• Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)
  • Notice No. 492 of 2006
  • Act
  • Chapter 1 : South African Nursing Council
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. South African Nursing Council
    • 3. Objects of Council
    • 4. Functions of Council
    • 5. Composition and dissolution of Council
    • 6. Disqualification from membership
    • 7. Vacation of office
    • 8. Termination of membership
    • 9. Filling of vacancies
    • 10. Chairperson and vice-chairperson of Council
    • 11. Duties of chairperson
    • 12. Meetings of Council
    • 13. Quorum and procedure at meetings
    • 14. Executive committee of Council
    • 15. Other committees
    • 16. Remuneration of members of Council and committees
    • 17. Minister may rectify defects
    • 18. Appointment of Registrar and staff
    • 19. Duties of Registrar
    • 20. Accounting duties of Registrar
    • 21. Funding of expenditure
    • 22. Bank account of Council
    • 23. Council budget
    • 24. Contents of annual budget and supporting documents
    • 25. Unforeseen and unavoidable expenditure
    • 26. Unauthorised, irregular or fruitless and wasteful expenditure
    • 27. Cash management and investments
    • 28. Disposal of capital assets
    • 29. Corporate governance
  • Chapter 2 : Education, Training, Research, Registration and Practice
    • 30. Scope of profession and practice of nursing
    • 31. Registration as prerequisite to practise
    • 32. Registration of learners
    • 33. Limited registration
    • 34. Registration of additional qualifications
    • 35. Custody and publication of registers
    • 36. Register as proof
    • 37. Receipt as proof
    • 38. Qualifications prescribed for registration
    • 39. Conditions relating to continuing professional development
    • 40. Community service
    • 41. Regulation of research
    • 42. Education and training
    • 43. Use of certain titles
    • 44. Removal from and restoration of name to register
    • 45. Issue of duplicate registration certificate, certificate of status, extract from register or certificate
  • Chapter 3 : Powers of Council with regard to unprofessional conduct
    • 46. Inquiry by Council into charges of unprofessional conduct
    • 47. Procedure of inquiry by Council
    • 48. Postponement of imposition and suspension of operation of penalty
    • 49. Suspension or removal from register related to professional conduct matters
    • 50. Cognisance by Council of conduct of registered persons under certain circumstances
    • 51. Unfitness to practise due to impairment
    • 52. Investigation of matters relating to teaching of learners
  • Chapter 4 : Offences by persons not registered
    • 53. Penalties for practising as professional nurse, midwife, staff nurse,
    • 54. Penalty for misrepresentation inducing registration and false entries in register and impersonation
    • 55. Penalties
  • Chapter 5 : General and Supplementary Provisions
    • 56. Special provisions relating to certain nurses
    • 57. Appeal against decisions of Council
    • 58. Regulations
    • 59. Rules
    • 60. Repeal of laws
    • 61. Transitional provisions
    • 62. Short title and commencement
  • Schedule
• Regulations
  • Regulations relating to Course Leading to Enrolment as a Nursing Auxiliary
    • Notice No. R. 2176 of 1993
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Conditions for enrolment as a nursing auxiliary
    • 3. Conditions for the approval of a nursing school
    • 4. Admission to the course
    • 5. Duration of the course
    • 6. The curriculum
    • 7. Exemptions
    • 8. Examinations
    • 9. Requirements for admission to an examination
    • 10. Application of regulations
    • 11. Transition clause
  • Regulations Relating to Performance of Community Service
    • Notice No. R. 765 of 2007
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Profession in respect of which community service shall be performed
    • 3. Registration of persons performing community service
    • 4. Conditions of service
    • 5. Places where community service is to be performed
    • 6. Interruption of period of community service
    • 7. Report on completion
    • 8. Transitional Provisions
  • Regulations relating to the Particulars to be furnished to the Council for keeping of the Register for Nursing Practitioners, the manner of effecting alterations to the Register, and Certificates that may be issued by the Council
    • Notice No. R. 195 of 2008
