• Allied Health Professions Act, 1982 (Act No. 63 of 1982)
  • Notice No. 712 of 1982
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • Chapter 1 : Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa: Establishment, Objects and Functions
    • 2. Establishment of Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa
    • 3. Objects of council
    • 4. General Powers of Council
    • 5. Constitution of Council
    • 6. Disqualification for appointment as member, vacation of office by members and filling of
    • 7. Office-bearers
    • 8. Meetings of council
    • 9. Executive committee of council
    • 10. Other committees of council
    • 10A. Establishment of professional boards
    • 10B. Disqualification for appointment as member, vacation of office by members and filling
    • 10C. Objects of professional boards
    • 10D. Powers of professional board
    • 11. Appointment of registrar and staff
    • 12. Funds of the council
    • 13. Rectification of errors and validation of irregular acts
  • Chapter 2 : Registration of Practitioners and Students
    • Registration of Practitioners
      • 14. Keeping of registers
      • 15. Registration of Practitioners
      • 16. Allied health professions
      • 16A. Control over training
      • 16B. Prescribing of qualifications
      • 16C. Temporary registration
      • 16D. Investigation of matters relating to education or training of certain classes of perso
      • 16E. Registration of certain persons so as to enable them to give education or training
      • 16F. Educational institutions to furnish council with certain particulars
      • 17. Effect of registration as practitioner
    • Registration of Students
      • 18. Registration of students
      • 19. Registration of interns
      • 20. Repealed
    • Updating, custody and publication of registers
      • 21. Removal of names from, and restoration thereof to, register
      • 22. Custody and publication of registers
  • Chapter 3 : Disciplinary Powers of the Council
    • 23. Inquiry into alleged misconduct
    • 24. Penalties for misconduct and procedure at inquiry by council
    • 25. Postponement of imposition, and suspension of execution, of penalty or part thereof
    • 26. Effect of suspension or removal of name from register and restoration of name to regist
    • 27. Cognizance by council or professional board of certain conduct of practitioners
    • 28. Penalty for false evidence
    • 29. Acts or omissions in respect of which council or professional board may take disciplina
    • 30. Restriction in, or suspension from, practise of profession by practitioner
  • Chapter 4 : Offences, penalties and other judicial matters
    • 31. Offences by unregistered persons, and penalties
    • 32. Offences by practitioners and students, and penalties
    • 32A. Other offences, and penalties
    • 33. Receipt for annual fees prima facie proof of registration of practitioner
    • 34. Proof of certain facts by certificate
    • 35. Presumptions
    • 36. Limitation of liability
    • 37. No remuneration recoverable by unregistered persons in respect of certain acts
  • Chapter 5 : General and Supplementary Provisions
    • 38. Regulations
    • 38A. Charges by registered persons
    • 38B. Appeal
    • 38C. Exemption from operation of provisions of Act
    • 39. Unregistered persons not eligible for or entitled to hold certain appointments
    • 40. Saving
    • 41. Interpretation of laws in respect of certain medicine men and herbalists
    • 41A. Abolition of Chiropractors, Homeopaths and Allied Health Service Professions Interim
    • 42. Repeal of laws, and transitional provisions
    • 43. Short title
  • Schedule
    • Laws repealed
• Notices
  • Inclusion of the Profession of Aromatherapy and Reflexology under the Provisions of the Allied Health Professions Act, 1982
    • Notice No. 1224 of 2019
• Board Notices
  • Unprofessional Conduct: Use of Intravenous Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid (Calcium Disodium Versants [CaNa2-EDTA]) and any other scheduled Intravenous Chelating Agent; Intravenous Pure Form Ozone (03) Therapy; and Intravenous Dihydrogen Dioxide (Hydorgen Peroxide [H202] Therapy
    • Board Notice 62 of 2010
  • Unprofessional Conduct: Travel from Patient to Patient to Render Health Services
    • Board Notice 29 of 2011
  • Increase Fees payable to the APHCSA by Students, Interns and Practitioners 
    • Board Notice 179 of 2011
  • Unprofessional Conduct: Groupons 
    • Board Notice 181 of 2011
  • Increase Allowances payed to Councillors and Professional Board Members serving on the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA)
    • Board Notice 175 of 2016
  • Increase Fees payable to the AHPCSA by Students, Interns and Practitioners 
    • Board Notice 192 of 2017
  • Unprofessional Conduct Board Notice: Advising Patients on Thermography and Mammography : Board Notice No. 193 of 2017
    • Board Notice 193 of 2017
  • Unprofessional Conduct Board Notice: Practice of Live Blood Anaylsis to be used only as an Adjunct to the Scope of Practice of Homeopathy, Naturopathy or Phytotherapy
    • Board Notice 3 of 2018
  • Students, Interns or Student-Interns practising in the Republic of South Africa or Elsewhere : Chiropractic and Osteopathy
    • Board Notice No. 168 of 2018
  • Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for the professions of Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Phytotherapy, Reflexology, Therapeutic Aromatherapy, Therapeutic Massage Therapy, Therapeutic Reflexology and Unani-Tibb
    • Board Notice 108 of 2019
    • Definitions
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Administration
    • 3. Individual CPD Activity Record
    • 4. Compliance Verification
    • 5. Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
    • 6. Hierarchy of Learning Activities
    • 7. Activities that do not qualify for CEUs
    • 8. Non-Compliance
    • 9. Deferment
    • 10. Practitioners Abroad
    • 11. Registration of Holders of Foreign Qualifications or Persons applying for Restoration to any Register after Practising Abroad
    • 12. Complaints
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A : Individual CPD Activity Record
      • Annexure B : Learning Activities for the Professional Board
  • 2020 Registration and other Fees - AHPCSA
    • Board Notice 193 of 2019
  • Safety Guidelines: Chiropractic and Osteopathy: Dry Needling (Myofascial trigger point therapy using fine filament needles)
    • Board Notice 121 of 2020
    • Preface
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Indications for Dry Needling
    • 3. Contra-Indications to Dry Needling
    • 4. Adverse Effects
    • 5. Anatomical Considerations
      • 5.1 Thorax
      • 5.2 Lower back region
      • 5.3 Areas requiring specialist knowledge
      • 5.4 Blood vessels, nerves and organs
      • 5.5 Lymph nodes
      • 5.6 Joints
    • 6. Principles for Safe Dry Needling Practice
    • 7. Hygienic Requirements for Dry Needling
    • 8. Legal Requirements specific to Dry Needling
    • 9. References
  • 2022 Annual Fees
    • Board Notice 295 of 2022
  • 2023 Annual Fees
    • Board Notice 447 of 2023
  • 2025 Annual Fees
    • Board Notice 695 of 2024