| FOR ATTENTION: |
News Editors |
| SUBJECT: |
SANC Annual Practicing Fees due by 31 December 2017 |
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31 October 2017 |
The South African Nursing Council (SANC) would like to remind nursing practitioners to pay their annual practicing fees for 2018 by no later than 31 December 2017. Upon full payment being received into the bank account of the SANC, the SANC issues Annual Practicing Certificates (APCs) to individual nurse practitioners who have paid their fees on time. The SANC will remove the names of practitioners who have not paid their full registration fees timeously in terms of the Nursing Act, 2005 on 1 January 2018.
Unlike other professionals, nursing practitioners are afforded the opportunity to make full payment for their APCs during a 6-month period, commencing from 1 July every year. The APC fees for 2018 were published in the Government Gazette in June 2017 and were communicated by way of circulars, SMS messages to nursing practitioners as well as letters sent to employers.
Says Ms Sizeni Mchunu, Registrar and CEO of the SANC: “Practitioners can pay their annual fees at any First National Bank (FNB) branch in the country. In addition, the SANC is again undertaking several outreach programmes from July to December 2017 in all nine provinces where practitioners can pay and receive their certificates immediately. To date 72 273 practitioners out of 283 589 have paid their annual fees for 2018.”
The SANC normal annual practicing fees have been kept affordable as per previous years, and for 2018 are:
| Registered Nurses and Midwives |
R630.00 |
| Enrolled Nurses and Midwives |
R380.00 |
| Enrolled Nursing Auxiliaries |
R270.00 |
Persons who are over 60 and 64 years of age on 1 January 2018 receive a 25% and 50% reduction respectively e.g. persons over 64 years of age pay the following fees:
| Registered Nurses and Midwives |
R310.00 |
| Enrolled Nurses and Midwives |
R190.00 |
| Enrolled Nursing Auxiliaries |
R130.00 |
The restoration fees however, which are penalties for late payment, are regulated under the Regulations Regarding Fees and Fines Payable to the South African Nursing Council, Regulation R.170 as promulgated on 8 March 2013. These fees are thus higher than the annual practicing fees. It should be noted that if nursing practitioners pay their annual fees within the 6-month allocated time as described above and payment is received into the bank account of the SANC by 31 December 2017, that the practitioners would avoid having to pay a restoration fee.
In addition, payment prior to the deadline enables the SANC to mail the practitioner’s certificate (APC) earlier and not during the Christmas period which is the busiest time of the year for the South African Post Office.
“The SANC has made an eRegister available to employers that serves as sufficient proof for an employer to verify that nurse practitioners are registered for the relevant year should they not have received their physical APC on time. Using this service would make it unnecessary for nurses to travel to pick up the physical APC from the SANC offices in Pretoria. The eRegister is available on the SANC website at www.sanc.co.za/eRegister.htm,” says Ms Mchunu.
ENDS
Official Spokesperson and person to be quoted:
Ms S Mchunu
Registrar and CEO: SA Nursing Council
Issued by:
Mrs. Adri van Eeden
Senior Manager: Marketing and Communications
South African Nursing Council
E-mail : avaneeden@sanc.co.za
Website: www.sanc.co.za
For more information or to arrange for an interview with the Spokesperson, please contact Mrs. Adri van Eeden on email: avaneeden@sanc.co.za