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Particulars to be kept in the register for nursing practitioners
    • 3. Categories of registration for practitioners
    • 4. Application for registration
    • 5. Application for registration based on a foreign qualification
    • 6. Change of particulars entered in the register
    • 7. Correction of errors in the registers
    • 8. Removal from the register
    • 9. Restoration to the register
    • 10. Suspension from practising
    • 11. Annual practising certificate
    • 12. Duplicate certificate of registration
    • 13. Certificate of status
    • 14. Transitional arrangements
    • 15. Repeal
  • Regulations Relating to the Conducting of Inquiries into Alleged Unfitness to Pracice Due to Disability or Impairment of Persons registered in terms of the Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)
    • Notice No. R. 619 of 2011
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Constitution of Impairment Committee
    • 3. Lodging of Complaints
    • 4. Receipts of Complaints
    • 5. Notice of Referral
    • 6. Service of Documents
    • 7. In-Camera meetings and Inquiries
    • 8. Health examiners
    • 9. Temporary suspension
    • 10. Preliminary Assessment
    • 11. Enquiry by the Impairment Committee
    • 12. Findings by the Impairment Committee
    • 13. Mitigation of findings
    • 14. to 16. Appeal process
    • 17. Recording of proceedings and outcomes
    • 18. to 20. Referral of allegation from the Impairment Committee to the Professional Conduct Committee
    • 21. Burden of Proof
    • 22. Evidence
    • 23. Postponements and adjournments
    • 24. Transitional arrangements
  • Regulations relating to the Approval of and the Minimum Requirements for the Education and Training of a Learner Leading to Registration in the Category Auxiliary Nurse
    • Notice No. R. 169 of 2013
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Requirements for registration in the category auxiliary nurse
    • 3. Accreditation of a nursing education institution to offer the programme
    • 4. Admission requirements to the programme
    • 5. Minimum requirements for the programme
    • 6. Clinical education and training
    • 7. Assessment and moderation of learning outcomes
    • 8. Transfers
    • 9. Recognition of prior learning
    • 10. Application of these regulations
    • 11. Transitional arrangements
  • Regulations Regarding Fees and Fines Payable to the South African Nursing Council
    • Notice No. R. 170 of 2013
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Fees payable to the Council
    • 3. Determination of fee amounts and the date on which the fee amounts become effective
    • 4. Annual nursing education institution fee
    • 5. Annual fee
    • 6. Restoration fee
    • 7. Fines payable to the Council
    • 8. Method of payment of fees and fines
    • 9. Implementation
  • Regulations Relating to the Approval of and the Minimum Requirements for the Education and Training of a Learner Leading to Registration in the Category Staff Nurse
    • Notice No. R. 171 of 2013
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Requirements for registration in the category staff nurse
    • 3. Accreditation of a nursing education institution to offer the programme
    • 4. Admission requirements to the programme
    • 5. Minimum requirements for the programme
    • 6. Clinical education and training
    • 7. Assessment and moderation of learning outcomes
    • 8. Transfers
    • 9. Recognition of prior learning
    • 10. Application of these regulations
    • 11. Transitional arrangements
  • Regulations Relating to the Accreditation of Institutions as Nursing Education Institutions
    • Notice No. R. 173 of 2013
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Conditions and requirements for accreditation of an institution as a nursing education institution
    • 3. Accreditation process
    • 4. to 6. Submission of application for accreditation as a nursing education institution
    • 7. Extension of accreditation scope
    • 8. Review of application for accreditation of a nursing education institution
    • 9. Audit visit
    • 10. Decision
    • 11. Issuing of an accreditation certificate
    • 12. Reaccreditation of a nursing education institution granted full accreditation
    • 13. Reaccreditation of a nursing education institution granted conditional accreditation
    • 14. De-accreditation of a nursing education institution
    • 15. Fees payable to the Council
    • 16. The appeal process
    • 17. Monitoring and evaluation
