SANC Community Service, The policy regarding Community Service is set out in section 40 of the Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005) and in the Regulations Relating to Performance of Community Service published in Government Notice No. 765 of 24 August 2005.
1.1 The policy regarding Community Service is set out in section 40 of the Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005) and in the Regulations Relating to Performance of Community Service published in Government Notice No. 765 of 24 August 2005.
1.2 Section 40(1) of the Nursing Act, 2005 states that, “A person who is a citizen of South Africa intending to register for the first time to practise a profession in a prescribed category must perform remunerated community service for a period of one year at a public health facility”.
1.3 Regulation 2.1 of the Regulations Relating to Performance of Community Service states that, “Any person who is a citizen of South Africa intending to register for the first time as a professional nurse in terms of the Act, as having met the prescribed requirements to qualify as such, must perform remunerated community service for a period of one year”.
1.4 As a transitional provision, regulation 8(a) of the Regulations Relating to Performance of Community Service states that, “These regulations are applicable to any person who seeks registration on completing and meeting the requirements prescribed in the Regulations Relating to the Approval of and the Minimum Requirements for the Education and Training of a Nurse (General, Psychiatric and Community) and Midwife Leading to Registration published in Government Notice No. R.425 of 22 February 1985, or any subsequent regulation made to replace it”.
1.5 Section 19 (a) of the National Department of Health Policy on Employment of Foreign Health Professionals in the South African Health Sector (2010) indicates that, “Applicants who have secured permanent residence and who obtained their basic qualification in the Republic of South Africa must apply to do community service where applicable as defined in the relevant legislation provided that they have satisfied the registration requirements of a statutory Health Professional Council in South Africa.”