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Section 8
The Telangana Nurses, Midwives, Auxiliary Nurse-midwives and Health Visitors Act, 1926.Telangana

Section 8. Appeal from Council to Tribunal

(1) Any nurse, midwife 1[auxiliary nurse-midwife or health visitor] aggrieved by an order of the Council under section 7 may, within three months from the date on which notice of such order is given, appeal against the order of the Council;

(2) Such appeal shall be heard by a Tribunal of three persons selected in rotation,-

(a) one from a panel of not less than six persons of not less than twelve years experience as a Magistrate or Civil Judge nominated by the 2[State] Government.

(b) one from a panel of not less than six registered medical practitioners selected in the prescribed manner by 1[the 3[Telangana] Medical Council established under the law relating to the registration of practitioners of modern scientific system of Medicine for the time being in force in the State]; and

(c) one from a panel of not less than six registered nurses holding both general and maternity certificates and selected in the prescribed manner by the registered 1[nurses, midwives, auxiliary nurse-midwives and health visitors].

(3) The order of the Tribunal shall be final.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.