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Older Persons Act, 2006 (Act No. 13 of 2006)

Chapter 3 : Community-Based Care and Support Services for Older Persons

14. Persons providing home-based care

 

(1) Any person who provides home-based care must ensure that caregivers receive the prescribed training.

 

(2) All social workers and health care providers providing care to older persons contemplated in subsection (1) must be registered with the appropriate statutory council responsible for the relevant profession.

 

(3)
(a) The Minister must keep a register of all caregivers providing home-based care and must prescribe a code of conduct for such caregivers;
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to social workers and health care providers referred to in subsection (2).

 

(4) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this section is guilty of an offence.