January 2025
NEWSFLASH – 2025 Annual Fees Reminder
Dear Doctor
You are reminded to pay the following annual fees: To note the newsflash and attachments is available on our website https://emconline.co.za/newsflash-annual-fee-reminder-2025/
- Dispensing Licence Fee
Dispensing HP’s are reminded that the Annual Fees for dispensing licences, are due with Department of Health (DOH) The due date for payments is the 28th of February 2025
Your dispensing licence shall remain valid until it is suspended or revoked by the Director-General in terms of Section 22E of the Act, and provided you pay the applicable annual fee of R200.00 before 28 February of each year.
Banking details:
Bank: ABSA
Account Holder: Department of Health
Branch: Vermeulen Street
Branch code: 632005
Account No: 4053643510
Account type: Cheque account
Reference number: MP number (all 7 digits & add a ‘0’ [zero] at the end: 8 digits are required, please)
Payment may be made electronically or by direct deposit into the bank. Please note that cheques are not accepted anymore.
Kindly email proof of payment to dispensepps@health.gov.za
If you have a licence that has an expiry date on it, you are required to send an email to dispensepps@health.gov.za and request an update form. You need to give DOH your initials, surname and council registration number when sending them an email requesting the update.
CONTACT DETAILS: 012 395 8314/5, 012 395 8286/8206 ( it is a challenge to get through to these numbers )
PLEASE KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS OF PAYMENT & POSTING.
NB: Dispensing licences are issued per practice address. Should you have more than one practice locations, you will need to apply for a licence for all locations.
Please see attached guidelines for new applications including locums
- HPCSA annual Fee for 2025/2026
The HPCSA annual fees have not yet been published. Doctors shall also receive emails from the HPCSA Finance department reminding them of their annual fees and the streamlined processes for applications, updating contact details and registrations and for the online payment for such fees. The Fees for 2025/2026 shall be notified per the gazette
“Practitioners can renew the HPCSA annual fees online by following these easy steps online – remember to first create an account after which the renewal process can be followed. Our Call Centre agents are on stand-by to assist with this process. You can reach them on 012 338 9300 or 012 338 9301”
Please visit www.hpcsa.co.za and navigate to the online renewal drop down menu item
Once you have gone through the renewal process online, including making the appropriate payment, you will be able to view and print your electronic “QR code” practitioner card for 2025/2026.
This is an official HPCSA practitioner card that has replaced the previous physical practitioner
card.” You will be able to login and view/print your current practicing card, within 48 hours after proof of payment has been submitted and received at HPCSA.”
The HPCSA Annual Fees are valid until 31 March of the following year.
Please refer to this link https://www.hpcsa.co.za/?contentId=385&actionName=Finance , if you are exempt from payment of Annual Fee. Written application for Voluntary Erasure under Section 19(1)(c) of the Act must be received by Council on or before 31 March 2025
- PCNS annual Fee
The PCNS annual fee is R418.00 including VAT which is due on the 31st of March 2025
Check your email from BHF for their annual fee reminder.
To view your balance or make payment please visit our website on: https://www.pcns.co.za/Payment/CheckBalance
Alternatively, you can make payment onto the following banking details:
Other bank transfers:
Bank: NEDBANK, Branch: Rosebank, Branch Code: 197705, Account Number: 1958 5185 30
NB: Please always use the last 7 digits of your practice number as reference for renewals or Surname and Council number for new applications.
NEDBANK account holders only, we are a Bank Approved Beneficiary with Nedbank so to pay please add us as a beneficiary first by selecting:
- PCNS Renewals for existing practice numbers (your 7-digit practice number is required as reference) or
- PCNS New Applications for new registrations (submit your application first and once you have received your reference number you can then make payment using the reference number as your reference). Please be advised that the PCNS Application Fee is non-refundable.
FNB clients, we are a public registered business as PCNS, and you can use your online banking and or banking app to pay for your practice renewal.
Please be advised that if you have an existing practice number and are applying for a change of discipline or change of ownership that you are liable to ensure that both practice numbers are paid for. Failure to pay for the existing practice number and the correct application fee of your change of discipline or change of ownership may delay the issuing of your new practice number.
- Having your property licenced as a medical practice
This note is for completeness as most practices should already be complying
Kindly follow the steps in the following link from the City of Cape Town to licence your property
Identifying property Zoning is done in 5 easy steps, followed up with 3 steps for submission of your application for the correct zoning.
Step 1: To identify the zoning allocated to your property, look on the existing zoning map at your local district planning office.
Step 2: Now that you know the zoning of your property, turn to the Development Management Scheme in the Municipal Planning By-law. Look up your particular zoning category to see what land uses and what development rules apply to your property.
Step 3: With the allowed land uses and development rules in mind, decide how your plans for the property may be accommodated on the site, and whether you will need to apply to the City for a rezoning or a departure, which is permission to deviate from the existing development rules.
Step 4: Depending on the scale of your development, you may be required to schedule a pre-submission consultation meeting with your local planning office.
Step 5: Once you have determined your property’s zoning, and the land use and development rights permitted in that zoning, you will be able to check whether your planned development or land use activity is allowed without you having to submit an application to the City of Cape Town.
Submitting your application
Step 1: Once you have identified your property zoning and what your land use rights are, you can submit your application. You can either download the Land Use Management Application Form below and submit with your application pack at a district planning office, or you can find fill out the form online through the DAMS system.
Based on the type of application, the district office will indicate what supporting documentation will be required during submission.
Tariffs will be calculated based on the type of application that is being made, as per the City’s Land Use Management tariffs in the document downloads below.
Step 2: Complete your application form and submit it online via DAMS, or hand it in at your local planning district office.
Step 3: All supporting documentation needs to be submitted on a USB stick to your local planning and building office. You cannot submit these online.
- Office of Health Standards and Compliance
The GP inspection tools are in draft and it is clear that the process is well underway as Western Cape was the last province in this national engagement. As a network, we have provided a written submission on the document, which needs a more pragmatic, simpler, less burdensome and less costly to an already vulnerable private GP. We exepct to communicate further on this tool as on other proactive measures in preparation for all these healthcare reforms.
To note the various EMC² projects via the Learning portfolio like the emergency medicine trolley checks, upskilling and the specialist referral pathway project can only gain traction with active member participation
https://emconline.co.za/emc-square-projects/
Regards
Network Management