The most recent fee published for this examination is R4,007.00.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADMISSION TO
CMSA EXAMINATIONS
(to be read in conjunction
with the relevant Regulations)
1. You
may obtain your examination application forms (in duplicate) from the CMSA
offices in Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban, by calling, writing,
telephoning/faxing or emailing
2. PLEASE
OBTAIN IN GOOD TIME PROPER CERTIFICATES (SIGNED BY THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT) FOR
THE TRAINING CALLED FOR BY THE REGULATIONS, AND ATTACH THEM TO YOUR
APPLICATION. Applications offering
inadequate or uncertificated/unrecognised training, or which in other respects
display ignorance of the regulations, will be returned less a 10% handling fee
3. Please
also attach two recent passport-size photographs. Both photographs must bear your name in BLOCK
LETTERS on the back and one photograph must be certified as a true photograph
of yourself either by a Commissioner of Oaths or by a Justice of the
Peace. On acceptance of your application
the CMSA will certify the other photograph and it will be used on your numbered
examination card which you should produce at all examination sessions.
4. The
examination fee is on a separate schedule. Please check current rates. Fees
are only payable by cash, credit card and Electronic transfer. Proof of payment
must be attached to all application forms. NO
cheques will be accepted.
5. Your
completed application forms including certified statements where required,
passport-size photographs and correct examination fee must reach the CMSA
before or on 15 January and 15 June for the March/May and September/October
examinations respectively. You may
deliver your application to our Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban office but if
you post it, we recommend you register
it. If your examination is not in one of
our offices by 12:00 pm on the closing date, it will be returned unopened.
For
sub-specialties, notification of entry to the examination is six months before
the written examinations ie 30
September for the March/May and 31 March for the September/October sets of
examinations.
6. NO
LATE APPLICATIONS will be considered
7. Requests
for withdrawal, if received in
writing before the closing date, will be granted and the examination
fee will be refunded less a 10% handling fee.
A
deferred or unutilised fee will only be held by the CMSA until the next set of
examinations, when it will be forfeited unless a specific recommendation has
been received from the Examinations and Credentials Committee for a refund.
8. Regarding
the examination:
a) during
all written sessions cellphones must be switched-off and lodged with the
chief invigilator
b) during
all oral sessions cellphones must not be in the candidates possession
c) unsuccessful
candidates may request, in writing,
an identification of questions or sections failed. If practicable this information will be
supplied
d) re-marking
of papers or supplementary examinations will not be considered
e) candidates
who stammer, suffer from writer’s cramp etc, should indicate and certificate
this with their applications so that the CMSA, wherever possible, can arrange
to accommodate them prior to the examination
9. Fellowship
candidates who are in doubt whether the posts they occupy or intend occupying
are acceptable for examination admission and/or specialist registration (they
are separate issues) should enquire from the CMSA as to the former, and from
the Health Professions Council of South Africa, PO Box 205, Pretoria, 0001,
telephone 012 328-6680, as to the latter
GAUTENG ACADEMIC
(EXAMINATIONS) OFFICE
June 2010