Open AccessUnpacking the new proposed regulations for South African traditional health practitioners
Author(s) -
Renée Street
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2016.v106i4.10623
Subject(s) - medicine , acknowledgement , legislation , indigenous , health care , unpacking , public relations , law , computer security , ecology , computer science , political science , biology , linguistics , philosophy
South Africa (SA) has legislation that regulates almost all of its healthcare systems. The Traditional Health Practitoners Act finally provides legitimisation of an overwhelmingly popular indigenous healthcare system. However, as a consequence of the legal acknowledgement of traditional health practitioners, traditional medicine products must now also be brought under regulatory measures. If traditional medicines are to be prescribed, marketed and sold as part of a healthcare system recognised under SA law, they must meet the same stringent standards.