die office of President is vacant, dm Govern mg l hxird shall
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appoint anotlicr person as President foi tlw residue of term of tJtc President
(3) Members of tlie Governing Board appointed Hilda paragraph ( b ) of section ! of
[ his Act and ttiftnbw of the Senate appointed under paragraphs ( b ) and ( L' ) of section 6

of this Act skill each hold office for two yeats.

( 4) Any of tlie members of tlie Governing Board or die Senate refened to in snbseelron l 3 j
of llus section , may by notice to tlw Governing Board or, as the cue may be. to
the senate, resign JLIS appointment anti wham uny such mendier ceases to hold office
before Ids tcim of office would have expired by l lie effluxion of time, fltc body by whom he
Was appointed oi elected shall, as soon as may be. appoint or as the Case may Lie, elect a
person to fill line vacancy fa die residue of Llie Lenn aforesaid

9. Facnllv Boards

\L hEaeli faculty sliall comprise nil fellows in die appropriate specialty' and tlie faculties in die
College skill be as follows, dial is -
( (fjL die I'aciil Ly of antes d lesui;
fb ) die faculty of genera! dental practice,
( c) tlie faculty of dental surgery;

(d ) ilw faculty ofgeixjiaJ medical practice;

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tlic faculty of obstetrics mid gvnaccolopy ;

(f) llic faculty of ophthalmology;
tlic faculty or paediatrics;
ihs tire faculty of palliology:
( }) die faculty of iihyftiolpgy;,

( j; tlic faculty of psyciualry;

fk ) ihe faculty of public health;

( L) tJ ic facility of radluiog V
( m) die faculty of surgery: and

(t i ) the lucidly of any othei specially as may be|>nescnt )ed by the GovcTiinig. Board
of the College
( 2 ) Each faculty shall elect from among its members not less thrift eight nor Jitorc
iliaii sixteen persons to servo on its Faculty Board two of such pcntqa being elected
chairman and secietary,. reflectively of ( lie Faculty Board; mid all ittembera so elected To
tlic Faculty Board skill each hold office foi' a pci lod of two yeas*
( 3 ) Subject to such standing orders dial may be made by (lie Senate for dial purpose
each Faculty Board may emiy cut Us ilmties as it deems Til

(A ) Each Faculty Board shall appoint a court of examiners and die courts a.hull be
chai ged with die conduct of exatnii unions IU idei IJ us settioil and (1iei e uflc i < I ic t'licully
Board shall make its rcconmiendatrctis to tlw Senate.
( 5 ) Members of a Faculty Board *lm IInot be entitled to any emoluments , other than
expenses reasonably incurred in ? ravelling outlie Board's business , but members of a
court of examined shall be entitled lo such i enumeration as llie Governing Board ofUie
College may anrlionse
111. Candidate for exammatinn.s
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Whom a candidate offers himself for examination under this Act lie stall satisfy lire
appropriate Faculty Board -
fa) dial lie is a icgisleicd medical pruclitionei or dental suigeuti, as die case may
be, so hoWeVCi I In I if l ILC candidate is on tlie temporaiy legisler he may l ^e examined only
by leave of l lie Set laic given either generally or as a special case .and
ib) Hint lie is m possession of and is therein named as tlic holder of a certificate
from an institution recognised by tlic College sluowfm lliat he lias Satisfactorily
Attended ihe p escribed course of training; in the particular specialised branch
and for the presei ibed pea iod of tlic coin sc
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II . A want [ lijdrmu

Where llie College awards its diploma under this Act . tlw lioldci shall be entitled to
status sis si fellow m the spoon lisod branch of winch ihe diploma is evidence
12 Award of honorary fellowships and election of fellows

f ] > Tlic College may on Die leottimiflidation of l lie Senate, smard honoray fellowship*
to pa sons of distinction in the community who need nut be medical practitioners Or
denial suigeons AtidL siabject to subsection ( 2) ijf lliif section, may on (lie like rocoaunaidtfion,
elect fellows who need not luivc ofteicd themselves for any postgraduate examination conducted by
like College
( 2) Ho person slid I be eligible for election ns si fdlow unless he already possesses a
postgraduate degree, diploma or other qualification registered with the Nigeria Medical
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Council and satisfies such other onditiona sis may be prescribed by the College

I * Publication of approved standard* mid itutitutions

The College shnIJ , from Mine to lime, publish in the Federal G&ztttn and elsewhere ns
it (nay thiufc fit -

Utl leu ll L'uhtnj of llic standards which sure lo be treated us snfliaeiu for llie purposes
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or exs'innsM Lions conducted by llie College pursuant to this Act . nod

fb } the ii st of nisi ituti ons rccogm ved for the purposes of sccl ion 3 0 of ! In s Act

I I A|*pci ] nt i ne i ii* of sec clary and oilici staff

may employ inch staff Of the College sis the Governing
( 1 ) The Governing Hoard
Board may consider necessary for the purpose of any of die functions confened on any
body under this Act .
( 2) The Governing Lie . mi distil from among the oAiccr* appointed piusuant to subsection ( I )
of this section, select M pei wan lo act both sis its secretary and as SevieLuy to l he SelMle

