The South African Nursing Council

Regulations Regarding Rolls for Enrolled Nurses and Midwives

The Minister of Health, in terms of section 11(1) of the Nursing Act, 1957 (Act 69 of 1957), has approved of the following regulations regarding rolls, made by the South African Nursing Council in substitution for the regulations published under Government Notice R. 956 of 28 June 1963, as amended by Notices R. 44 of 10 January 1964 and R. 832 of 27 May 1966:-

Particulars to be entered in the rolls for enrolled nurses and midwives

1.    The following particulars shall be entered in the roll in respect of each person:-

(a)    Full names;

(b)    residential address;

(c)    the year of enrolment;

(d)    the qualification enrolled and the year in which it was obtained, or that enrolment has been granted in terms of section 12(1)(c) of the Act.

Admission to the rolls

2. (1) (a)    A person who has complied with the prescribed requirements for enrolment as an enrolled nurse, shall be enrolled with effect from the date on which the prescribed training was completed, or with effect from the date on which the prescribed examination was successfully taken, whichever date is the later.

(b)    A certificate of enrolment shall be issued in a form determined by the Council.

(2) (a)    An application for enrolment of a qualification obtained from another body shall be submitted in the form of Annexure A and shall be accompanied by the following (if a document is in a language other than Afrikaans, English, Flemish or Dutch, the original shall be accompanied by a sworn translation):-

(i)    The original certificate of qualification;

(ii)    a statement by the issuing authority that the certificate of qualification is still valid;

(iii)    such details of training and examinations as the Council may consider necessary;

(iv)    if the applicant did not undergo training through the medium of either Afrikaans, English, Flemish or Dutch, a certificate satisfactory to the Council, that the applicant is proficient in the reading, writing and speaking of either Afrikaans, English, Flemish or Dutch. The proficiency shall be such that the applicant can take and give instructions for the nursing of patients;

(v)    such other information as the council may determine;

(vi)    an application fee of three hundred and twenty eight rand and ninety-five cents (R328,95), excluding VAT; provided that the fee shall not be payable in respect of a qualification obtained in the Republic or the Territory of South-West Africa. The fee shall not be refunded if the application is withdrawn, or abandoned, or whatever the outcome of the application may be. The council may require proof of the authenticity and validity of the documents submitted.

[ The above amount is effective from 17 November 2006. The amount was previously R300,00, excluding VAT. ]

(b)    If an application is granted, the applicant shall be enrolled on payment of a fee of-

(i)    fifty-five rand and twenty-six cents (R55,26), excluding VAT, in respect of a qualification obtained in the Republic; and

[ The above amount is effective from 17 November 2006. The amount was previously R50,00, excluding VAT. ]

(ii)    two hundred and nineteen rand and thirty cents (R219,30), excluding VAT, in respect of a qualification obtained outside the Republic.

[ The above amount is effective from 17 November 2006. The amount was previously R200,00, excluding VAT. ]

(c)    A certificate of enrolment shall be issued in a form determined by the Council.

Annual fee

3. (1)    An enrolled person shall pay a fee of one hundred and thirty-nine rand and forty-seven cents (R139,47), excluding VAT, in respect of each calendar year: Provided that a person who has reached the age of seventy (70) years may on written application be exempted from paying the fee.

[ The above amount is effective from 17 November 2006 and does not apply to annual fees in respect of the 2006 calendar year. The above amount does not apply to annual fees in respect of the 2007 calendar years if the annual fee was paid before 17 November 2006. The amount was previously R127,19, excluding VAT. ]

(2)    An enrolled person who is also registered as a nurse or as a midwife, shall not be required to pay the annual fee prescribed under paragraph (1).

(3)    The fee becomes payable on 1 July of the year preceding the year for which it is due and shall be paid not later than 31 March of the year for which it is due.

(4)    The fee may not be paid before 1 July of the year preceding the year for which it is due.

(5)    The fee is not payable in respect of the calendar year during which a person is enrolled for the first time under the Act.

(6)    A receipt shall be issued in a form determined by the Council.

(7)    The annual fee prescribed in subregulation (1) is subject to an annual increase that shall not exceed the average annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the previous year.

Removal from the rolls

4. (1)    The name of a person shall be removed from the roll-

(a)    on death;

(b)    by request, provided a sworn statement shall be lodged in a form determined by the Council;

(c)    on failure to pay the annual fee prescribed under regulation 3. The date of removal shall be 1 April of the year concerned;

(d)    if the person is also a registered nurse or midwife, on failure to pay the annual fee prescribed for registered nurses and midwives. The date of removal shall be 1 April of the calendar year concerned;

(e)    by resolution of the Council in terms of the Act.

(2)    The name of a person may be removed from the roll if a qualification by virtue of which enrolment was granted under regulation 2(2) is withdrawn, cancelled or suspended by the issuing authority because of conduct which, in the opinion of the Council, is improper or disgraceful.

Restoration to the rolls

5. (1)    An application for restoration shall be lodged in a form determined by the Council, together with the annual fee for the current calendar year, and-

(a)    if the applicant's name was removed under regulation 4(1)(b), an amount of fifty-eight rand and seventy-seven cents (R58,77), excluding VAT;

[ The above amount is effective from 17 November 2006. The amount was previously R52,63, excluding VAT. ]

(b)    if the applicant's name was removed for any other reason, an amount of two hundred and sixteen rand and sixty-seven cents (R216,67), excluding VAT; provided that the annual fee and the fees shall not be payable by a person who simultaneously applies for restoration to register as a nurse or as a midwife.

[ The above amount is effective from 17 November 2006. The amount was previously R197,37, excluding VAT. ]

(2)    A certificate of restoration shall be issued in a form determined by the Council.

Change of name

6.    An enrolled person shall specifically notify the Council in writing of a change of name by marriage or other process of law. The Council may require documentary or other proof of the change. In the case of marriage, the marriage certificate shall be lodged. Documents shall be returned.

Change of residential address

7.    An enrolled person shall specifically notify the Council in writing of a change of residential address.

Application to the territory of South-West Africa

8.    These regulations shall also apply in the territory.

ANNEXURE A

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