Food and Drugs Act, /992

P.N.D.C.L.3058

(j) the Registrar of the Pharmacy Board,
(g) the head of the Nutrition and Food Science Department, University of
Ghana,
(h) one veterinary surgeon nominated by the Minister responsible for Agriculture,
(i) the Director, Crop Services Department of the Ministry of Agriculture,
(j) one representative of the Environmental Protection Agency,
(k) one practitioner of herbal medicine to be appointed by the President,
(I) the chief executive of the Board,
(m) one representative of the Attorney-General or a lawyer of not less than ten
years standing, and
(n) two other persons one of whom is a woman representing consumer interest.
(2) The members of the Board shall be appointed by the President in consultation
with the Council of State. 7

(3) The professional specialists on the Board shall not be appointed unless they are
persons in active practice in their professions.
(4) The members of the Board, other than the ex officio members, shall hold office
for a period of three years but are eligible for re-appointment.
'(5) The validity of the proceedings of the Board shall not be affected by a vacancy
among its members or by the absence of anyone of them.

30. Meetings of the Board
(I)

The Board shall meet at least once in every two months at the place and times determined by the chairman..

(2) The chairman shall preside at meetings of the Board and in the absence of the
chairman a member elected by the members present shall preside.
(3) Decisions of the Board shall be by a majority of votes and in the event of an equality of
votes, the chairman or the person presiding at the meeting shall have a casting vote.
(4) The quorum for a meeting of the Board is seven.
(5) Subject to this section, the Board shall regulate the procedure for its meetings.
31. Committees of the Board
(I) The Board may appoint the committees that it considers necessary, consisting of
members of the Board and non-members.

7. Inserted by section 8 of the Food and Drugs (Amendment) Act, 1996 (Act 523) as subsection (lA).

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