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Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2007

Government of South Africa Country Resources General Health Legislation South Africa 7 January 2008 Policy document

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Traditional Health Practitioners Act, 2007

This Act intends to establish the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa;
to provide for a regulatory framework to ensure the efficacy, safety and quality of traditional health care services; to provide for the management and control over the registration, training and conduct of practitioners, students and specified categories in the traditional health practitioners profession; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

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