In South Africa, the profession of Recreational Therapy is recognized by neither the Health Professions Council South Africa (HPCSA) nor the Allied Health Professions Council of South Africa (AHPCSA). However, the South African profession of biokinetics is an accredited HPCSA member, which shares a proximity of Recreational Therapy. The American National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification (NCTRC) serves as the gold standard for the prescribed minimum training standards (MTS) of the profession of Recreational Therapy due to the absence of a national South African health statutory affiliation. This commentary reviews the MTS of biokinetics as compared to the NCTRC MTS, so as to ascertain whether biokineticists can function as recreational therapists. A literature search was conducted in Google Scholar, using the key-search terms "recreational therapist biokineticist." Six hundred and fourteen records were uncovered, which were reduced to nine. The quality of each record was evaluated through the use of the modified Downs and Black Appraisal Scale. The literature analysis suggests that the MTS of the South African Biokinetic curriculum and those of the NCTRC share a number of common prerequisites, but are not wholly in accordance with each other. Biokineticists are therefore inequitable to American NCTRC trained recreational therapists.