Acts Online
GT Shield

Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974)

Regulations

Regulations Defining the Scope of the Profession of Orthopaedic Footwear Technicians, 2024

1. Definitions

 

In these Regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning, unless the context indicates otherwise:—

 

"the Act" means the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974), and

 

"Specialised Orthopaedic footwear devices/surgical boots" means therapeutic shoes including but not limited to custom-made and surgical footwear, shoe modifications made for therapeutic purposes,  partial foot prosthesis and foot orthoses.