Board Notice 121

18 September 2020

GG 43726

Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA)

September 2020

The Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA) is a statutory health body established in terms of the Allied Health Professions Act, 63 of 1982 ("the Act") in order to control all allied health professions, which includes Aromatherapy Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Homeopathy, Naturopathy, Osteopathy, Phytotherapy, Reflexology, Therapeutic Aromatherapy, Therapeutic Massage Therapy, Therapeutic Reflexology and Unani-Tibb.

The AHPCSA, after due consideration and in consultation with the Professional Board: Chiropractic and Osteopathy (PBCO) and taking into account sections 1(2)(a), 3, 4, 10C, and 10D of the Allied Health Professions Act, Act No 63 of 1982 ("the Act") resolved that the following SAFETY GUIDELINES: CHIROPRACTIC AND OSTEOPATHY: DRY NEEDLING (MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT THERAPY USING FINE FILAMENT NEEDLES) shall be applicable to all practitioners registered in the professions of Chiropractic and Osteopathy.

Should the AHPCSA become aware of any practitioner or therapist who does not comply with the guidelines and/or practice outside his/her scope of practice, such person shall make him/her guilty of unprofessional conduct and face disciplinary action in terms of sections 23 to 30 of the Act.

Dr Louis Mullinder

Reigstrar: Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa