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The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) is required by the Health Professions Act (HPA) No. 56 of 1974 to determine standards for the education and training of persons seeking to practise professions under the ambit of its 12 professional boards. Registered practitioners are required by law to always practise professionally and ethically to ensure that patients realise positive outcomes from the treatment and care they receive when unwell.
Failure to do so will require the HPCSA to investigate alleged misconduct against practitioners, which may lead to punitive measures including suspension or de-registration from practising. Practitioners "holding qualifications not prescribed" What distinguishes the registration of practitioners trained locally versus those trained abroad? While most practitioners seeking registration with the HPCSA are trained locally, others hold qualifications that legislation calls "not prescribed". These are qualifications obtained abroad by both South African and non-South African persons who subsequently want to practise their profession in South Africa.
The HPCSA is required by law to ascertain the suitability of the training they received - and most importantly, to confirm that they are adequately skilled and equipped to competently care for South Africans - before securing registration. How does the HPCSA determine equivalent or satisfactory training? The 12 constituent Professional Boards of the HPSCA are empowered by the HPA to conduct assessments of applicants ahead of them..
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