Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974)Chapter II : Education, Training and Registration24A. Community service |
| (1) | Notwithstanding section 24, any person registering for the first time in a category of registration listed in the regulations made in terms of this Act shall perform remunerated community service in health care for a period of one year in terms of the regulations contemplated in subsection (2) and shall, on the completion of such service, be entitled to practise the profession. |
| (2) | The Minister may, after consultation with the council, make regulations concerning the performance of the service contemplated in subsection (1), including but not limited to— |
| (a) | the place or places at which it is to be performed; |
| (b) | the conditions of employment pertaining to persons who perform such service; |
| (c) | the registration categories excluded from such services. |
[Section 24A substituted by section 25 of Act No. 29 of 2007]