Johannesburg - Owners of healthcare practices have six
months to register with the Health Professions Council of SA, it said on
Monday.
Spokesperson Lize Nel said if they failed to do so, their
practice numbers would be deregistered with the Board of Healthcare Funders.
She said the Health Professions Act determined that only
registered healthcare practitioners could serve as directors, shareholders,
partners, or associates in corporate entities.
"As a result, any corporate structure that includes unregistered
professionals is non-compliant and these structures have to unbundle their
entities in order to comply with the act and applicable regulations and policy
guidelines."
Healthcare practices had until February 2013 to comply.