Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2004 (Act No. 35 of 2004)Chapter 4 : Disciplinary Inquiries and Investigations by Council31. Manner in which certain investigations may be instituted |
| (1) | The registrar may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Council, appoint a member of the Council as the investigating officer for the purposes of this section. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding subsection (1), the registrar may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Council and on such conditions as the Council determines, appoint any person who is not a member of the Council and not in the full—time employment of the Council as the investigating officer for a particular investigation or to assist the investigating officer contemplated in subsection (1) with a particular investigation. |
| (3) | A person appointed in terms of subsection (2) has the same powers and duties regarding the investigation as the investigating officer contemplated in subsection (1). |
| (4) |
| (a) | The registrar must issue to the person appointed under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be, a certificate to the effect that he or she has so been appointed, and, in the case of a person appointed for, or to assist with, a particular investigation, that he or she has so been appointed for such investigation. |
| (b) | The person so appointed must on demand produce such certificate. |
| (5) | The registrar may institute an investigation— |
| (a) | into an alleged contravention of, or failure to comply with, this Act; |
| (b) | to determine if a specific provision of this Act applies to a particular registered person; |
| (c) | into a charge, complaint or allegation of improper or disgraceful conduct by a registered person; or |
| (d) | into the affairs or conduct of a registered person, if any person files a complaint with the registrar, supported by an affidavit setting out the allegations contained in such complaint. |