Section 5, Health Specialties Act, 2016

(1) The Council shall meet for the dispatch of its businessat least once every three months at the offices of the Council and at such time as the Chairman may determine. (2) The Chairman shall preside at every meeting of the Council and in his absence, the members present shall appoint a member from among themselves to preside at that meeting. (3) A minimum of three members of the Council may, by notice in writing signed by them, request the Chairman to summon a special meeting of the Council for such purposes as may be stated in the notice. (4) The Chairman or, in his absence, the member appointed to act in his behalf shall summon a special meeting within five working days of his receipt of the notice referred to in subsection (3). (5) The quorum at any meeting of the Council shall be seven. (6) The Chairman or other person presiding shall have a casting vote where there is an equality of votes. (7) Any proposal circulated among all members and agreed to in writing by a two-thirds majority of all members shall be of the same force or effect as a decision made at a duly constituted meeting of the Council and shall be incorporated in the minutes of the next succeeding meeting of the Council: Provided that, if a member requires that such proposal be placed before a meeting of the Council, this subsection shall not apply to such proposal. (8) The Council may co-opt any person to attend and participate in its deliberations on any matter but such person shall not vote on any issue of the Council. (9) The Council shall cause minutes of all its meetings to be taken and signed by the Chairman and kept in proper form. 4 5 Tenure of members of Meetings of (10) Subject to this Act, the Council shall regulate its own procedure.