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Overview of HPCSA for Health Committee Presentation

Learn about HPCSA's functions, structure, and initiatives regarding professional standards, public protection, and healthcare access.

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Overview of HPCSA for Health Committee Presentation

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  1. Presentation on HPCSA to the Portfolio Committee on Health : Parliament of RSA by Professor T J Mariba, Acting President & Adv. B Mkhize, Registrar 02 October 2001

  2. HPCSA MISSION STATEMENT “Protecting the public and guiding the professions”

  3. HPCSA AS AN ORGANIZATION PURPOSE • To develop frameworks for the establishment of universal norms and values of the health professions • To promote health of the population by determining standards of professional training, and setting and maintaining fair standards of professional practice. • To protect and safeguard the public through determination and enforcement of ethical & professional practice standards.

  4. FUNCTIONS • The primary functions of the Council and the professional boards are two fold: • Recognition of professional qualifications - laying down of the minimum standards of training; inspection of training; and conducting certain examinations. • Professional practice - to set, maintain, and apply fair standards of professional conduct and practice in order to protect the public.

  5. FUNCTIONS (continued) • Control of professional conduct - • The disciplinary duties of the Council and the professional boards are discharged in accordance with legal principles following upon formal complaints lodged with the Council against registered persons. • Patients may also pursue civil litigation. Courts are also obliged to inform the Council of proceedings in which registered professional persons are found guilty.

  6. STRUCTURE OF THE HPCSA AND SUB-BODIES Parliament HPCSA (Continued) Professional Board for Dental Therapy & Oral Hygiene Minister of Health Professional Board for Dietetics Professional Board for Emergency Care Personnel Department of Health Professional Board for Environmental Health Practitioners Medical & Dental Professions Board HPCSA Professional Board for Medical Technology Professional Board for Occupational Therapy & Medical Orthotics/Prosthetics Professional Board for Optometry & Dispensing Opticians Professional Board for Physiotherapy, Podiatry & Biokinetics Professional Board for Psychology Professional Board for Radiography & Clinical Technology Professional Board for Speech, Language & Hearing Professions COUNCIL’S ADMINISTRATION

  7. NUMBER OF REGISTERED PERSONS IN SEPTEMBER 2001PER PROFESSIONAL BOARD PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE HPCSA

  8. Medical students - Decrease in admissions at Medical Schools & Gap between Black and White Students • Issue of academic institutions • HPCSA has no jurisdiction over academic institutions due to separate legislation and different admission policies governing each institution & therefore cannot intervene

  9. Measures to reduce disparities between urban and rural doctors • Health Department/Provincial Departments issue • HPCSA however supports initiatives to bridge the gap between rural and urban practitioners/environment, e.g. Cuban involvement [gov-to-gov agreements] • Health Dept investigating possible rural incentives

  10. Dispensing Doctors & Implementation of Dispensing Legislation - Health Department Process - Dept of Health in the process of finalising Regulations to implement the Act - Doctors will be subject to the provisions of the new Medicine and Related Substances Amendment Act, 1997

  11. Lack of suitable academics in Public Institutions • HPCSA has no jurisdiction over this matter • Where lack of expertise leads to a drop in standards, HPCSA may refuse to accredit such programs as falling below the accepted norms • In the process of reviewing internship program to be much more broader in scope and cover all disciplines adequately

  12. Registration of Foreign Practitioners • Regulations published on 28 November 2000, Government Notice R.1203 providing for registration with Council in the following categories after successfully completing prescribed examinations: • Public Service (General/Specialist) • Independent Practice (General /Specialist) • Postgraduate etc

  13. Registration of Foreign Practitioners • Effect of the new regulations is that the moratorium on recruitment of foreign practitioners has been lifted. • No restrictions are imposed save as provided for in terms of the regulations. • Council/Board Examinations for registration in the public service are run twice per annum at present - this frequency is being reviewed to cater for the demand • Major challenges around verification of information and credentials for the purposes of registration.

  14. GENERAL CONTACT INFORMATION For further information on Council and Professional Boards, as well as for details on specific services and relevant application forms, please visit Council’s web site. Council’s web site address: www.hpcsa.co.za General contact numbers: Telephone: 012 338 9300 Fax No: 012 328 5120 E-mail: hpcsa@hpcsa.co.za

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