1. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SECTION 31(1) AND (2) OF THE NURSING ACT (ACT NO
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SECTION 31(1) AND (2) OF THE NURSING ACT (ACT NO. 33 OF 2005
PRESENTERS:
MS SA MCHUNU (SANC REGISTRAR AND CEO)
MS SJ NXUMALO (sanc SENIOR MANAGER EDUCATION AND TRAINING)

2. OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION
INTRODUCTION
SECTION 31(1) (2) OF THE NURSING ACT
LEGACY NURSING QUALIFICATIONS
PRONOUNCEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATIN AND TRAINING
COMMUNITY SERVICE
PROCESS FOLLOWED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEQSF ALIGNED NURSING QUALIFICATIONS
NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK
METHODOLOGY USED TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS

3. OUTLINE CONTINUES FUTURE ASSESSMENT/BOARD EXAMINATION
SANC AND CHE LEGAL MANDATES
AREAS OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN CHE AND SANC
CONDITIONS FOR ACCREDITATION OF NEIs
PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS-UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES
CONCLUSION

4. SECTION 31(1)(2) NEW NURSING ACT OF 2005 OLD REPEALED ACT OF 1978
PROFESSIONAL NURSE
REGISTERED NURSE
MIDWIFE
STAFF (GENERAL) NURSE
ENROLLED NURSE
NURSING AUXILIARY
ENROLLED NURSING AUXILIARY
AUXILIARY MIDWIFE -
NURSE/MIDWIFE SPECIALIST AS GAZETTED IN REGULATION NUMBER 368 OF 15 MAY 2014 (SECTION 31(2)
NO CATEGORY

5. LEGACY QUALIFICATIONS
QUALIFICATIONS DEVELOPED IN LINE WITH THE REPEALED NURSING ACT
COURSE LEADING TO ENROLMENT AS A NURSE
COURSE LEADING TO ENROLMENT AS A NURSING AUXILIARY
PHASED OUT IN 2015 FOLLOWING A SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED
OVERPRODUCTION
NON-EMPLOYMENT ON COMPLETION OF TRAINING

6. LEGACY QUALIFICATIONS IN PROGRESS
BRIDGING COURSE FOR ENROLLED NURSES LEADING TO REGISTRATION AS A GENERAL NURSE OR A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE (R.683)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF A NURSE L (GENERAL, PSYCHIATRIC AND COMMUNITY) AND MIDWIFE LEADING TO REGISTRATION(DIPLOMA OR DEGREE) (R.425)
DIPLOMA IN MIDWIFERY (R.254)
DIPLOMA IN PSYCHIATRIC NURSING FOR REGISTRATION AS A PSYCHIATRIC NURSE (R.880)
DIPLOMA IN COMMUNITY NURSING SCIENCE (R.276)

7. LEGACY QUALIFICATIONS CONTINUE
CLINICAL NURSING SCIENCE PROGRAMMES LEADING TO REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (R.212)
DIPLOMA IN CLINICAL NURSING SCIENCE, HEALTH ASSESSMENT, TREATMENT AND CARE (R.48)
DIPLOMA IN NURSING ADMINISTRATION (R.1501)
DIPLOMA IN NURSING EDUCATION (R.118)

8. PRONOUNCEMENT BY THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING
THE MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING HAS, IN LINE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT, 1997 (ACT 101 OF 1997), DECLARED THAT THE LAST ENROLMENT DATE FOR FIRST TIME ENTERING STUDENTS INTO ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES THAT ARE NOT ALIGNED TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS SUB- FRAMEWORK (HEQSF) IS 31 DECEMBER (GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. R. 801 OF 2016, PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF 06 JULY 2016).
THIS EFFECTIVELY MEANS THAT NO STUDENTS SHALL BE ENROLLED INTO ANY LEGACY QUALIFICATION AFTER 31 DECEMBER 2019

9. COMMUNITY SERVICE
PLACEMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PRACTITIONERS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
CONDITIONS OF SERVICE ARE ALSO DETERMINED BY THE EMPLOYER
THE NURSING ACT IS UNDER REVIEW, PROPOSALS TO ADRESS THE CHALLENGES

