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Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2004  (Act No. 35 of 2004)

Chapter 4 : Disciplinary Inquiries and Investigations by Council

31. Manner in which certain investigations may be instituted

 

(1) The registrar may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Council, appoint a member of the Council as the investigating officer for the purposes of this section.

 

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the registrar may, with the approval of the chairperson of the Council and on such conditions as the Council determines, appoint any person who is not a member of the Council and not in the full—time employment of the Council as the investigating officer for a particular investigation or to assist the investigating officer contemplated in subsection (1) with a particular investigation.

 

(3) A person appointed in terms of subsection (2) has the same powers and duties regarding the investigation as the investigating officer contemplated in subsection (1).

 

(4)
(a) The registrar must issue to the person appointed under subsection (1) or (2), as the case may be, a certificate to the effect that he or she has so been appointed, and, in the case of a person appointed for, or to assist with, a particular investigation, that he or she has so been appointed for such investigation.
(b) The person so appointed must on demand produce such certificate.

 

(5) The registrar may institute an investigation—
(a) into an alleged contravention of, or failure to comply with, this Act;
(b) to determine if a specific provision of this Act applies to a particular registered person;
(c) into a charge, complaint or allegation of improper or disgraceful conduct by a registered person; or
(d) into the affairs or conduct of a registered person, if any person files a complaint with the registrar, supported by an affidavit setting out the allegations contained in such complaint.