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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Chiropractors, Homeopaths and Allied Health Service Professions Act, 1982, so as to define certain expressions; to amend certain definitions and delete others; to abolish the Chiropractors, Homeopaths and Allied Health Service Professions Interim Council; to establish the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa; to provide for the establishment of professional boards; to regulate
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Chiropractors, Homeopaths and Allied Health Service Professions Act, 1982, so as to define certain expressions; to amend certain definitions and delete others; to abolish the Chiropractors, Homeopaths and Allied Health Service Professions Interim Council; to establish the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa; to provide for the establishment of professional boards; to regulate
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            <title>Chiropractors, Homeopaths and Allied Health Service ProfessionsAmendment Bill (B 2-2000)</title>
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            <title>Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill (B 21A-2007)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[CLAUSE 1
1. On page 2, in line 18, to omit ‘‘1978 (Act No. 50 of 1978)’’and to substitute ‘‘[1978 (Act No. 50 of 1978)] 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)’’.
2. On page 2, in line 23, to omit ‘‘1978 (Act No. 50 of 1978)’’and to substitute ‘‘2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)’’.
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996, so as to amend a definition and to insert others; to empower a Member of the Executive Council to approve facilities where a termination of pregnancy may take place; to exempt a facility offering a 24-hour maternity service from having to obtain approval for termination of pregnancy services under certain circumstances; to provide for the recording of information and the submission of statistics; to enable a Member of the Executive Council to make regulations; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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            <title>Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill B34-2017</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996, so as to amend a definition; to provide that a medical practitioner and a social worker must both be of the opinion that the continued pregnancy would significantly affect the social or economic circumstances of the woman, where the pregnancy is being terminated under such circumstances; to delete the circumstance that a pregnancy may be terminated if it would pose a risk of injury to the fetus; to ensure that a pregnant woman has access to ultrasound examinations and sufficient counselling to enable her to make a fully informed choice regarding the termination of her pregnancy; to ensure  that  the  State  promotes  mandatory  counselling;  to  repeal  the  Choice  on Termination  of  Pregnancy  Amendment  Act,  2004;  and  to  provide  for  matters connected therewith.]]></description>
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            <title>Health Donations Fund Repeal Bill (B 20-2002)</title>
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            <title>Health Professions Amendment Bill (B 10-2006)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Health Professions Act, 1974, so as to amend and insert certain definitions; to provide for the requirements for removal of members from office; to provide for the absence of the president from council meetings; to provide for the functions of registrar and staff; to provide for the investigation of members whose names have been removed from the register; to provide for the publication of the register by electronic means; to provide for the particulars to be contained in the certificate of status of registration to be issued by the registrar; to provide for qualifications prescribed for registration and for registration of persons holding qualifications not prescribed for registration; to provide for compliance with conditions as a prerequisite for continuing professional development; to provide for registration of professional categories and additional professional categories; to provide for inquiry by professional boards into charges of unprofessional conduct; to provide for the Minister to make regulations relating to unprofessional conduct; to provide for the handling of cases relating to the death of a person undergoing a procedure of a therapeutic, diagnostic or palliative nature; to provide for regulations relating to professional boards, educational institutions and facilities; and to provide for the rules relating to fees payable; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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