Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)RegulationsRegulations regarding the Registration and Training of Student Dental Technicians and Student Dental Technologists, 202219. Assessment of the final summative practical examinations at approved institution |
| (1) | The Council must appoint at least two dental technicians or dental technologists as Council examiners and one moderator. |
| (2) | The Council may appoint four examiners (one from each of the disciplines of Complete Dentures, Removable Metal Partial Denture, Fixed Prosthodontics and Orthodontics, each to assess their own discipline) from the profession of dental technology to assist with the evaluation of the final practical examination; provided that at least two examiners are available to assess all the practical work. |
| (3) | The moderator contemplated in subregulation (2) must assess all the practical work and the Council must appoint an arbitrator to adjudicate any dispute between the moderator and the discipline-specific examiner. |
| (4) | The honorarium and allowance payable to a moderator or examiner for the performance of his or her functions must be determined by the Council from time to time by resolution. |
| (5) | One or more Council examiners may be required by Council to be present at the final summative practical assessment of any or all of the dental technology specific subjects that have a compulsory practical component and which is reflective of the professional skills of the student dental technician or student dental technologist, and which is part of the appropriate, approved and recognised qualification conducted by an approved institution. |
| (6) | The Council examiners must declare in their report whether in their opinion, and after marking the practical work according to the guidelines of the Council,— |
| (a) | the summative practical assessment was an effective and valid means of evaluating the students concerned; |
| (b) | the summative practical assessment was completed in a manner consistent with the minimum requirements for that year; and |
| (c) | the summative practical assessment tasks were of such a standard as to show that the students concerned are able to practice the profession of dental technician or dental technologist. |
| (7) | For the purposes of sub regulation (6), the Council examiners must submit their report to the registrar within one month of the completion of the examination:— |
| (a) | the registrar must submit the report to the education committee of the Council within two weeks which, if the report is lacking in any respect, may order that the Council examiners submit an amended or additional report; |
| (b) | the report, together with the amended or additional report must, if necessary, be submitted to the Dean of the Faculty of the approved institution concerned for comment, who must respond within two weeks of receipt of the report; |
| (c) | the report and the response contemplated in paragraph (b), if any, must be submitted to the education committee of the Council at a special meeting convened for that purpose within two weeks. |
| (d) | If the education committee of the Council is of the opinion that the results of the summative practical assessment, taken as a whole, do not at least reflect the minimum standard or that the conditions under which the assessment was conducted were unacceptable or if the results of the approved institution revealed irregularities or inconsistencies, as reflected in the reporting referred to in subregulation (5), such education committee must report to the Council accordingly and the Council must take such steps against the approved institution as it may deem necessary. |
| (e) | If the Council is of the view that the examination results of the summative practical assessment, taken as a whole, do not at least reflect the minimum standard, the Council may request one or more particular students to be re-examined by the approved institution as a condition for his or her registration as a dental technician or dental technologist, as the case may be. |