MEDICAL AND DENTAL ACT, 1972

There is hereby established a council to be known as the Medical and Dental Council.

The governing body of the Council is a Board consisting of (a) six registered medical practitioners including a military medical officer and two registered dental practitioners elected by the registered medical and dental practitioners, (b) two representatives of the University of Ghana Medical School, (c) four non-medical members, namely, (i) one representative of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, (ii) one representative of the Councils of the Universities, and (iii) two distinguished citizens, one of whom is a woman, (d) the Director-General of the Health Service or the representative of the Director-General, and (e) the Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, or the representative to the Director.2(2)