Professional Councils (Statutory) - CHE
Professional Councils (Statutory) - CHE
Professional Councils (Statutory) - CHE
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DIRECTORY OF ETQAS AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES<br />
THE PROFESSIONAL BOARD FOR SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING<br />
Legislation<br />
To assure relevant and excellent speech, language and hearing services to meet the needs of<br />
a diverse SA society.<br />
Vision<br />
A professional body overseeing the Speech, Language and Hearing Professions under the<br />
Health <strong>Professional</strong> (Act No. 56 of 1974).<br />
Strategic Attitudes<br />
❐ Proactive<br />
❐ Transforming<br />
❐ Informing.<br />
Strategic Objectives<br />
❐ A new professional practice framework in place, aligned with international professional<br />
best practice<br />
❐ Significantly enhanced capacity to serve South African population better, accessibility,<br />
affordability<br />
❐ An effectively and efficiently functioning Board, visible and actively engaging respective<br />
role players<br />
❐ Dynamic protection of scope of profession.<br />
Functions<br />
Registration of professionals.<br />
<strong>Professional</strong> Qualifications<br />
The following professions are registered under the auspices of the <strong>Professional</strong> Board for<br />
Speech, Language and Hearing namely:<br />
❐ Supplementary Hearing Aid Acousticians<br />
❐ Community Speech and Hearing Workers<br />
❐ Student Community Speech and Hearing Workers<br />
❐ Speech Hearing and Correctionists<br />
❐ Student Speech Hearing and Correctionists<br />
❐ Supplementary Audiologists<br />
❐ Student Supplementary Audiologists<br />
❐ Supplementary Speech Therapists and Audiologists<br />
❐ Student Supplementary Speech Therapists and Audiologists<br />
❐ Speech Therapists<br />
❐ Student Speech Therapists<br />
❐ Speech Therapist and Audiologists<br />
❐ Speech Therapy Assistants<br />
❐ Audiometricians<br />
❐ Student Audiometricians<br />
❐ Audiologists<br />
❐ Student Audiologists<br />
❐ Hearing Aid Acousticians<br />
❐ Student Hearing Aid Acousticians.<br />
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