{"id":52716,"date":"2025-04-17T09:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T09:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/?p=52716"},"modified":"2025-04-17T15:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:04:09","slug":"should-a-sick-note-from-a-traditional-healer-be-recognised-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/builder\/should-a-sick-note-from-a-traditional-healer-be-recognised-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Should a sick note from a traditional healer be recognised at work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For many years <\/span>traditional<\/span> <\/span>healers have operated in an effective legal grey area. One area of contention was the legitimacy of medical leave certificates provided by a <\/span>traditional<\/span> <\/span>healer<\/span>, and whether these <\/span>should<\/span> <\/span>be accepted by employers.<\/p>\n

But legislation published for comment earlier this year – the <\/span>Traditional<\/span> <\/span>Health Professional Regulations, 2024 (Regulations) – marked a significant step forward in terms of formalising the practice of <\/span>traditional<\/span> <\/span>healing in South Africa.<\/p>\n

Commenting on this are Employment Law experts at commercial law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, who says that the Regulations aim to formalise and professionalise <\/span>traditional<\/span> <\/span>health practices in South Africa and are set to be implemented under the <\/span>Traditional<\/span> <\/span>Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007 (THPA) to ensure that <\/span>traditional<\/span> <\/span>health practices are standardised and practiced safely across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce registered with the Interim <\/span>Traditional<\/span> <\/span>Health Practitioners Council of South Africa (Council), practitioners will be officially <\/span>recognised<\/span> <\/span>as <\/span>traditional<\/span> <\/span>health practitioners. While the THPA has been in existence since 2007, the Regulations are the key to bringing the act into full operation, with an emphasis on establishing clear guidelines for those seeking to practice <\/span>traditional<\/span> <\/span>health,\u201d says legal experts.<\/p>\n

Employment Law experts explains that the issue of medical certificates is one of the most pressing concerns addressed by these new Regulations and is one that employers must take cognisance of.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly registered <\/span>traditional<\/span> <\/span>healers who are properly registered with the Council can issue legally valid medical certificates. Otherwise, employers may reject non-compliant certificates. In line with section 23(2) of the BCEA, medical certificates issued by <\/span>traditional<\/span> <\/span>healers who have not met the registration requirements of the THPA will not be legally <\/span>recognised<\/span>. Employers must be cognisant of this when dealing with proof of incapacity in their <\/span>sick<\/span> <\/span>leave policies and <\/span>sick<\/span> <\/span>leave management systems,\u201d advises CDH.<\/p>\n

Employment Law experts add that for a <\/span>traditional<\/span> <\/span>healer<\/span>\u2019s medical certificate to be considered legitimate, they must be registered with the Council and comply with the requirements outlined in the THPA.<\/p>\n

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For many years\u00a0traditional\u00a0healers have operated in an effective legal grey area. One area of contention was the legitimacy of medical leave certificates provided by a\u00a0traditional\u00a0healer, and whether these\u00a0should\u00a0be accepted by employers.But legislation published for comment earlier this year – the\u00a0Traditional\u00a0Health Professional Regulations, 2024 (Regulations) – marked a significant step forward in terms of formalising the practice of\u00a0traditional\u00a0healing in South Africa.Commenting on this are Employment Law experts at commercial law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, who says that the Regulations aim to formalise and professionalise\u00a0traditional\u00a0health practices in South Africa and are set to be implemented under the\u00a0Traditional\u00a0Health Practitioners Act 22 of 2007 (THPA) to ensure that\u00a0traditional\u00a0health practices are standardised and practiced safely across the country.\u201cOnce registered with the Interim\u00a0Traditional\u00a0Health Practitioners Council of South Africa (Council), practitioners will be officially\u00a0recognised\u00a0as\u00a0traditional\u00a0health practitioners. While the THPA has been in existence since 2007, the Regulations are the key to bringing the act into full operation, with an emphasis on establishing clear guidelines for those seeking to practice\u00a0traditional\u00a0health,\u201d says legal experts.Employment Law experts explains that the issue of medical certificates is one of the most pressing concerns addressed by these new Regulations and is one that employers must take cognisance of.\u201cOnly registered\u00a0traditional\u00a0healers who are properly registered with the Council can issue legally valid medical certificates. Otherwise, employers may reject non-compliant certificates. In line with section 23(2) of the BCEA, medical certificates issued by\u00a0traditional\u00a0healers who have not met the registration requirements of the THPA will not be legally\u00a0recognised. Employers must be cognisant of this when dealing with proof of incapacity in their\u00a0sick\u00a0leave policies and\u00a0sick\u00a0leave management systems,\u201d advises CDH.Employment Law experts add that for a\u00a0traditional\u00a0healer\u2019s medical certificate to be considered legitimate, they must be registered with the Council and comply with the requirements outlined in the THPA.BUSINESS REPORT\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-builder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52717,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52716\/revisions\/52717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.premium-partners.net\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}