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Comments Invited: Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill and Traditional Health Practitioners Bill
Issued by Mr LVJ Ngculu, MP, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health
2007-11-02

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health encourages interested individuals and organisations to submit written comments on the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill [B 21-2007] and the Traditional Health Practitioners Bill [B 20-2007]

• Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill [B 21-2007]

http://www.pmg.org.za/bills/070620b21-07.pdf

• Traditional Health Practitioners Bill [B 20-2007]

http://www.pmg.org.za/bills/070620b20-07.pdf

The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill [B 21-2007] seeks to:

• Amend the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996, so as to amend a definition and to insert others
• Empower a Member of the Executive Council to approve facilities where a termination of pregnancy may take place
• Exempt a facility offering a 24-hour maternity service from having to obtain approval for termination of pregnancy
  services under certain circumstances
• Provide for the recording of information and the submission of statistics
• Enable a Member of the Executive Council to make regulations Provide for matters connected therewith.

The Traditional Health Practitioners Bill [B 20-2007] seeks to:

• Establish the Interim Traditional Health Practitioners Council of South Africa
• Provide for a regulatory framework to ensure the efficacy, safety and quality of traditional health care services
• Provide for the management and control over the registration, training and conduct of practitioners, students and
  specified categories in the traditional health practitioners profession
• Provide for matters connected therewith.

The hearings will take place on Tuesday, 13 November 2007 at Parliament.
Written submissions can be emailed to Ms V Majalamba at vmajalamba@parliament.gov.za and must reach her by no later than Friday, 9 November 2007 at 12:00.

Enquiries: Ms V Majalamba, tel. (021) 403-3642
Issued by Mr LVJ Ngculu, MP, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Health

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