Registration requirements

Registration requirements for all Allied Health Professions

General requirements for all applications

Graduates that do not register within six months of graduating will be required to undergo a competency assessment to ensure that skills have not been lost due to a delay in registering.

Completed official application form together with the applicable application fee and all supporting documentation as requested on the application form not specifically mentioned below as additional requirements;

Copy of South African identity document (excluding drivers licence);

All documents must be certified and Council holds the right to call for all original documents in terms of Section 15 of the Allied Health Professions Act 63 of 1982 as amended;

All applications must be submitted directly to Council House and not via a third person;

Only the application fee as stated on the application form is payable and must be paid directly to the Council;

Current Level One First Aid Certificate; and

If approved for registration, the applicant will be required to successfully complete the Council approved bioethics and jurisprudence assessment, which assessment will be managed by the AromaSA and Council Administration.

Application procedure

Only once all the documents and details as set out above have been received from an applicant, will the application be submitted to the Professional Board, which will review the application taking into consideration the subject requirements as stated in Regulation No.127 of 12 February 2001

Qualifications required for registration in diagnostic allied health professions:

Chiropractic and Homeopathy: Five year full time Masters Degree as currently offered at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and Durban University of Technology (DUT).
Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, Naturopathy, Phytotherapy and Unani-Tibb: Three year Basic Medical Sciences with a two year specialisation in one of the above as currently offered at the University of the Western Cape (UWC).
There are currently no accredited courses available in South Africa for Ayurveda and Osteopathy.

Qualifications required for registration in Therapeutic professions:

Therapeutic Aromatherapy, Therapeutic Massage Therapy and Therapeutic Reflexology are 240 credit qualifications currently available at various accredited private providers, as listed under our Education page.

Applicants with foreign qualifications

Graduates that do not register within six months of graduating will be required to undergo a competency assessment to ensure that skills have not been lost due to a delay in registering.

Certified copy of qualification;

South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), original Certificate of Evaluation, stating that the applicant's qualification/s in the profession applying for is/are at least equivalent to the prescribed South Africa qualification;

Copy of complete academic record for full duration of studies;

Any documents submitted that are not in English must include a sworn translation of the content of the document in English;

Copy of Passport together with a valid work permit that entitles the person to practise the profession applying for in South Africa either under the terms and conditions of employment or in private practice; (In the event of a person not being able to obtain a work permit prior to registration, the Council will provide a letter for such purpose should the applicant meet all the requirements for registration);

Administration will conduct the relevant confirmatory check in respect of work permits with the Department of Home Affairs.

Proof that the qualification allows the applicant to practise the profession in the country where the qualification was obtained;

Proof of registration with the relevant statutory body in country of origin;

Original letter of good standing from the original relevant registering statutory body, which letter must state that the applicant does not have any pending disciplinary proceedings against him/her, or been sanctioned in terms of any disciplinary proceedings. The letter of good standing shall not be older than three (3) months;

Police Clearance Certificate;

Current Level 1 First Aid Certificate;

Should the qualification be older than five (5) years the applicant must provide a brief curriculum vitae, in order to establish whether the applicant has been practising the profession and thereby has kept up to date with the practice and the profession; and

The applicant may be required to do a competency assessment at an educational institution.

Board Notices on Criteria Foreign Qualifications

Criteria for registration of persons with qualifications obtained outside of the Republic of South Africa: Ayurveda (GG No.39143 Board Notice 144 of 28 August 2015)
Criteria for registration of persons with qualifications obtained outside of the Republic of South Africa: Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture,Acupuncture and Unani-Tibb (GG No.39143 Board Notice 147 of 28 August 2015)
Criteria for registration of persons with qualifications obtained outside of the Republic of South Africa: Chiropractic (GG No.39143 Board Notice 148 of 28 August 2015)
Criteria for registration of persons with qualifications obtained outside of the Republic of South Africa: Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Phytotherapy (GG No.39143 Board Notice 150 of 28 August 2015)
Criteria for registration of persons with qualifications obtained outside of the Republic of South Africa: Osteopathy (GG No.39143 Board Notice 146 of 28 August 2015)
Criteria for registration of persons with qualifications obtained outside of the Republic of South Africa: Therapeutic Aromatherapy,Therapeutic Massage Therapy, Therapeutic Reflexology (GG No.39143 Board Notice 149 of 28 August 2015)

Registration requirements in all 11 offical languages

Afrikaans
IsiNdebele
IsiZulu
Sesotho
Siswati
Xitsonga

English
IsiXhosa
Sesotho sa Leboa (Sepedi)
Tshivenḓa
Setswana

Registered Providers

Chiropractic

Durban University of Technology
www.dut.ac.za
The University of Johannesburg
www.uj.ac.za

Therapeutic Aromatherapy

Potchefstroom Akademie
www.potchakademie.co.za

Therapeutic Massage Therapy

Potchefstroom Akademie
www.potchakademie.co.za

Phytotherapy

The University of the Western Cape
www.uwc.ac.za

Naturopathy

The University of the Western Cape
www.uwc.ac.za

Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture

The University of the Western Cape
www.uwc.ac.za

Unani-Tibb

The University of the Western Cape
www.uwc.ac.za

Homoeopathy

Durban University of Technology
www.dut.ac.za
The University of Johannesburg
www.uj.ac.za

Therapeutic Reflexology

Potchefstroom Akademie
www.potchakademie.co.za

The International Academy of Reflexology & Meridian Therapy (PTY) LTD
www.reflexologycourse.co.za

Council Registration Assessments.

Applications from persons for registration years after graduating

Excerpt from PBACMU draft minutes 2/2013:
22. Applications for registration years after graduating
PBACMU decided that persons requesting registration after a period of 6 months had lapsed since graduating would be required to do a competency assessment, due to the possible loss of skills.

Excerpt from PBARM draft minutes 2/2013:

17. Persons requesting registration years after graduating
PBARM decided that persons requesting registration after a period of 6 months had lapsed since graduating would be required to do a competency assessment, due to the possible loss of skills.

Excerpt from PBCO draft minutes 2/2013:

18. Applications for registration years after graduating
Persons who graduate and apply for registration after months, sometimes even years may lose their skills. Persons who do not register within six months after graduation will be subject to a clinical OSCE exam.

Excerpt from PBHNP draft minutes 2/2013:

17. Applications for registration years after graduating
Persons who graduate and apply for registration after months and sometimes years, may lose their skills. Persons who do not register within 6 months will be subject to a clinical competency exam.