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A (11) eleven member Executive Council is appointed by the Minister in accordance with the Medical Board Act. The members are as follows:-

the Chief Medical Officer (ex-officio position);
two medical practitioners (appointed by the Minister of Health);
four medical practitioners (elected by the Board);
one person nominated by the Inter-Religious Organization;
an attorney-at-law with at least five years experience nominated by the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago;
an accountant with at least five years experience nominated by the Association of Chartered Accountants; and
one medical practitioner nominated by the University of the West Indies.

Election of Executive Posts

A General Body meeting of the Board will be convened triennially, in accordance with the Regulations, for the purpose of electing the Council.

Terms of Office and Eligibility for Elections

Members of the Council shall hold office for a term of three years.
A President, Vice-President, Secretary and a Treasurer;
who shall be medical practitioners, shall be elected from among members of the Council
The members of the Council are eligible for re-appointment.

Power of the Council

The Council, subject to the approval of the Board, shall have power to make such rules or regulations as it deems necessary for carrying the purposes and provisions of this Act into effect, and, without restricting the generality thereof for all or any of the following purposes:

for the good government of the Board and for the proper conduct of its affairs;
for regulating the time, manner and place of meetings of the Board and the Council and the proceedings thereof;
for the conduct of elections including the manner of voting thereat, and all other matters arising out of or incidental to the elections as provided for in this Act;
with respect to the fees for registration or for the issue of a temporary licence and the amount of any annual or special fees to be paid by members;
with respect to the determination of the professional qualification and experience including internship required of an applicant for registration or for a temporary licence, and to proof of professional conduct and general fitness to practise medicine;
for regulating the manner of applying and using the funds of the Board;
for prescribing anything required or authorized to be prescribed;
for prescribing in respect of any contravention thereof or failure to comply therewith a penalty not exceeding a fine or three hundred dollars or imprisonment for three months on summary conviction.
No rule or regulation shall come into force or have effect until it has been approved by the Minister.

Current Members of Council (2023)

(Front Row - Left to Right) - (Secretary), (President), (Vice President), (Treasurer).

(Back Row - Left to Right) - Council Members:

Absent:

POST	NAME	QUALIFICATIONS
President	Dr. Neil Adrian L. Singh	M.B.,B.S.(UWI) 1988 P.G. Dip. Primary Care & Family Medicine (UWI) 2002 Master Science International Primary Health Care(Univ.of London) 2006 M.Sc. Sports Medicine (UWI) 2019
Vice President	Dr. Lesley-Ann Roberts	M.B.,B.S.(UWI) 1978 F.R.C.P. (C) 1984 C.R.C.P. (C) 1991
Secretary	Mr. Ian Ramnarine	M.B.,B.S. (UWI) 1992 F.R.C.S. (Ed) 1998 Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Cardiothoracic Surgery 2006
Treasurer	Dr. Stanley Lawrence Giddings	M.B.,B.S.(UWI) 2006 Am. Bd. Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) 2013 Am.Bd. Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease) 2015
Member of Council	Dr. Nazim Boris Mohammed	M.D. (St. George's University) 1992 Master Med. Sc. in Nephrology (University of Sheffield) 2005 Fellow in Nephrology (St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center) 1997 Am.Bd.(Internal Medicine) 2006 Am.Bd.(Internal Medicine) 2008
Member of Council	Dr. Malachy Nnamdi Ojuro	M.B.,B.S. (University of Nigeria) 1996 D.M. in Emergency Medicine (UWI) 2010
Member of Council
Member of Council	Dr. Roshan Akash Parasram	CMO
Member of Council	Mr. Shankar Bidaisee	Nominee of Law Association of T&T
Member of Council	Ansuya Babwah	Nominee of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of T&T
Member of Council	Pundit Mukram Sirjoo	Nominee of Inter-Religious Organization

Current Members of Council (2022)