Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)RegulationsRegulations relating to Scope of Professions of Dental Technicians and Health Technologists3. Acts pertaining to the profession of dental technologist |
| (1) | The following acts are deemed to be acts pertaining to the profession of a dental technologist:— |
| (a) | All acts as defined in section 2 (1) above, |
| (b) | Practising as a dental technician contractor, owning or co-owning a registered dental laboratory or supervising a dental laboratory subject to sections 29 (5) and (6) of the Act; |
| (c) | employing dental technicians, dental laboratory assistants and dental technicians with restricted registration; |
| (d) | reviewing cases coming into the laboratory in order to decide how they should progress; and |
| (2) | A dental technologist may not— |
| (a) | perform clinical procedures; |
| (b) | fit custom made oral appliances or devices; and |
| (c) | provide treatment or give clinical advice to patients. |