REGISTRATION & RESTORATION
OTHER REGISTRATION SERVICES

The following registration related services are available to all practitioners who meet the minimum requirements as set out below:


1.1 Certificate of Status for all Registers

  • No complaint pending against the name of practitioner.
  • Certificate of Status will be issued to a Practitioner after submission of an affidavit that no criminal or unprofessional conduct proceedings are pending against him/her.
  • Payment of R263.00.
  • The practitioner’s name should not be erased from the register otherwise a certificate letter will be issued.
  • Send a written request to hpcsacgs@hpcsa.co.za with proof of payment and full details of where the certificate should be sent/posted.
  • To have certificate delivered by courier the following fee is payable for delivery in SA - R80 and for any overseas delivery R380.00.

Please note the following:

  • Practitioners are advised that Certificates of Status (COS) will be issued within 10 working days from date of request provided that payment is reflecting on the HPCSA account.
  • If you are visiting the HPCSA to request a Certificate of Good Standing/Status, your request will only be finalised once we have received clearance from our legal department , therefore no certificate will be issued on the same day of submission of request.
  • The Departments of Legal Services and Registrations will however strive to issue the certificates as quickly as possible and will therefore phone walk in clients to collect as soon as the certificates are printed.

 

1.2 Certified Extract from the Register (Duplicate Registration Certificate)

  • Payment of R263.00

1.3 Registration of a Recognised Additional Qualification

  • Additional Qualification form (Form 19) duly completed
  • Payment of prescribed fee R132.00 for all professions except MDB who has to pay R150.00.
  • Submit notarised copy of degree certificate

1.4 Exemptions from Payment of Annual Fees
A health professional may apply for exemption of payment of the annual fee if he/she turns seventy one (71) before 1 April of the year, otherwise the practitioner will only be exempted from the following year.  The request must be submitted in writing and supported with a copy of the ID document which could be faxed to (+27) 12 328 5120 or (+27) 12 325 2074.


The following registers are exceptions and practitioners may apply for exemption if they turn 66 before 1 April of the year:
Environmental Health Practitioners; Medical Technologists; Medical Technicians; Radiographers; Supplementary Diagnostic Radiographers; and Dietitians

1.5 Voluntary Erasure from the Register
Any health professional may apply for voluntary erasure from the register in writing before 31 March. If application is made on or after 1 April of that year the annual fee for that year must first be paid and then voluntary erasure be requested with effect from the following year. Should the professional request restoration of his/her name to the register the following will apply:

  • The application for restoration form, Form 18, has to be completed
  • The applicable annual fee should be paid

1.6 Restoration of the name of a professional to the Register
If the name of a person was erased from the register a Restoration of Name to the Register application form (Form 18) must be duly completed and returned together with the restoration fee to Council which is calculated as follows:

  1. Restoration within a period of six months after the erasure date, the restoration fee is equivalent to two (2) times the current annual fee, plus the outstanding annual fee(s).
  2. Restoration after a period of more than six months since the erasure date but within a year, the restoration fee is equivalent to four (4) times the current annual fee, plus the outstanding fee(s);
  3. Restoration after a period of 12 months since the erasure date, the restoration fee is equivalent to five (5) times the current annual fee, plus the outstanding fee(s).

 

Please note that when a practitioner is off the register for longer than two years and have not been practicing his/her profession, certain conditions will apply as per the resolutions from the Professional Board concerned.