The following changes relate to the latest amendments made by the HPCSA on the Rules pertaining to the Continuing Professional Development Programme (CPD)
- The actual annual number of CPD points required to be compliant are listed on both the CPD Rules and CPD Guidelines, indicating minimum requirements for both clinical and ethical points.
- Each CPD point is now valid for 12 months from the date on which the activity took place. This means that health practitioners should at all material times maintain the minimum balance of CPD points required for a year, topping-up on an ongoing basis.
- Non-clinical registered practitioners are also required to be CPD compliant in line with the set minimum requirements.
The number of continuing education units to be accumulated by psychology professionals over a period of twelve months and in terms of rule 4(1) of the rules is stipulated below:
