Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)Chapter 2 : Education, Training, Research, Registration and Practice40. Community service |
| (1) | A person who is a citizen of South Africa intending to register for the first time to practise a profession in a prescribed category must perform remunerated community service for a period of one year at a public health facility. |
| (2) | A person referred to in subsection (1) must be registered in the category community service. |
| (3) | The Minister may, after consultation with the Council, make regulations concerning the performance of the service contemplated in subsection (1), including but not limited to— |
| (a) | the place at which such service is to be performed; |
| (b) | the conditions of employment pertaining to persons who perform such service; and |
| (c) | the categories of registration excluded from such service. |