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Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for the professions of Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Phytotherapy, Reflexology, Therapeutic Aromatherapy, Therapeutic Massage Therapy, Therapeutic Reflexology and Unani-Tibb

Board Notice 108 of 2019

 

Board Notice 108

12 July 2019

GG 42576

 

Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA)

 

EXTENSION: CPD CYCLE: 1 JULY 2019 – 30 JUNE 2021 UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2021

 

AND

 

CPD CYCLE: 1 JANUARY 2022 – 31 DECEMBER 2023

 

The Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA), having consulted with the professional boards for Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture and Unani-Tibb (PBACMU), Chiropractic and Osteopathy (PBCO), Homeopathy, Naturopathy and Phytotherapy (PBHNP) and Therapeutic Aromatherapy, Therapeutic Massage Therapy and Therapeutic Reflexology (PBARM), has resolved, in terms of section 4(1)(g) of the Allied Health Professions Act (63/1982) (“the Act”), as amended, that:

 

• the requirements for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for the CPD cycle 1 July to 30 June 2021, as promulgated in Board Notice 108 of 2019 in Government Gazette No 42576 of 12 July 20219, be extended to 31 December 2021; and

 

• as set out in this Board Notice, the following requirements are applicable for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for the CPD cycle 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2023.

 

Practitioners or therapists who are registered in one allied health profession shall be required to accumulate forty (40) Continuing Education Units (CEUs) per cycle, fifty percent (50%) of which shall be profession-specific and include four (4) CEUs for the AHPCSA-approved Bioethics and Jurisprudence course (paragraph 5.5 of the Guidelines).

 

Practitioners or therapists who are registered in more than one allied health profession shall be required to obtain thirty (30) Continuing Education Units (CEUs) per profession, fifty percent (50%) of which shall be profession-specific for each profession and include four (4) CEUs for the AHPCSA-approved Bioethics and Jurisprudence course (paragraph 5.5 of the Guidelines), the latter requirement forming part of the first profession thirty (30) Continuing Education Units (CEUs) requirement.

 

 

Dr Louis Mullinder

Registrar: Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa

November 2021

 

[Board Notice 108 substituted by Board Notice 170, GG45536, dated 26 November 2021]