Older Persons Act, 2006 (Act No. 13 of 2006)Chapter 3 : Community-Based Care and Support Services for Older Persons14. Persons providing home-based care |
| (1) | Any person who provides home-based care must ensure that caregivers receive the prescribed training. |
| (2) | All social workers and health care providers providing care to older persons contemplated in subsection (1) must be registered with the appropriate statutory council responsible for the relevant profession. |
| (3) |
| (a) | The Minister must keep a register of all caregivers providing home-based care and must prescribe a code of conduct for such caregivers; |
| (b) | Paragraph (a) does not apply to social workers and health care providers referred to in subsection (2). |
| (4) | Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this section is guilty of an offence. |