Associated Health Service Professions Amendment Act 63 of 1993

The Associated Health Service Professions Amendment Act 63 of 1993 intends:

• to amend the Associated Health Service Professions Act, 1982, so as
• to delete, define or further define certain expressions;
• to change the name of the "South African Associated Health Service Professions Board" to the "Chiropractors, Homeopaths and Allied Health Service Professions Council";
• to extend the general functions of the council;
• to provide for the establishment of professional boards for allied health service professions;
• to further regulate the registration of practitioners; 
• to provide for the establishment of allied health service professions and for defining the scope thereof;
• to further regulate the prescribing of qualifications and temporary registration;
• to further regulate the registration of certain persons to give education or training, and the registration of students;
• to provide for the removal of names registered in error or through fraud;
• to provide for inquiries by professionai boards into alleged misconduct by practitioners of allied health service professions;
• to increase the fines that may he imposed for misconduct;
• to provide for the payment of a fine where a person charged with misconduct admits his guilt;
• to provide that the execution of certain penalties may be suspended in part;
• to provide ttiat a professional board may also take cognizance of certain conduct of practitioners;
• to provide for offences and penalties in respect of certain acts committed by practitioners of allied health service professions;
• to extend the powers of the Minister to make regulations and to increase the penalty for any contravention of the regulations;
• to provide that an aggrieved person may appeal to an appeal committee; and
• to provide that the Minister may exempt a juristic person from the operation of the Act; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

7 May 1993