National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003)

Chapter 6 : Health Establishments

42. Clinics and community health centre committees

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(1)Provincial legislation must at least provide for the establishment in the province in question of committee for—
(a)a clinic or a group of clinics;
(b)a community health centre; or
(c)a clinic and a community health centre or a group of clinics and community health centres.

 

(2)Any committee contemplated in subsection (1) must at least include—
(a)one or more local government councillors;
(b)one or more members of the community served by the health facility; and
(c)the head of the clinic or health centre in question.

 

(3)The functions of a committee must be prescribed in the provincial legislation in question.