Regulations relating to the Minimum Requirements of Study for Registration as a Naturopath, 2011

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Namibia
Citation
Government Notice 73 of 2011
Primary work
Allied Health Professions Act, 2004
Date
15 November 2017
Language
English
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Regulations relating to the Minimum Requirements of Study for Registration as a Naturopath, 2011

Government Notice 73 of 2011

  • Published in Government Gazette 4730 on 8 June 2011
  • Commenced on 8 June 2011
  • [This is the version of this document at 15 November 2017.]
  • [Note: The version of this legislation as at 15 November 2017 was revised and consolidated by the Legal Assistance Centre and the Government of the Republic of Namibia. All subsequent amendments have been researched and applied by Laws.Africa for NamibLII.]
The Government Notice which publishes these regulations notes that they were made on the recommendation of the Allied Health Professions Council of Namibia.

1. Definitions

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise indicates, a word or expression defined in the Act has that meaning, and-“registration authority” means the registration authority of a country responsible for the registration of a person to practice as a naturopath in that country; and“the Act” means the Allied Health Professions Act, 2004 (Act No. 7 of 2004).

2. Minimum qualifications required for registration as a Naturopath

(1)Subject to compliance with the other requirements prescribed by or under the Act, a person who is the holder of any of the following qualifications may be registered by the Council as a Naturopath:
Educational institution or examining authority and countryQualification
University of the Western Cape:
Republic of South Africa		Bachelors Degree in Science:
Complementary Medicine (Naturopathy)
(2)A person who is not the holder of a qualification prescribed by subregulation (1), but is the holder of-
(a)a Bachelors Degree in Science: Complementary Medicine (Naturopathy); or
(b)a Diploma in Complementary Medicine (Naturopathy),
obtained at an educational institution or examining authority, after the full time study for a period of not less than five years, may be registered, subject to subregulation (3), by the Council as a Naturopath.
(3)A person referred to in subregulation (2) may be registered by the Council as a Naturopath if-
(a)the educational institution or examining authority at which he or she obtained the qualification is approved by the Council;
(b)the registration authority responsible for the registration of persons to practise the corresponding profession in the country in which that person obtained the qualification, recognises that qualification for the registration of a person to practise as naturopaths in that country; and
(c)that person complies with the other requirements for registration as a Naturopath prescribed by or under the Act.
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