Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974)

Regulations

Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Clinical Technology, 2023

3. Acts relating to clinical technology categories
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The following are hereby specified as acts which shall for the purposes of the Act be deemed to be acts pertaining to the profession of clinical technology in relation of the following categories:—

 

(a) Cardiology: The performance of non-invasive special procedures and the provision of assistance to a medical practitioner in the  handling of electronic apparatus used during invasive procedures for the purpose of obtaining data in order to support or confirm the diagnosis or treatment of or to identify a specific cardiac disease.

 

(b) Cardiovascular perfusion: The usage of extra-corporeal apparatus to support or take over the patients' circulatory and respiratory function temporarily; collaboration with medical practitioners in the use of medical apparatus for blood management and patient monitoring.

 

(c) Critical care: The support of the medical practitioner in the handling of life-support equipment in critical care situations; collaboration with medical practitioners in the use of medical apparatus for blood management and patient monitoring.

 

(d) Nephrology: The performance of extra-corporeal procedures in the field of nephrology, as well as apheresis with the appropriate apparatus; collaboration with medical practitioners in the use of medical apparatus for blood management and patient monitoring.

 

(e) Neurophysiology: The performance of electrophysiological procedures, as well as tests on the brain, nervous system, and muscular systems of the patient.

 

(f) Pulmonology: The performance of lung function examinations with the aid of electronic and computerised equipment in order to support and confirm the diagnosis of respiratory disease.

 

(g) Reproductivity biology: The evaluating and determining of the extent, nature, and degree of infertility in couples with a view to diagnosis by a medical practitioner, and the performance of procedures to attain a successful pregnancy.