Allied Health Professions Act, 1982 (Act No. 63 of 1982)Board NoticesGuidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for the professions of Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Phytotherapy, Reflexology, Therapeutic Aromatherapy, Therapeutic Massage Therapy, Therapeutic Reflexology and Unani-Tibb2. Administration |
| 2.1. | The CPD system will be administered by the Registrar on behalf of the AHPCSA and will be monitored by the CPD Committees. The registrar may, with the approval of the Executive Committee of the council, appoint a third-party service provider to assist with the administration of the CPD system. |
| 2.2. | Any individual practitioner that attends CPD activities in order to comply with the statutory requirements as determined by the AHPCSA shall ensure that he/she is in possession of a certificate of attendance and upload the necessary certificate and/or documents on the CPD Administration online-platform and shall keep such certificates of attendance for a minimum of two years on record after the completion of the relevant cycle to comply with any random compliance check. When and if an AHPCSA CPD Administration online-platform has been established, all practitioners shall register and utilise the CPD Administration website to record all their CPD activities. |
| 2.3. | The CPD Committees shall ensure that the requisite standards are met and maintained by the CPD service providers and shall be responsible for conducting quality checks on the activities of the CPD service providers offering CPD activities from time to time. |
| 2.4.1 | The Act provides for the approval of education and training as follows: |
Section 16A: Control over training
| (1) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any law contained, no person or educational institution shall offer or provide any education or training in any allied health profession to which the provisions of this Act apply, unless such education or training has been considered by the relevant professional board and approved by the council after considering a recommendation by the relevant board. |
| (2) | Any person or institution wishing to offer or to provide the education or training referred to in subsection (1) shall, before offering or providing such education or training, apply to the council in writing for its approval of such education or training and shall furnish such particulars regarding such education or training as the council may require. |
| (3) | The council may, after consultation with the relevant professional board, grant or refuse any application made in terms of subsection (2) and may, i f i t h as g ranted such application, prescribe such conditions and requirements as it may deem fit subject to which the education and training in question may be provided. |
| (4) | The council may appoint a person to attend examinations in respect of any allied health profession regulated by or under this Act which are being conducted by a person or institution whose application has been approved by the council in terms of subsection (3). |
| (5) | Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this section, or any condition or requirement prescribed there under, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both a fine and such imprisonment. |
[Guideline 2 substituted by Board Notice 170, GG45536, dated 26 November 2021]