• Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974)
  • Notice No. 1874 of 1974
  • Act
  • 1. Definitions
  • Chapter I : Establishment, Objects, Functions and Powers of the Health Professions Council of South Africa and of Professional Boards
    • 2. Establishment of Health Professions Council of South Africa
    • 3. Objects and functions of council
    • 4. General powers of council
    • 5. Constitution of council
    • 6. Vacation of office and filling of vacancies
    • 7. President and vice-president
    • 8. Meetings of the council
    • 9. Quorum and procedure at meetings
    • 10. Executive committee
    • 11. Repealed
    • 12. Appointment of registrar and staff
    • 13. Corporate finance and governance
    • 13A. Repealed
    • 14. Minister may rectify defects
    • 15. Establishment of professional boards
    • 15A. Objects of professional boards
    • 15B. General powers of professional boards
  • Chapter II : Education, Training and Registration
    • 16. Control over training
    • 17. Registration a prerequisite for practising
    • 18. Keeping of registers
    • 19. Removal of name from, and restoration to, register
    • 19A. Suspension of health professionals and revocation of such suspension
    • 20. Right to appeal
    • 21. Custody and publication of registers
    • 22. Register as proof
    • 23. Issue of duplicate registration certificate, certificate of status
    • 24. Qualifications prescribed for registration
    • 24A. Community service
    • 25. Registration of persons who hold qualifications not prescribed for registration
    • 26. Compliance with certain conditions relating to continuing professional development
    • 27. Repealed
    • 28. Repealed
    • 29. Registration of certain persons for education and training purposes
    • 30. Registration of certain persons so as to enable them to engage in post-graduate studies
    • 31. Universities, technikons and other training institutions to furnish council with certai
    • 32. Repealed
    • 32A. Repealed
    • 32B. Repealed
    • 33. Definition of scope of other health professions registrable in terms of this Act
    • 34. Registration a prerequisite for practising a profession
    • 35. Registration and use of additional qualifications, registration of specialists
  • Chapter III : Offences by Unregistered Persons
    • 36. Repealed
    • 37. Repealed
    • 38. Repealed
    • 39. Prohibition of performance of certain acts by unregistered persons
    • 40. Penalty for professing to be a registered person or holder of certain qualification
  • Chapter IV : Disciplinary Powers of Professional Boards
    • 41. Inquiries by professional boards into charges of unprofessional conduct
    • 41A. Manner in which certain investigations may be instituted
    • 42. Matters for and procedure at inquiry by professional boards
    • 43. Postponement of imposition of penalty and suspension of operation of penalty
    • 44. Effect of suspension or removal from register
    • 45. Cognizance by professional boards of conduct of registered persons under certain circum
    • 46. Penalty for false evidence
    • 47. Limitation of liability
    • 48. Repealed
    • 49. Council to make rules relating to offences under this Chapter
    • 50. Repealed
    • 51. Regulations relating to investigations in respect of impaired persons
  • Chapter V : General and Supplementary Provisions
    • 52. Dispensing of medicines
    • 52A. Repealed
    • 53. Charges by registered persons
    • 53A. Repealed
    • 54. Repealed
    • 54A. Exemption from operation of provisions of Act
    • 55. Penalty for false representation inducing registration, for false entries in register a
    • 55A. Repealed
    • 56. Death of person undergoing procedure of therapeutic, diagnostic
    • 57. Commission on prescriptions
    • 58. Repealed
    • 59. Limitations in respect of unregistered persons
    • 60. Investigation of matters relating to the educatio or training of certain persons
    • 61. Regulations
    • 61A. Rules
    • 62. Levying of annual fees on certain registered persons
    • 63. Repealed
    • 63A. Repealed
    • 64. Repeal of laws
    • 65. Repealed
    • 66. Short title and commencement
  • Schedule
    • Laws Repealed
• Regulations
  • Regulations relating to the Specialities and Subspecialities in Medicine and Dentistry
    • Notice No. R. 590 of 2001
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Recognition of specialities, subspecialities and related specialities
    • 3. Subspecialities recognised and prescribed in terms of Section 35(2) of the Act
    • 4. Registrable Subspecialities
    • 5. Registered Medical or Dental practitioner
    • 6. Requirements for Registration of a Medical Practitioner in the Category Independent Practice (Specialist)
    • 7. Requirements for Registration of a Dentist in the Category Independent Practice (Specialist)
    • 8. Requirements for Registration of a Foreign Qualified Medical Practitioner or Dentist as a Specialist
    • 9. Requirements for Registration of a Foreign Qualified Specialist on Special Merit
    • 10. Conditions of Registration in the Category Public Service (Specialist)
    • 11. Requirements for Registration of a Subspeciality by a Medical Specialist
    • 12. General
    • 13. Registers of Registrars and Senior Registrars
    • 14 - 18. Conditions of Practising as a Specialist
    • 19. Repeal
  • Regulations relating to Names that may not be used in relation to the Profession of Optometry 
    • Notice No. 1212 of 2004
  • Registration of Student Dental Assistants 
    • Notice No. R. 581 of 2008
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Psychology
    • Notice No. R. 704 of 2011
