CPD Accreditation
The HPCSA is a statutory body, established in terms of the Health Professions Act (Act no. 56 of 1974) with a mandate to protect the public, all consumers of health care services, and to provide guidance on educational, professional and ethical issues to practitioners.
The HPCSA instituted compulsory continuing professional development (CPD) for all medical practitioners, and as such all members of SAAFP has to comply in order to maintain their HPCSA registration. More information on CPD can be found on the HPCSA website.
The SAAFP is registered as an official CPD Accreditor with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). We render an efficient and fast accreditation service to private CPD providers.
The CPD Rules, to be compliant a practitioner must accumulate a total of at least 60 CPD points (inclusive of 10 ethics, human rights or health laws). After being compliant, then a practitioner is expected, at minimum, to continue accumulating at least 30 CPD points per year to maintain such compliance which runs over a two-year period. All evidence of compliance currently expires after two years from the date of CPD activity or engagement.
Please note the HPCSA has change the way activities are loaded on the system. The currently excel spreadsheet will no longer be accepted for loading as from the 24th of October 2025, except if the activities are prior to the 24th of October 2025.
New Submission Process Overview:
Supplier Registration
- You must be registered as a supplier with HPCSA.
- If you haven’t received the registration email (example attached), send a request to access the portal:
📧 cpdproviders@hpcsa.co.za - Use the following link to reset the password or register on the portal to gain access to the HPCSA platform: https://hpcsaonline.custhelp.com/app/utils/account_assistance
CPD Confirmation from SAAFP
- Before the activity takes place, apply for CPD accreditation via SAAFP.
- Once approved, register the activity on the HPCSA portal and attach your CPD certificate.
- ⚠️ You cannot load an activity after it has taken place.
- HPCSA has 5 days to review and approve/decline the activity.
Post-Activity Submission
- After the activity, you must upload the attendance spreadsheet via the HPCSA online portal.
- Use the new spreadsheet format (only includes HPCSA registration numbers).
- This links to the activity already created on the portal.
- How to submit an application
- Accreditation documentation required
- Loading your event [HPCSA]
- Updating your attendance register
- Application for accreditation need to be approved prior to the activity taking place. [no retrospective accreditation. [newly implemented from the HPCSA, as from 1 November 2024]
- Send SAAFP the application form for accreditation with all the required documentation to admin(at)saafp.org
- CPD review and approval of activity, can take up to 3-5 days, please allow sufficient time to load your activity on the HPCSA online portal. [Upload your CPD certificate] prior to the activity taking place.
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Only complete application forms with all the required supporting documentation will be submitted to the CPD Committee of SAAFP for approval. To learn more about the CPD Guidelines for Health Care Professionals, please download it here. Required documentation: 1. The completed CPD 2A Form (the application form), please download it here. 2. Program or Invitation of the CPD event specifying the exact time slots for each presentation/topic. 3. Presenter(s) short CV / biography. If your application contains a published article and the article specifies the author’s affiliation clearly, a CV is not required. 4. A summary of the presentation(s) or a copy of the presentation(s) in .pdf format must be presented. 5. Questionnaire or MCQ (if applicable) CPD review and approval of activity, can take up to 3-5 days, please allow sufficient time to load your activity on the HPCSA online portal. [Upload your CPD certificate] prior to the activity taking place If you require accreditation to Level 2 (i) – Self Study, then in addition to the above requirements a copy of the CD or DVD must be submitted. |
- CPD Accreditor/Service Provider logs into customer portal.
- On Home page click on CPD tile.
- Select CPD Event registration
- Complete all the required fields – [Activity Details like Title, duration, Start date, End Date, Activity Type, Clinical/Ethical Points and Venue Type]
- Upload your CPD certificate
- Select your target audience
- Submit [CPD Event registration reference no – HPCSA]
- CPD Accreditor/Service Provider logs into customer portal.
- On Home page click on CPD tile.
- CPD Accreditor/Service Provider will click on Confirmation of Attendance on CPD Activity button on cpd_list page
- CPD Accreditor/Service Provider will upload the Attendance sheet with the list of contacts who attended the CPD Activity
- and click on submit button. A new CPD Bulk Upload ticket is created in the system and is assigned to CPD Official
- HPCSA Official will review the upload and approve or reject the activity.
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