Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa
AgencyAHPCSA
Mandate
Regulates allied and complementary health professions (chiropractic, homeopathy, acupuncture, naturopathy, etc.) under the Allied Health Professions Act 63 of 1982.
What Govermate has read
Updated 29 Jul 2026Built from the documents Govermate has read from AHPCSA. Every line below comes from a source document, not from an editorial description.
What this body does
- STATES6 documentsasserted in claims
- AHPCSA notice explaining the cross-recognition of CPD activities approved by oth1 documentdescribed in documents
- OFFERS1 documentasserted in claims
- OFFERS1 documentlinked in the graph
Recent activity
- Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa - OFFERS
If a CPD activity has been approved for a specific profession by a specific CPD Committee or approved by another statutory health council, any AHPCSA practitioner or therapist may attend that activity for CPD purposes if it is relevant to their specific scope of practice.
- Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa - STATES
It is no longer necessary to obtain prior approval for CPD activities that have been approved by another statutory health council
- Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa - STATES
any AHPCSA practitioner or therapist may attend that activity for CPD purposes if it is relevant to their specific scope of practice.
- Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa - STATES
Practitioners or therapists will, therefore, not need to apply for the activity to be re-accredited by their own CPD Committee or by the Registrar in order to claim the CEUs accrued for attending that activity.
- Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa - STATES
should he/she present information regarding that activity prior to it taking place for confirmation that it falls within the scope of practice of that practitioner, which confirmation will be given by the Registrar.
- Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa - STATES
the practitioner is then also required to present the following information in any random audit: name of statutory health council approving the CPD activity; statutory health council CPD registration reference; and nature and duration of that CPD activity.
- Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa - STATES
CEU allocation will be as per the AHPCSA Guidelines.
The cross-accreditation rule has been changed after due consideration by the professional boards and full council. It is no longer necessary to obtain prior approval for CPD activities that have been approved by another statutory health council and the decision is as follows: Cross Recognition of CEUs.
Opportunity signal
2 classified as something a person can apply for, 1 identified by reading.
Recent Opportunities
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Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa — Legislation