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Amendment of the regulations
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Audiology
    • Notice No. R. 803 of 2011
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Acts Pertaining to the Scope of the Profession of Audiology
    • 3. Exclusion of Emerging Areas
    • 4. Repeal
  • Registration of Medical Technicians in the Category Virology
    • Notice No. R. 389 of 2012
  • Registration of Medical Technicians in Immunology
    • Notice No. R. 390 of 2012
  • Registration of Intern Psychologists
    • Notice No. R. 394 of 2012
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Dental Assistants
    • Notice No. R. 396 of 2012
  • Registration of Medical Technicians in the Category Tuberculosis (Bacterium)
    • Notice No. R. 399 of 2012
  • Registration of Students as Registered Counsellors
    • Notice No. R. 827 of 2012
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of Practice of Clinical Associates, 2016
    • Notice No. 1390 of 2016
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Acts deemed to be acts pertaining to the scope of practice of Clinical Associates
    • 3. Conditions of practice
    • 4. Short Title
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Dental Therapy, 2016
    • Notice No. 1391 of 2016
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of the profession of dental therapy
    • 3. Performance of professional acts by a student in dental therapy
    • 4. Repeal
    • 5. Short title
  • Registration of Audiology Students, 2017
    • Notice No. 329 of 2017
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Registration as a student
    • 3. Information to be submitted to the professional board
    • 4. Short title
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of Practice of the Profession of Oral Hygiene
    • Notice No. 713 of 2017
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of the profession of oral hygiene
    • 3. Performance of professional act by student in oral hygiene
    • 4. Conditions of practice by registered oral hygienist
    • Repeal and Withdrawal
      • 5. 
      • 6.
    • 7. Short title
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Speech-Language Therapy
    • Notice No. 1459 of 2017
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of practice of profession of speech-language therapy
    • 3. Short title and commencement
  • Regulations relating to the Constitution of the Professional Board for Emergency Care Practitioners, 2021
    • Notice No. 642 of 2021
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Constitution of the board
    • 3. Repeal
    • 4. Short title
  • Regulations relating to the Qualifications for the Registration of Dispensing Opticians, 2021
    • Notice No. 664 of 2021
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Qualifications for registration
    • 3. Short title
  • Regulations relating to the Registration of Forensic Pathology Officers, 2021
    • Notice No. 1927 of 2022
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Registration of a Forensic Pathology Officer
    • 3. Application for registration
    • 4. Short title
  • Regulations relating to the Qualifications for the Registration of Optometrists, 2022
    • Notice No. 2554 of 2022
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Qualifications for registration
    • 3. Short Title
  • Regulations relating to the Qualifications for the Registration of Dispensing Opticians, 2022
    • Notice No. 2633 of 2022
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Qualifications for registration
    • 3. Short title
  • Regulations relating to the Qualifications for Registration of Arts Therapists, 2023
    • Notice No. R. 3103 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Registration of an arts therapist
    • 3. Repeal
    • 4. Short title
  • Regulations relating to the Registration of Technicians in Clinical Technology, 2023
    • Notice No. 3460 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Requirement for registration
    • 3. Short Title
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Clinical Technology, 2023
    • Notice No. 3510 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Acts pertaining to the profession of clinical technology
    • 3. Acts relating to clinical technology categories
    • 4. Repeal of laws
    • 5. Short title
  • [Repealed] Regulations relating to the Names that May Not be Used in Relation to the Profession of Dietetics or Nutrition, 2023
    • Notice No. R. 3562 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Names that may not be used
    • 3. Repeal
    • 4. Short title
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Nutritionists, 2023
    • Notice No. 3760 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Acts pertaining to scope of Nutritionist Profession
    • 3. Short title
  • Regulations relating to the Names that May Not be Used in Relation to the Profession of Dietetics or Nutrition, 2023
    • Notice No. 3972 of 2023
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Names that may not be usede
    • 3. Repeal
    • 4. Short title
  • [Repealed] Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Dietitians, 2024
    • Notice No. 4407 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Acts pertaining to scope of the profession of Dietitians
    • 3. Repeal
    • 4. Short title
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Dietitians, 2024
    • Notice No. 2985 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Acts pertaining to scope of the profession of Dietitians
    • 3. Repeal
    • 4. Short title
  • Regulations relating to the Registration by Dental Therapists of Additional Qualifications, 2024
