POLICY FRAMEWORK REGULATING THE PROFESSIONAL ACTS OF PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER THE AMBIT OF THE PROFESSIONAL BOARD FOR PSYCHOLOGY

HPCSA: URGENT NOTICE – ONLINE PRACTITIONER SELF SERVICE PORTAL

Dear PsySSA Member

URGENT NOTICE – ONLINE PRACTITIONER SELF SERVICE PORTAL

Please note that the HPCSA is introducing a new Online Practitioner Self Service Portal.

All registered Practitioners are urged to Login and reset their passwords on this New Portal.

Practitioners who are already using the new Online Portal may Ignore this communication.

POLICY FRAMEWORK REGULATING THE PROFESSIONAL ACTS OF PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER THE AMBIT OF THE PROFESSIONAL BOARD FOR PSYCHOLOGY

HPCSA Annual Fees Announcement Delayed

Dear PsySSA Members

You will have noted that the promulgation of fees payable to Council for the 2021/2022 financial year have been delayed. The reason for the delay is due to Council having approved the budget in December 2020 before the surge of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Council convened an urgent special meeting on Friday, 12 March 2021 to reconsider the budget approved in December 2020 in consideration of the effect of the pandemic on the practitioners. At this meeting, Council resolved not to increase the annual fees of the eleven (11) Professional Boards from the previous financial year except for the Medical and Dental Professions Board.

The process for the promulgation of the fees payable to Council is currently underway and will be published in the Government Gazette on Friday, 19 March 2021. The process of invoicing practitioners will resume, and this process will be concluded before 31 March 2021. Once the invoices have been raised, practitioners will be able to make payments using the online portal and have access to their certificates immediately.

We apologise for the delay in the promulgation of the fees payable to Council for the 2021/2022 financial year. Practitioners are advised that the annual fees payable to Council will be due on 31 May 2021.

HPCSA Departmental Relocation
The Complaints Handling and Investigation Unit, Corporate Affairs Division and Inspectorate Office will be moving from the Nedbank Plaza Building to the HPCSA Metroden/Main Building effective 30 March 2021. Please note that our offices remain closed to the public in-line with COVID guidelines and practitioners can engage the HPCSA online.

Stay safe!

The HPCSA team

 

 

HPCSA Annual Fee Reminder 2020

HPCSA Annual Fee Reminder 2020

Dear PsySSA Members

This serves as a HPCSA Annual Fee Reminder. Notice is hereby given that the Annual Fees are payable by persons registered in terms of the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974) before 1 April each year.

Section 19(1)(d) states that the Professional Board or a Committee to whom the function has been delegated may direct the Registrar to, or the Registrar acting on the established policies of the Professional Board may, remove from the register the name of any person who has failed to pay to the Professional Board, within three months as from the date on which it became due for payment. The HPCSA had granted extension on the payment until 30 September 2020 which was due by the end of March 2020.

Fees are as follows according to the Government Gazette published on 17/02/2020:

  • PS Psychologist R2360-00
  • PMT Psychometrist R1210-00
  • PSIN Intern Psychologist R810-00
  • PRC Registered Counsellor R1210-00

Individuals may make payment online or via EFT.

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