Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)Chapter 3 : Offences and the Control Over Artificial Teeth30. Registration of dental laboratories |
| (1) | No person shall conduct a dental laboratory unless it has been registered in terms of subsection (2) or has been exempted from registration under subsection (7): Provided that the registrar may in writing authorize the owner of a dental laboratory who has applied for the registration of such laboratory in terms of subsection (3), to conduct such laboratory for a period not exceeding six months, pending the registration of the laboratory by the council. |
| (2) | The council shall keep a register in which shall be entered the name under which every dental laboratory entitled to be registered is conducted, the address or place at which such laboratory is conducted, the name and address of the owner of such laboratory and such other particulars relating to such laboratory or owner as the council may determine. |
| (3) | Any person who desires that a dental laboratory be registered in terms of subsection (2) shall apply for such registration in the prescribed manner. |
| (4) | The council shall not register a dental laboratory in terms of subsection (2) unless— |
| (a) | the laboratory is owned by a person who in terms of section 29 is permitted to be the owner thereof; |
| (b) | the prescribed fees have been paid; |
| (c) | the laboratory complies with the prescribed conditions and requirements; and |
| (d) | the board is satisfied that the laboratory will be supervised and conducted by a person who is in terms of section 29 entitled to do so. |
| (5) | The council may cancel the registration of a dental laboratory— |
| (a) | if the prescribed annual fee has not been paid within the period prescribed; or |
| (b) | if the council is satisfied that the laboratory no longer complies with the conditions and requirements referred to in subsection (4): Provided that the council shall, in the case of a dental laboratory registered before the date of publication of the relevant condition or requirement, allow the owner of such laboratory a reasonable period to comply with such conditions and requirements; or |
| (c) | if the provisions of section 29 are not complied with in respect of that laboratory. |
| (6) | If the ownership of any dental laboratory registered in terms of this Act is transferred, the registration of such laboratory shall lapse. |
| (7) | The provisions of this section shall not apply to any dental laboratory— |
| (a) | of which a dentist or clinical dental technologist is the owner and in which no person other than that dentist or clinical dental technologist performs any act specially pertaining to the profession of dental technician or dental technologist, as the case may be; |
| (b) | [Section 30(7)(b) deleted by section 23(b) of Act No. 43 of 1997] |
| (c) | [Section 30(7)(c) deleted by section 23(b) of Act No. 43 of 1997] |