• We congratulate Prof Henry Lerm on his being awarded an honorary lifetime membership of SAMLA as well as being elected the Non-Executive President of SAMLA. We wish him success and have enormous faith in his leadership.

• We also congratulate Adv. Johanni Barnardt on her appointment as the Deputy Chairperson (legal) of SAMLA.

• A message to our members regarding POPIA: 

• We are working to make sure that we are fully compliant with POPIA.

• The information that we obtain from you is only available to the administrators of this page who have password access. However, you may elect to have all or some of the information about you on our registers.  

• The information that you give to us may be hidden by you in part or whole depending on the choices that you make about your own information. You can be a member and remain invisible on the page. You can be visible to other members only. You can be visible to the public. It's up to you.If you are not certain, please log in, go to your information page, and check your security settings.

• We commit to taking reasonable measures to keep your personal infomation secure.

• We will retain your personal information for as long as is necessary or in accordance with applicable laws.

• We never sell information to a third party under any circumstances. 

• Our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy will be developed/adapted but there is no need for you to take action.

• Our POPIA manual will be available on the website in mid-July 2021.

   

INFORMED CONSENT. A 2-hour seminar presented by Prof Henry Lerm and Desiree David. 2 HPCSA Ethics points have been allocated.  is on 11 August 2021. Go to "regional seminars" to register (bookings open 19 July 2021)SAMLA GAUTENG MEMBERS:

Visit the the regional seminars page to join the MONTHLY FIRESIDE TALKS, a fantastic new initiative to connect Gauteng Members during this time of disconnect, and to learn.

 SAMLA offers educational opportunities to our members through several types of activity.  There are  (1) National courses,  (2) regional courses offered by the provincial branches of SAMLA and (3) SAMLA Courses.

NATIONAL COURSES THROUGH FACULTY 

The SAMLA National courses which are managed by Azlyn Creative, presented by the Faculty of SAMLA and accredited by the Faculty of Law at the University of Cape Town are not all available any longer. 

The Foundations in Medico-Legal Practice short course is no longer available. . We hope to provide Foundational Knowledge in a different format in future....watch this space!

The Workshops in Medico-Legal Practice can be done individually or as a whole. The courses may be attended for CPD purposes or, if all assignments that are assigned are completed successfully by the attendees, a certificate of completion from UCT is awarded for each course completed.For all information, registration, payment, and access to the courses, please go to http://samla.co.za

Please go to the National Courses page to read about the available dates and deadlines!!

REGIONAL SEMINARS: The provincial branches offer education. Please go to "Regional Seminars" to see what's on offer now, and keep visiting as these change as old courses expire and new courses are posted.

SAMLA SEMINARS: SAMLA offers educational opportunities such as full day workshops. 

All Members of SAMLA who are registered with a professional regulatory body are invited to apply to appear on SAMLA's Register of Medico-Legal Practitioners.

A Medico-Legal Practitioner is an individual who works in the medico-legal space, who is in good standing with his or her primary professional regulatory body  and who  has volunteered him/herself to peer review, and who  has committed him/herself  to SAMLA’s unique code of conduct in medico-legal practice. For more details, you can read our MOI in which these details are specified. 

To appear on the SAMLA Register of Medico-Legal Practitioners,  one submits one’s credentials to SAMLA’s Credentialling Committee which comprises senior members of the legal and healthcare professions who have extensive experience in medico-legal practice. If the applicant’s credentials satisfy the requirements specified, then that applicant may register as a Medico-Legal Practitioner.  All Members of SAMLA who appear on the register of Medico-Legal Practitioners commit themselves to SAMLA’s code of professional conduct. 

The proposed tiers of registration as Medico-Legal Practitioners have been circulated to the broader membership for consideration, but not yet been established. We envision three tiers - an entry level, a senior level and an advanced level, to reflect experience and seniority, and to promote a development trajectory.

What is really important is that SAMLA is not, and does not intend ever to be a regulatory body. We do not, in any way, see our role as supervisory. The registers are simply lists of persons in the medico-legal field who voluntarily show that they have pursued learning in this field, demonstrate competency,  are willing to demonstrate on-going learning in the medico-legal sphere by earning specific points in medico-legal CPD annually, and are willing to commit themselves to a code of conduct.