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Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)

Regulations

Regulations Relating to Performance of Community Service

2. Profession in respect of which community service shall be performed

 

2.1 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.

 

2.2 The Minister must by notice in the Government Gazette determine the date on which community service must commence and the health facilities where such service is to be performed.

 

2.3 Any person registering for the first time In terms of the Act shall include a person who has obtained his or her qualifications outside the Republic.

 

2.4 Sub-regulation 2.1 is not applicable to persons who may have performed a similar service elsewhere, and have applied and provided proof of such service to the Minister, for exemption.