Report of the Executive Committee on the constitution and working of the General Medical Council : memorandum by Dr. Pitman and Sir James Paget : memorandum by Dr. Quain : and appendix containing documents in regard to the Council.

  • General Medical Council. Executive Committee.
Date:
1879
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Credit: Report of the Executive Committee on the constitution and working of the General Medical Council : memorandum by Dr. Pitman and Sir James Paget : memorandum by Dr. Quain : and appendix containing documents in regard to the Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Diverse Schemes for a Medical Council. (C). MEMORANDUM BY THE REGISTRAR ON CON- STITUTIONS PROPOSED FOR THE MEDICAL COUNCIL BEFORE THE PASSING OF THE MEDICAL ACT (1858). From the agitation for constituting a Council for medical education and other collateral objects common to the whole medical profession, arose many proposals, with varying and diverse schemes, as to the constitution that such a Council should possess in order to be best adapted for carrying into effect the measures for which it was to be brought into existence. These various constitutions are set forth, with more or less elaboration of detail, in the several medical Bills that were the forerunners of the Medical Act (1858). Expressed seriatim, in as brief a form as possible, the chief characteristics of these constitutions may be summarized as follows:— Three separate and independent Councils of 36 Members each. Appointed and Elected Councillors. TenMembers in each Council to vacate oflBce yearly. Medical Senate of the United King- dom to con- sist of 36 Members. 1. A Bill of date August 11, 1840, prepared and brought in by Mr. Waeburton, Mr. Wakley, and Mr. Hawes, sought to establish three separate and distinct Medical Councils, consisting of 36 Councillors in each of the three divisions of the United Kingdom—which were severally to form three independent Councils within their own territorial limits—whereof 12, called Appointed Councillors, to be nominated by the Home Secre- tary, were to be persons who neither are, nor ever have been, engaged in the practice of medicine, and the other 24, called Elected Councillors, were to be chosen by ballot, by universal suffrage, by and from Registered Medical Practitioners, pur- suant to an elaborate scheme set forth in full detail in the Bill, the Registrars of the Councils (the appointment of whom rested with the Home Secretary) being appointed Scrutineers of the first elections. On the first Monday in October in every year, the elected Chairman, a selected three of the Appointed Councillors, and a selected six of the Elected Councillors, were to vacate office in each of the three Councils—though eligible for immediate re-elec- tion—and others were to be forthwith chosen to fill their places. By and from these three Councils, a Medical Senate of the United Kingdom was to be elected, consisting of 4 Appointed and 8 Elected Councillors from each of the three divisions of the United Kingdom, to which were to be delegated powers to exercise