Composition of Council

The Medical and Dental Council of Bangladesh was established under an Act of parliament as a statutory body in the year 1973 which was repealed by the Bangladesh Medical & Dental Council Act. 1980 (Act. No. XVI of 1980).

Constitution and composition of the Council (1). The Council shall consist of the following members, namely :-

(a) The Director General of Health Services (Curative), Ex-officio;
(b) The Director of Medical Education and Health Manpower Development (HMPD); Ex-Officio
(c) The Director of Drug Administration, Ex-officio;
(d) The Director of Nursing Services, Ex-officio;
(e) The Director General of Army Medical Services, Ex-officio;
(f) The Director General of Family Planning , Ex-officio;
(g) The Director National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Ex-officio;
(h) The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Dhaka, Chittagong and Rajshahi, Ex-officio;
(i) Ten members, at least two from each administrative Division of Bangladesh to be nominated by the Government;
(j) One members to be elected by the teaching staff of the Institute of Post-Graduate Medicine and Research and each Medical College and Dental College of Bangladesh from amongst the teachers on its Staff;
(k) One member to be nominated by the Bangladesh Medical Association;
(l) One member to be nominated by the Bangladesh Private Medical Practitioners Association;
(m) One member, belonging to the legal profession, to be nominated by the Chief justice of Bangladesh.
(n) Eight members of Parliament, one from each of the four administrative Divisions and one from each of the four Divisional cities, to be nominated by the Speaker; and
(o) Two women members to be nominated by the Government;


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