    • 18. Transitional provisions
    • 19. Application of these regulations
    • 20. Repeal
  • Regulations Relating to the Approval of and the Minimum Requirements for the Education and Training of a Learner leading to Registration in the Categories Professional Nurse and Midwife
    • Notice No. R. 174 of 2013
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Requirements for registration in the categories professional nurse and midwife
    • 3. Accreditation of a nursing education institution to offer the programme
    • 4. Admission requirements to the programme
    • 5. Minimum requirements for the programme
    • 6. Clinical education and training
    • 7. Assessment and moderation of learning outcomes
    • 8. Transfers
    • 9. Recognition of prior learning
    • 10. Application of these regulations
    • 11. Transitional arrangements
  • Regulations Relating to the Conducting of Inquiries into Alleged Unfitness to Practise Due to Disability or Impairment of Persons Registered in terms of the Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005)
    • Notice No. R. 490 of 2013
  • Regulation Setting Out the Acts or Omissions in Respect of which the Council May Take Disciplinary Steps
    • Notice No. R. 767 of 2014
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3 : Midwives
    • Chapter 4 : Auxiliary Midwives
  • Regulations regarding an Appeal Against Decisions of the South African Nursing Council
    • Notice No. R. 778 of 2014
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Notice of right of appeal
    • 3. Lodging an appeal
    • 4. Appointment of an appeal committee
    • 5. Procedure for appeal hearing
    • 6. Findings of the appeal committee
    • 7. Transitional arrangements
  • Regulations regarding the Register for Learner/Student Nurses and Learner/Student Midwives
    • Notice No. 519 of 2020
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Particulars to be entered into the Register
    • 3. Admission to Register
    • 4. Removal from the Register
    • 5. Deferment of Training
    • 6. Resumption of Training
    • 7. Suspension as a Learner/Student
    • 8. Registration Fees
    • 9. Change of Particulars
    • 10. Repeal of Regulations
    • 11. Short Title and Commencement of Regulations
  • Regulations relating to the Approval of and the Minimum Requirement for the Education and Training of a Student leading to Registration as a Nurse Specialist or Midwife Specialist, 2020
    • Notice No. 635 of 2020
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Application of these Regulations
    • 3. Programme admission requirements
    • 4. Requirements for the programme
    • 5. Requirements for registration in the category Nurse Specialist or Midwife Specialist
    • 6. Exit level outcomes
    • 7. Assessment and moderation
    • 8. Process of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
    • 9. Transfers
    • 10. Schedule of postgraduate programmes
    • 11. Transitional arrangements
    • 12. Penalties
    • 13. Repeal
    • 14. Short title
    • Schedule : Repeals (Regulation 13)
  • Regulations regarding the Scope of Practice for Nurses and Midwives, 2022
    • Notice No. 2127 of 2022
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Scope of practice of a professional nurse
    • 3. Scope of practice of a general nurse
    • 4. Scope of practice of a midwife
    • 5. Scope of practice of an auxillary nurse
    • 6. Repealed
    • 7. Short title
• Board Notices
  • Notice Regarding Fees Payable to the Council in terms of the Regulations Regarding Fees and Fines Payable to the South African Nursing Council
    • Board Notice 94 of 2016
    • Board Notice 80 of 2019
    • Board Notice 64 of 2020
    • Board Notice 54 of 2021
    • Board Notice 440 of 2023
    • Board Notice 613 of 2024
• Notices
  • Categories of Practitioners
    • Notice No. R. 194 of 2008
    • Notice No. 939 of 2019
  • Fees Payable to the Council in terms of the Regulations - 2011
    • Notice No. R. 578 of 2010
  • Fees Payable to the Council in terms of the Regulations - 2012
    • Notice No. R. 542 of 2011
  • Fees Payable to the Council in terms of the Regulations regarding Fees and Fines Payable to the South African Nursing Council
    • Notice No. R. 452 of 2013
    • Notice No. R. 656 of 2018
    • Notice No. 2111 of 2022
  • List of Approved Facilities for the purposes of Performing Community Service by Nurses in the year 2016
    • Notice No. 689 of 2015
• Proclamations
  • Commencement
    • Notice No. R. 6 of 2008