Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007

The Traditional Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007 aims:

• to establish the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa;
• to provide for a regulatory framework to ensure the efficacy, safety and quality of traditional health care services;
• to provide for the management and control over the registration, training and conduct of practitioners, students and specified categories in the traditional health practitioners profession; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

• 30 April 2008, Sections 7, 10, 11(3), 12 to 15, 47, 48 and 50 (Gazette 31020 of 30 April 2008)
• 1 May 2014, Sections 4 to 6, 8, 9, 16 to 46, 49 and 51 (Gazette 37600 of 2 May 2014)
• 1 October 2018, Sections 1, 2, 3, 11(1) and 11(2) (Gazette 41945 of  28 September 2018)