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Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974)

Regulations

Regulations relating to the Qualifications for Registration of Arts Therapists, 2023

2. Registration of an arts therapist

 

(1) The registrar may subject to regulation 2.1 and 2.2 register as an arts therapist, in the category of music or drama, any person who is in possession of the following relevant qualifications:—

 

Examining Authority and Qualification

Abbreviation for registration

University of Durban-Westville

 

Bachelor of Music (Therapy) Westville

BMus (Ther) - Univ Dbn-

University of Pretoria

 

Master of Music (Music Therapy) Univ of Pretoria

MMus (Music Therapy) Univ of Pretoria

University of the Witwatersrand

 

Master of Arts (Drama Therapy)

MADT (Drama Therapy) Univ of Wits

 

(2) A person who is in possession of a relevant qualification referred to in subregulation (1) must only be registered if he or she has trained for a period of at least five years, of which at least two years must have been full time postgraduate study in a training institution approved by the Board.

 

(3) The registrar must register as an arts therapist in the category of drama any person, who, in addition to the above requirements, has undertaken internship for a period of twelve months.