State task force and its composition

The committee has one Chairperson and one Nodal Officer who will also be the coordinator for NTEP. Following will be the office bearers & members of the committee:
Chairman/Vice Chair : Senior Professor (any Medical College in the State)/Prof/Addl. Prof. (Institute of National Importance in the State) of Pulmonary 
                                                    Medicine Community  Medicine/ General Medicine/ Microbiology*)
                                               The State Task Force needs to nominate Vice-Chair/s, (One Vice-Chair  for 10 Med Colleges)
                                                    * Director Medical Education cannot chair the NTEP-STF committee.
Member Secretary        : State TB Officer (STO)
STF Coordinator            : STF chairman will nominate one STF coordinator to coordinate activities amongst all Medical College of the State 
Tenure with other terms & conditions
1. To be elected as a STF Chair/Vice Chair or State OR Chair, the person should at least be an existing member of MCCC from any of the Medical Colleges of the state & should have an overall association with the Task Force mechanism for a minimum period of 4 years.
2. There is no fix tenure for the post of Member Secretary as it is ex-officio.
Chairman/Vice Chairman of STF, State OR Chairman & all other members including Coordinators & Nodal officers will have a tenure of two (2) years which can be extended only once for a maximum of another tenure of 2 years. At the end of their respective tenure, new office bearers & members will have to be replaced representing different Medical Colleges of the State by either election or by selecting unanimously. 
3. Office bearers (Chairman/Vice Chairman, State OR Chairman) of STF cannot hold dual charges simultaneously as Office bearers (Chairman/Vice Chairman, OR Chairman) at either the Zonal or National level of this Task Force mechanism of NTEP. This can be permitted in exceptional circumstances. No office bearers or members can hold the office after retirement/resignation or if no longer employed/associated with any Medical Colleges of that state. However, this does not apply to anyone who after retirement/resignation is employed in any Medical College of the same state in any capacity.

1. Office bearers (Chairman/Vice Chairman, State OR Chairman) of STF should be willing to spare time for the cause of Task Force activities.
2. STF chair to keep all in loop while planning activities 

Election of the STF chair
1. STF chairman will be elected by all members of the STF. 
2. Members can decide about the 2nd tenure to the incumbent or the new chairman of the State Task Force. 
3. There should be at least 50% members present to elect the new chairman or to grant another tenure.
4. The notice for election has to be at least 15 days in advance and will be done in STF meeting.

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