This Annual Performance Plan for the 2022/23 financial year that has been developed by SAHPRA, represents the planned actions of the Board of SAHPRA to ensure that through their considered and responsible actions, they can, together with the staff at the Authority, assure and guide...
There is a critical skills gap on the African continent in the regulatory sciences, and an acknowledged need to develop a long-term strategy for training and professional development of African regulatory personnel. A virtual meeting of 40 senior level participants from regional African agencies, African...
The Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act provides for the prohibition of the use or possession of, or the dealing in, drugs and of certain acts relating to the manufacture or supply of certain substances or the acquisition or conversion of the proceeds of certain crimes, the obligation...
The Veterinary and Para-Veterinary Professions Act provides for the establishment, powers and functions of the South African Veterinary Council, the registration of persons practising veterinary professions and para-veterinary professions, control over the practising of veterinary professions and para-veterinary profession and related matters It further makes provision...
The Animal Diseases Act provides for the control of animal diseases and parasites, for measures to promote animal health, and for related matters. ...
The Fertilisers, Farm Feeds, Agricultural Remedies and Stock Remedies Act provides for the registration of fertilisers, farm feeds, agricultural remedies, stock remedies, sterilising plants and pest control operators with the aim of regulating or prohibiting the importation, sale, acquisition, disposal or use of fertilisers, farm feeds, agricultural...
The Act provides a framework for a structured uniform health system within the Republic, taking into account the obligations imposed by the Constitution and other laws on national, provincial and local government with regard to health services. The objectives of the National Health Act (NHA) are to: ...
Within the Medicines Act, “medical device” means any instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, reagent for in vitro use, software, material or other similar or related article, including Group III and IV Hazardous Substances contemplated in the Hazardous Substances Act, 1973 (Act No. 15 of 1973) (hereinafter...
The General Regulations of the above Act include the arrangement of regulations for supply of medicines, registration of medicines, permits, licencing and authorisation, management of medicines, the Authority, appeals, investigations, offences, and penalties....
The Medicines and Related Substances Act, 1965 (Act No. 101 of 1965), which was amended by Amendment Act, 2008 (Act No. 72 of 2008) and Amendment Act, 2015 (Act No. 14 of 2015) and enacted in May 2017, enabled, amongst others, the establishment of SAHPRA, the licensing...