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

Chapter 2 : Establishment and Governance of Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa

8. Vacation of office and filling of vacancies

 

(1) A member of the Council must vacate his or her office if—
(a) he or she ceases to be a South African citizen;
(b) he or she is diagnosed as having a mental illness or becomes a mental health care user as defined in section 1 of the Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002);
(c) he or she has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine, whether or not such sentence has been suspended;
(d) he or she is disqualified in terms of any law from practising as a traditional health practitioner;
(e) he or she ceases to hold the necessary qualification for his or her designation or appointment;
(f) he or she tenders his or her resignation, in writing, to the Minister;
(g) he or she is absent from two consecutive meetings of the Council without the leave of the Council;
(h) his or her estate is sequestrated or he or she has entered into a composition with his or her creditors;
(i) he or she becomes impaired to the extent that he or she is unable to carry out his or her duties as a member of the Council;
(j) the Minister, in the public interest or on grounds of misconduct, incapacity or incompetence, terminates his or her membership; or
(k) the period for which the member was appointed has expired and his or her appointment is not renewed by the Minister.

 

(2) If a member of the Council dies or vacates his or her office before the expiration of his or her term of office, the Minister must appoint another person to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the period of the term of office for which such member was appointed.