Jamaica
Composition of Council
- Eight (8) registered medical practitioners elected by their colleagues
- Two (2) ex-officio members viz the chief Medical officer (CMO) and his/her deputy and the Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UWI.
- Two (2) registered medical practitioners selected by the Minister of Health.
- Three (3) lay persons
- one (1) selected by the Minister
- one (1) selected by him from a list of three (3) persons nominated by the Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ), and
- one (1) selected from a list of three (3) persons (usually lawyers) nomitated by the ten (10) registered medical practitioners and the two ex-officio members.
Functions of the Council
The main function of the Medical Council of Jamaica (MCJ) set up under the Medical Act of 1976, is to protect the general public from inadequately trained and untrained practitioners.
The MCJ keeps and publishes in the Jamaica Grazette, a Medical Register of doctors they have assessed as being adequately trained and experienced, who are allowed to examine and treat members of the public.
It also endeavours to ensure the maintenance of proper medical standards including the proper professional conduct of medical practitioners.