The Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) was promulgated in 2000 and had since been enforced by the Department of Justice. In terms of the Act, all information held on a person is confidential and may not be disclosed to any third party without the written consent of the person whom the information is held on.  At the time of promulgation, the Act provided that all entities must declare the information which is available in their businesses in the form of a manual which had to be submitted to the SA Human Rights Commission.  In the case of doctors, all those in private practice had to adhere to the requirements of PAIA. 

Correspondence together with a pro forma PAIA manual was circulated to SAMA members during the course of 2003.  Subsequently, the submission date for manuals to be submitted was extended numerous times and now finally to 31 December 2015 (provided that the practice did not have more than 50 employees or a turnover equal or higher than R5 million per annum the submission date for those private businesses has lapsed).
We therefore wish to remind all SAMA members who had not complied with the Act to compile an information manual and submit it to the SA Human Rights Commission on or before 31 December 2015.  
Please e-mail the signed copy to: lidlamini@sahrc.org.za and post a hard copy to the following address of the Commission:
Private Bag X2700
Houghton
2041
Contact Person for Enquiries relating to compliance with section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA):

Lindiwe Dlamini
Tel: 011 877 3803
Fax: 011 403 0625
E-mail: lidlamini@sahrc.org.za

Also attached hereto is the pro forma manual for further use:

Please ensure that a copy of the manual is filed safely for record keeping purposes

Attachments:

PAIA template for DOCTORS 2015.pdf

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