10.—(1) Before the 1st day of February in each election year, four persons shall be elected to be members of the Board by the registered medical practitioners ordinarily resident within the State.
(2) Every person elected under this section shall be a registered medical practitioner ordinarily resident within the State.
(3) Every election under this section shall be carried out in accordance with regulations made for that purpose by the Minister and the returning officer shall be the chairman, or a person nominated by the chairman, of the Board.
