Allied Health Professions Act, 1982 (Act No. 63 of 1982)Board NoticesUnprofessional Conduct: Travel from Patient to Patient to Render Health Services at any place other than a main or Itinerant Practice: ChiropractorsBoard Notice 29 of 2011 |
Board Notice 29 of 2011
25 January 2011
The Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa
Regulation 8, Government Notice No. R 1746 of 12 August 1983, makes provision for:
Itinerant practice
| (1) | An itinerant practice may be pursued where a practitioner on a regular basis, which shall be at least once a month, in such practice provides a full and satisfactory service to his patients, similar to the service which he provides in the place where he pursues his main practice. |
| (2) | In such itinerant practice a practitioner may divulge his intention to visit a place by the use of a bona fide letter enclosed in an envelope, addressed to a patient. |
The Professional Board for Chiropractic and Osteopathy has deemed the practice of travelling from patient to patient to render health services at any place other than the main or itinerant practice of the practitioner, to be unprofessional conduct for Chiropractors.
Should the Allied Health Professions Council become aware of any Chiropractor engaging in the abovementioned prohibited practice, such Chiropractor shall face disciplinary action in terms of Sections 23-30 of the Allied Health Professions Act 63 of 1982 (as amended).
Dr Louis Mullinder
Registrar