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.