15. Eligibility of member for reappointment.- Subject to the other terms and conditions of service as may
be prescribed, any person ceasing to be a member shall be eligible for reappointment as such member.
Provided that no member other than an ex-officio member shall be appointed for more than two
consecutive terms.
16. Functions of the Board. - The Board shall have the following functions, namely:—
(i) to advise the Central Government on policy matters relating to use of pre-natal diagnostic
techniques, sex selection techniques and against their misuse;
(ii) to review and monitor implementation of the Act and rules made thereunder and recommend to the Central Government changes in the said Act and rules;
(iii) to create public awareness against the practice of pre-conception sex selection and prenatal determination of sex of foetus leading to female foeticide;
(iv) to lay down code of conduct to be observed by persons working at Genetic Counselling
Centres, Genetic Laboratories and Genetic Clinics;
(v) to oversee the performance of various bodies constituted under the Act and take appropriate steps to ensure its proper and effective implementation;
(vi) any other functions as may be prescribed under the Act.
16A. Constitution of State Supervisory Board and Union territory Supervisory Board.1. Each State and Union territory having Legislature shall constitute a Board to be known as the
State Supervisory Board or the Union territory Supervisory Board, as the case may be, which
shall have the following functions:i)
to create public awareness against the practice of pre-conception sex selection and pre-natal
determination of sex of foetus leading to female foeticide in the State;
ii)
to review the activities of the Appropriate Authorities functioning in the State and recommend appropriate action against them;
iii) to monitor the implementation of provisions of the Act and the rules and make suitable
recommendations relating thereto, to the Board;
iv) to send such consolidated reports as may be prescribed in respect of the various activities
undertaken in the State under the Act to the Board and the Central Government; and
v)
any other functions as may be prescribed under the Act.
2. The State Board shall consist of,a)
the Minister in charge of Health and Family Welfare in the State, who shall be the Chairperson, ex-officio;
b)
the Secretary in charge of the Department of Health and Family Welfare who shall be the
Vice-Chairperson, ex-officio;
c)
Secretaries or Commissioners in charge of Departments of Women and Child Development,
Social Welfare, Law and Indian System of Medicines and Homoeopathy, ex-officio, or their
representatives;
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