15. Interpolation I
(1 ) in this Act, unless ihe cotirexr otherwise requires
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wAcVr means the Medical mid Dental Praclilioiicrs Act , . i

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the Nan OJ nil Ictli cal College es lEibl ] shed by seclioii I t> T I lu ^ Act ;
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Faculty Hoard" means any Faculty Hoard cstnbhilied by or pursuant to section 9 of
lliis Act ,

"Governing Board" menus the Governing Board of llie College inferred to m scc-
noii K of l]us Act,
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"Medical mid l >eiilal Council " Of 'the Council' means ihe Medical HHIKI Denial
Council of Nigeria, established by section I of the Act;

" President " mcfui ^ Jie President of the College;

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Senate" m cftiis ihe Senate of I lie College referred lo in section 3 of tlus Act
(2} ( iiless the context otherwise requires expressions used in tins Act have the same
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meaning as in the Act .

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this Act may be a led ns the National Medical College Act

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{Section 3 (2). ] t
Snppiementan prtftiiicnis tetofurg AT the GownrJTFg Board, the Stride, etc
Composition of the first senate tTTfd FnCuity Boardr and flection of the
firm President of the College
1 (I) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in tins Act the poisons who inanelately
before llie commencement of tins Act were members of any Faculty' Hoards appointed by the
Council , shall on the commencement ofdns Act become member of the corresponding
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l EKiiEty Boards for the puipo >c.i of Tlus Act and shall be deemed to have been appointed pursuant
to sccti oil 9 of (hi s Act

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Half of the meinl >ers Of Faculty hoards To whom sub paragraph ( I ) of this pmngmpli
relates . slial! remain m office for a period of one year and die other half for a period of two
veal s Thereafter appointments Of members of Faculty Boards shall be made in accordance
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with die provisions of section 9 of this .Act

(3) The persons Who were chatnnau mid secretary of any Faculty Board referred to m
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sub paiagraph (1) of this|Knagraph shall be deemed Lo have been duly elected as diauinau
and secretary for Lite pnr|}oses QTSUBSECTION ( 21) of scdrott 9 of this Act Endi Faculty Board
shall also elect Ihe lirsl representative of the uoiTcspnndmg I acuity on I lie Senate us spmlied
ill section 6 ( c ) of this Act
( 4 ) The fust meeting of the Senate shall be summoned by the President of the Council
and shall be presided over by him. At tliis meeting, I lie tJcnalc shall elect the person to be
recomnvanJed to the Governing Board For appointment as the finl Pi evident of the College u
well as the lust twelve leprcsailatives of the Senate on llte Governing Board, as specified in
section 4 ( c ) of tlus Act ,

The fust meeting of the Governing Board shall be called by Ihe President of the
Council and shall IK presided ovci by liim, unbl the Prudent bf thc tollcgo is appointed in
the mantlet preset IBED in section 8 ( I ) of tins Act
Proceedings of the Gvvenurtg Board Senate, etc.
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2 ( I > i In? G availing Board may make standing orders regulating its proceedings or of any
committee of the Board

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(2) Thie Senate limy in ike Standing enters reguJiilmg Us proceedings or of any Facility
Hoarder of any committeeof the Senate

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{ is } of the Governing Hoard shall bo seven ,
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{ b ) of ( lie lienatc shall be fourteen;
of any Faculty Board shall be determined by the Senate

1 At any meeting of rlu Governing Board or ( lie Senate the President shall preside and if the
President is absent llie m(tubes present shall elecl one of I lien number to presiile at that
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meeting

Committees af the Qovrrnsrtg Board and S&wtc

5 { I ) Tire Governing Board muy appoint one or more eomuuttent to cany mil on behalf of
tire tJoijad such of its li motions os the Board may determine bin a decision of a committee
shall be of no effect tuitil il i$ confirmed by the Board.
(2) The Senate may appoint one or more committees to csiny out on behalf of ihe Senate
-such of its functions AS the Senate may determine bni a decision of a committee shall I to of no
effect until it is confirmed by the Senate
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< II ) The fixing of the seal of the College shall he aiHhenli cried by lire signature of the
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President flj pf .some other member authorised generally or specially by the Governing Board
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( 2 j Any contract or msLiuineiiL which, if made oi executed by JI peison not being a body
Corporate, would not be required to be under seal* may Lie made or executed on belinlf the or
College hy any person generally or specially authorised lo act for lliat piupose by the Governing
Board.

Hi Any document purporting :o be a document duly executed under the seal of the College shall
be received in evidence and sliall, unless llie contrary is prov ed be deemed lo be so executed
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7 llie validity of any proceedings of ( he Governing Roan! [lie Senate or any Faculty Board
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or of a committee of llie Governing Board or llie Senate shall nol be affected by any vacancy
in the membership of the body concerned or by any defect in the appointment of any member
or by reason that a person not entitled to do so, took part in llie proceedings

8 Any member of the Governing Board, and any person holding office on a commi ttee of
the Rnurd who has a personal interest any contract or arrangement entered into oi proposed
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to lie const derod by the Beard or a committee thereof shall forthwith disclose his interest to
the Rout'd and shall not vote on any question relating to ihe contract gr arrangement

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