Section 8: Functions of Board
consolidated text (as at 1992, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
8. Functions of Board
(1) The functions of the Board shall be—
(a) to exercise and maintain discipline in the practice of traditional
medicine;
(b) to advise the Minister on any matter governed by the provisions
of this Act or any matter connected therewith or incidental
thereto;
(c) to establish a code of practice for the practitioners on standards
of professional conduct or traditional medicine ethics;
(d) to publish an annual list of practitioners.
(2) Pursuant to subsection (1) (a), the Board may, at the request of the
Minister or otherwise, investigate a complaint against a practitioner, other
than a visitor specified in section 15.
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(3) Where the Board investigates a complaint—
(a) it shall notify the practitioner, whose conduct, act or omission is
under investigation, of the nature of the complaint and give him
an opportunity to be heard and to be assisted by a legal representative of his choice;
(b) it may summon and hear the witnesses;
(c) it may call for relevant documents and make such extracts or
copies thereof as it thinks fit.
(4) The Board shall keep a proper record of all its proceedings under subsection (3).
[S. 8 amended by Act 37 of 1992.]