Eligibility
of member
for re-
appoint-
ment.
15. Subject to the other terms and conditions of service as may be prescribed, any person ceasing to be a member shall be eligible far reappointment as such member.
Func-
tions
of the
Board.
16. The Board shall have the following functions, namely:–
(i) to advise the Government on policy matters relating to use of pre-natal diagnostic techniques;
(ii) to review implementation of the Act and the rules made, thereunder and recommend changes in the said Act and rules to the Central Government;
(iii) to create public awareness against the practice of pre-natal determination of sex and 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) any other functions as may be specified tinder the Act.
CHAPTER V
Appropriate Authority and Advisory Committee
Appro-
priate
Autho-
rity and
Adviory
Committee.
17. (1) The Central Government shall appoint, by notification in the Official Gazette, one or more Appropriate Authorities for each of the Union territories for the purposes, of this Act.
(2) The State Government shall appoint, by notification in the Official Gazette, one or more Appropriate Authorities for the whole or part of the State for the purposes of this Act having regard to the intensity of the problem of pre-natal sex determination leading to female foeticide.
(3) The officers appointed as Appropriate Authorities under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be,–
(a) when appointed for the whole of the State or the Union territory, of or above the rank of the Joint Director of Health and Family Welfare; and
(b) when appointed for any part of the State or the Union territory, of such other rank as the State Government or the Central Government, as the case may be, may deem fit.
(4) The Appropriate Authority shall have the following functions, namely:– (a) to grant, suspend or cancel registration of a Genetic Counselling Centre, Genetic Laboratory or Genetic Clinic;
(b) to enforce standards prescribed for the Genetic Counselling Centre, Genetic Laboratory and Genetic Clinic;
(c) to investigate complaints of breach of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder and take immediate action; and
