PROPOSED PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO TRADITIONAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS BILL (B66-2003]
CLAUSE 1
1. On page 4, in line 6, to omit "master' and to substitute "traditional tutor".
CLAUSE 6
1. On page 6, in line 6, to omit "and".
2. On page 6 ,in line 7, after "bodies" to insert ' or a body of traditional health practitioners accredited by the Council for this specific purpose".
3. On page 6, after line 44, to insert:
'(n) publish information regarding the objects and functions of the Council and its operations and the rights that any member of the public has under this Act."
CLAUSE 7
1 On page 6, in line 54, after "employee" to omit "of".
CLAUSE 23
1. On page 12 to omit paragraph (J) and to substitute:
"(I) who, after an assessment was made in the manner contemplated in section 40, has been found to be mentally impaired."
CLAUSE 28
1. On page 13, in line 18, to omit "council" and to substitute "Council"
CLAUSE 30
1. On page 14, in line 7, after "person" to insert "or".
CLAUSE 31
1. On page 14, in line 16, before "person" to insert "A".
2. On page 14, in line 60, after "officer" to insert or"
3. On page 1 5, in line 4, after "imprisonment" to insert "or"
CLAUSE 33
1. On page 15, in line 36, to omit "or'.
2. On page 15, in line 38, to omit or'.
3. On page 15, in line 39, to omit "or".
4. On page 15, in line 40, to omit "or".
5. On page 15 in line 41, to omit "or".
6. On page 16, in line 6, after "witness" to insert "or".
7. On page 16, in line 22, after "inquiry, to insert "or".
CLAUSE 34
1. On page 16 in the heading, after "penalty" to omit comma.
CLAUSE 36
1. On page 17, in line 23, to omit "either before or after his or her registration".
CLAUSE 40
1. Clause rejected.
NEW CLAUSE
Inquiries in respect of mentally impaired registered persons
40. The Council may hold an inquiry in the prescribed manner in respect of a person registered in terms of this Act who appears to be mentally
impaired and if that person is found on assessment to be impaired, the Council may-
(a) impose prescribed conditions relating to the registration of that person; or
(b) suspend or remove such person from practice.
CLAUSE 41
1. On page 18 ,from line 15 to omit paragraphs (a) and (b).
CLAUSE 46
1. On page 20 ,in line 8, to omit "master" and to substitute "traditional tutor".
2. On page 20, in line 15, to omit "master" and to substitute "traditional tutor".
3 On page 20, in line 18, to omit "master" and to substitute "traditional tutor".
4. On page 20, in line 59, to omit "speciality" and to substitute "speciality".
5. On page 21, in line 14, after "be" to insert "mentally".
6. On page 21, in line 15, after "of" to insert "mentally".
7. On page 21, in line 16, to omit "an" and to substitute "a mentally".
8. On page 21, in line 18, after of' to insert mentally".
9. On page 21, in line 22, after of' to insert "mentally".
10. On page 21, in line 34, after "paragraph (e)" to insert "or (f)".
CLAUSE 48
1. On page 22, in line 47, to omit "or a healer".
NEW CLAUSE
Proposal for a new clause:
Laying of complaints
7. (1) Any person may lay a compliant with the Council about the way in which he or she was treated by a registered health practitioner or student.
(2) ln laying a complaint, the person contemplated in subsection (1) must follow the prescribed procedure.