REGULATIONS MADE IN TERMS OF
Allied Health Professions Act 7 of 2004
section 55 read with section 19(1)
Regulations relating to the Minimum Requirements
of Study for Registration as a Dietician
Government Notice 67 of 2009
(GG 4245)
came into force on date of publication: 20 April 2009
The Government Notice which publishes these regulations notes that they were made on the
recommendation of the Allied Health Professions Council of Namibia. It withdraws the rules
published in RSA GN R.2343/1976 (RSA GG 5349). These previous rules were made in terms of the
RSA Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions Act 56 of 1974. They survived
in terms of section 50(2) of the Allied Health Services Professions Act 20 of 1993 (GG 710) and
section 62(2) of its successor, the Allied Health Professions Act 7 of 2004 (GG 3247).
ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS
1.
2.
Definitions
Minimum requirements of study for registration as dietician
Definitions
1.
In these regulations a word or expression defined in the Act has that meaning, and
unless the context otherwise indicates “the Act” means the Allied Health Professions Act, 2004 (Act No. 7 of 2004).
Minimum requirements of study for registration as dietician
Republic of Namibia
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Annotated Statutes
REGULATIONS
Allied Health Professions Act 7 of 2004
Regulations relating to the Minimum Requirements of Study for Registration as a Dietician
2.
The minimum requirements for registration with the Council referred to in section
19(1) of the Act, insofar as the minimum requirements apply to the registration of a person as a
dietician under the Act, subject to compliance with other requirements prescribed by or under
the Act, including the successful completion of the prescribed internship and the passing of an
evaluation conducted by the Council in accordance with section 21(3) of the Act, are any of the
following qualifications:
Examining authority and qualification
Abbreviation for registration
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
University of Durban-Westville:
Bachelor in Medical Science
University of Cape Town:
Diploma in Therapeutic Dietetics
(If obtained prior to 31 July 1984)
Bachelor of Science (Medicine)
Honours Degree in Therapeutic Dietetics
Medical University of Southern-Africa:
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics
Diploma in Dietetics
(If obtained prior to 31 July 1984)
B Med Sc (Nutrition) Durban-Westville
Dip Ther Diet Cape Town
BSc (Med) (Hons) Cape Town
BSc (Dietetics) Medunsa
Dip Dietetics Medunsa
University of Natal:
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics
BSc (Dietetics) Natal
University of the Free State:
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics
BSc (Dietetics) Free State
Potchefstroom University for CHE:
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics
BSc (Dietetics) Potchefstroom
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
North-West University:
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
University of Pretoria:
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
(Food and Nutrition)
(If obtained prior to 31 December 1985)
University of Stellenbosch:
BSc (Home Economics)
Potchefstroom
BSc (Dietetics) North-West
BSc (Home Economics)
North-West
BSc (Dietetics) Pret
BSc (Home Economics)
Pret
Republic of Namibia
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Annotated Statutes
REGULATIONS
Allied Health Professions Act 7 of 2004
Regulations relating to the Minimum Requirements of Study for Registration as a Dietician
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics
BSc (Dietetics) Stell
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics
BSc (Home Economics)
Stell
Bachelor in Nutrition
(If obtained prior to 31 December 1985)
B(Nutrition) Stell
University of the North:
Bachelor of Nutrition
B (Nutrition) North
University of the Limpopo:
Bachelor of Nutrition
B (Nutrition) Limpopo
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Registration as a Dietician,
American Dietetic Association
(A person registered as a dietician
with the American Dietician Association
must also hold the relevant Bachelor’s
Degree, and must complete the prescribed
Internship, before that person may be
registered as a dietician.)
Reg Dietician ADA
THE NETHERLANDS
North Holland Scholengemeenschap:
Diploma Diëtetiek
Dip Dietetics N Holland
Scholengemeenschap.