10. PROCESS FOLLOWED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEQSF ALIGNED NURSING QUALIFICATIONS
THE NURSING PROFESSION WAS INVOLVED THROUGH WORKSHOPS (PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL) SINCE 2005-NQF WITH 8 LEVELS
ROADSHOWS IN 2010-NQF WITH 10 LEVELS
ADOPTION OF THE FRAMEWORK IN JULY AT SANC COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHERE THERE WAS REPRESENTATION FROM SERVICE, NURSING EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, LABOUR

11. NURSING QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK
NQF LEVEL
QUALIFIATION TYPE
CREDIT VALUE
REGISTRATION WITH SANC 10
DOCTORAL DEGREE (PROFESSIONAL)
DOCTORAL DEGREE (RESEARCH)
360
NO PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION WITH SANC
DATABASE TO BE CREATED 9
MASTER`S DEGREE (PROFESSIONAL)
MASTERS` DEGREE (RESEARCH)
180
(ADVANCED NURSE/MIDWIFE SPECIALIST)
NO PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION WITH SANC BUT DATA BASE TO BE CREATED 8
HONOURS DEGREE
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA
BACHELOR`S DEGREE
120
NURSE/MIDWIFE SPECIALIST (SECTION 31(2)
PROFESSIONAL NURSE AND MIDWIFE (SECTION 31 (1) (A) 7
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN MIDWIFERY
MIDWIFE (SECTION 31 (1) (B) 6
DIPLOMA IN NURSING
GENERAL NURSE (STAFF NURSE) (SECTION 31 (1) (C) 5
HIGHER CERTIFICATE IN NURSING
AUXILIARY NURSE (SECTION 31 (1) (D)

12. METHODOLOGY USED TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS
COMPETENCY FRAMEWORKS WERE DEVELOPED
FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES
SCOPES OF PRACTICE REGULATIONS
REGULATIONS
ACCREDITATION CRITERIA (ACCREDITATION POLICY AND PROCEDURE)
QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS

13. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO THE NEW QUALIFICATIONS
IN ORDER TO BE ADMITTED TO THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATION(S), A PERSON MUST BE IN POSSESSION OF AT LEAST A NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE AS ISSUED BY UMALUSI WITH THE RELEVANT SUBJECT COMBINATION OR AN EQUIVALENT INTERNATIONAL QUALIFICATION WHICH ALLOWS HIM/HER ACCESS TO A HIGHER CERTIFICATE/DIPLOMA /DEGREE QUALIFICATION DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF QUALIFICATION ONE INTENDS TO PURSUE.
ALL NEIs (PUBLIC/PRIVATE) MUST BE REGISTERED AS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN ORDER TO OFFER THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS
RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING
NB. PRE NURSING NOT A REQUIREMENT

14. FUTURE ASSESSMENT/BOARD EXAMINATION
DISCUSSION DOCUMENT IS IN PLACE (PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION ASSESSMENT SYSTEM)
NEXT PHASE IS BENCHMARKING OF THE SYSTEM
REFINE FRAMEWORK
DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW SYSTE

15. SANC AND CHE LEGAL MANDATES
MANDATES OF COUNCIL ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHE) AND SOUTH AFRICAN NURSING COUNCIL (SANC) ARE DERIVED FROM THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AND THE NURSING ACT ACCREDIT NURSING PROGRAMMES

16. AREAS OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN CHE AND SANC
LETTER OF ENDORSEMENT REQUIRED FROM SANC TO CHE FOR NURSING PROGRAMME
JOINT EVALUATION OF PROGRAMMES
JOINT ACCREDITATION VISITS
SHARING OF INFORMATION

17. CONDITIONS FOR ACCREDITATION OF NURSING EDUCATION INSTITUTION (KEY)
LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH (PROVINCIAL) (SECTION 4(1) (G) OF R.173
REGISTRATION WITH DHET (SECTION 2(1)(B) OF R.173

18. PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS-UNDERGRADUATE
SUBMISSIONS MADE:
UNIVERSITIES
PUBLIC NURSING COLLEGES
PRIVATE NURSING EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
CURRENTLY NO NEI HAS MET ALL THE REQUIRED CONDITIONS OTHER THAN HIGH EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

19. PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW NURSING QUALIFICATIONS - POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES
COMPETENCIES DEVELOPED FOR 14 SPECIALIZATIONS
REGULATIONS ARE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
EXIT LEVEL OUTCOMES DEVELOPED
PRACTICE GUIDELINES
APPOINTMENT OF EXTERNAL EVALUATORS UNDERWAY

20. CONCLUSION