    • Notice No. 5362 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2 - 3. Additional Qualifications
    • 4. Repeal
    • 5. Short title
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Orthopaedic Footwear Technicians, 2024
    • Notice No. 5363 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Acts pertaining to the profession of orthopaedic footwear technicians
    • 3. Repeal
    • 4. Short title
  • Regulations Relating to the Qualifications for Registration of Medical Orthotists and Prosthetists, 2024
    • Notice No. 5365 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Qualification for registration
    • 3. Repeal
    • 4. Short title
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Arts Therapy, 2024
    • Notice No. 5627 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Act pertaining to the Profession of Arts Therapy
    • 3. Short title
  • Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Orthotics and Prosthetic Technicians, 2024
    • Notice No. 5629 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Acts pertaining to the profession of orthotic and prosthetic technicians
    • 3. Short title
  • Regulations Relating to the Constitution of the Professional Board for Environmental Health Practitioners, 2024
    • Notice No. 5633 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Constitution of the board
    • 3. Repeal of laws
    • 4. Short title
  • Regulations relating to the Registration of Orientation and Mobility Practitioners, 2024
    • Notice No. 5654 of 2024
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Registration as Orientation and Mobility Practitioner
    • 3. Application for registration
    • 4. Short title
• Board Notices
  • List of Classified and Certified Psychological Tests
    • Board Notice 155 of 2017
  • Annual fees payable by registered practitioners
    • [Repealed] Board Notice No. 27 of 2018
    • [Repealed] Board Notice No. 20 of 2019
    • Board Notice No. 11 of 2020
    • [Repealed] Board Notice 234 of 2022
    • Board Notice 399 of 2023 - effective 1 April 2023
    • Board Notice 710 of 2024 - effective 1 April 2025
  • Rules relating to fees payable to Council
    • Board Notice 78 of 2012
    • [Repealed] Board Notice No. 42 of 2018
    • [Repealed] Board Notice No. 21 of 2019
    • Board Notice No. 10 of 2020
    • [Repealed] Board Notice 235 of 2022
    • Board Notice 398 of 2023 - effective 1 April 2023
    • Board Notice 743 of 2025
  • Rules for the Registration of Speech and Hearing Assistants: Repeal
    • Board Notice 51 of 2021
  • Rules for the Registration of Community Speech and Hearing Workers: Repeal
    • Board Notice 52 of 2021
  • Rules for the Registration of Speech and Hearing Correctionists: Repeal
    • Board Notice 76 of 2021
  • Rules for the Registration of Speech and Hearing Correctionists: Repeal
    • Board Notice 324 of 2022
  • Rules for the Registration of Audiometricians: Repeal
    • Board Notice 325 of 2022
• Proclamations
  • Commencement
    • Proclamation No. 30 of 2008
• Rules
  • Registration by Medical Practitioners and Dentists of Additional Qualifications
    • Board Notice 35 of 1999
    • Rule 1
    • Rule 2
      • Rule 2(b) Universities - Other South African Qualifications
        • University of Cape Town
        • University of Kwazulu Natal
        • University of Limpopo
        • University of Natal
        • University of Free State
        • University of Pretoria
        • North West University
        • Stellenbosch University
        • Walter Sisulu University
        • University of Western Cape
      • Rule 2(b) Colleges - Other South African Qualifications
        • College of Anaesthetists of South Africa
        • College of Community Health of South Africa
        • College of Dermatologists of South Africa
        • College of Diagnostic Radiology
        • College of Emergency Medicine of South Africa
        • College of Family Practitioners of South Africa
        • College of Forensic Pathologists of South Africa
        • College of Medical Geneticists of South Africa
        • College of Medicine of South Africa
        • College of Nuclear Physicians of South Africa
        • College of Nuerologists of South Africa
        • College of Nuerosurgeons of South Africa
        • College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of South Africa
        • College of Opthalmologists of South Africa
        • College of Otorhinolaryncologists of South Africa
        • College of Paediatricians of South Africa
        • College of Pathologists of South Africa
        • College of Physicians of South Africa
        • College of Psychiatrists of South Africa
        • College of Public Health Medicine of South Africa
        • College of Public Health Medicine (Division of Occupational Health) of South Africa
        • College of Radiation Oncology
        • College of Radiologists of South Africa
        • College of Surgeons of South Africa
      • Rule 2(c) Universities - Other Foreign Qualifications
      • Rule 2(c) Colleges - Other Foreign Qualifications
      • Rule 2(c) - Academies/Associations/Societies and Faculties
    • Rule 3
      • Rule 3(b) Universities - Other South African Qualifications
      • Rule 3(b) Colleges - Other South African Qualifications
      • Rule 3(c) Universities - Other Foreign Qualifications
      • Rule 3(c) Colleges - Other Foreign Qualifications
  • Rules for the Registration of Orthoptists : Repeal
    • Board Notice 19 of 2018
  • Rules relating to the Payment of Fees for Accreditation of Education and Training offered by Education and Training Institutions under the Health Professions Act, 1974
    • Board Notice 112 of 2018