Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974)Chapter I : Establishment, Objects, Functions and Powers of the Health Professions Council of South Africa and of Professional Boards7. President and vice-president |
| (1) | At the first meeting of every newly constituted council the members of the council shall elect a president and a vice-president from among themselves. |
| (2) | The president and vice-president shall hold office during the term of office of the members of the council unless the president or vice-president shall sooner resign or cease to be a member of the council. |
| (3) |
| (a) | The vice-president may, if the president is absent or for any reason unable to act as president, perform all the functions and exercise all the powers of the president. |
| (b) | if both the president and vice-president are temporarily absent for any reason, the president or vice-president may appoint another member of the executive committee of the council to act in their place. |
[Subsection (3) substituted by section 7(a) of Act No. 29 of 2007]
| (4) | If both the president and vice-president are absent from any meeting, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside at that meeting and the person so presiding may, during that meeting and until the president or the vice-president resumes duty, perform all the functions and exercise all the powers of the president. |
| (5) | If both the president and vice-president are absent or unable to perform their functions in terms of this Act, the members of the council shall elect one of their number to act as president until the president or the vice-president resumes duty or vacates office. |
[Subsection (5) substituted by section 7(b) of Act No. 29 of 2007]
| (6) | If the office of president or vice-president becomes vacant, the members of the council shall, at the first meeting after such vacancy occurs or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, elect from among themselves a new president or vice-president, as the case may be, and the member so elected shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the period for which his predecessor was elected. |
| (7) | A president or a vice-president may vacate office as such without such vacation by itself terminating his membership of the council. |