11 (2) Any case involving misconduct on the part of a member of the Health Service Secretariat shall be investigated, adjudicated upon and, punished by the appropriate person or authority prescribed in service regulations. (3) The procedure to be followed in the investigation and adjudication of misconduct cases referred to in subsection (1), and the punishments that may be imposed upon members of the Health Service found guilty of misconduct, shall be as prescribed in service regulations or, in the absence of such prescription, as fixed by the Board. (4) Any person who is aggrieved by a verdict reached or punishment imposed following misconduct proceedings conducted in terms of subsection (1) or (2) may appeal to the Board in the form and manner prescribed in service regulations. PART IV HOSPITALS AND HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT BOARDS 18 Corporate status of central, provincial and district or general hospitals (1) Subject to subsection (4) each central, provincial, district or general hospital shall be a body corporate capable of suing and being sued in its own name and, subject to this Act, performing all acts that bodies corporate may by law perform. (2) Each central or provincial, district or general hospital shall be managed by a hospital management board. (3) Any legal suit or action to which a Government hospital is a party shall be reported to the Health Service Board. 19 Establishment and composition of hospital management boards (1) The Minister shall establish a hospital management board for each Government hospital which shall be the responsible authority for the hospital concerned. (2) Subject to subsection (4), each hospital management board shall consist of not more than seven members of whom— (a) one shall be the superintendent or chief executive officer of the hospital, who shall be the chairperson of the board; (b) in the case of a teaching hospital, one shall be appointed by the Minister from a panel of three persons who are staff members of any faculty or college of medicine involved in training health personnel in a university operating in the province or in the vicinity in which the hospital is located, whose names have been submitted by the governing body of the university; (c) the remaining members shall be appointed by the Minister for their professional or managerial skills. (3) If a university referred to in subsection (2)(b) fails, neglects or refuses to submit any names or make any nomination or appointment for the purposes of that provision, or if a suitable person cannot be found in the area, the Minister may in terms of that provision appoint any person, whether that person is qualified in terms of that provision or not, whom he