Table 2.

Composition of the councils established by the national acts

Composition or membership of nursing councils	India	Thailand	Myanmar	Nepal
Council members appointed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Council members elected	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Number of council members established	11	33 on Council Committee	11	15
Council members appointed or elected from various sectors	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ministry of health or equivalent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Private non-profit	No	Yes	No	No
Nursing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Midwifery	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Medical	Yes	No	No	No
The public	No	No	No	Yes
Training institutions	Yes	No	No	Yes
Criteria set out to select chairperson or president of council	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Council is created as a new, separate entity	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Committees of council are established	No	Yes (Council Committee)	No	No
Council is authorized to establish its own committees	Yes (executive committee and others, as needed)	Yes (ethics and others, as needed)	Yes (as needed)	Yes (as needed)
Professions regulated	Nurses; midwives; auxiliary nurse-midwives; health visitors; public health nurses	Nurses (first and second class); midwives (first and second class); nurse-midwives (first and second class)	Nurses; midwives; nurse-midwives; nurse-aids	Nurses; midwives; assistant nurse midwives