Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)

Regulations

Regulations regarding the Registration and Training of Student Dental Technicians and Student Dental Technologists, 2022

1. Definitions
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In these regulations any expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act bear that meaning and unless the context indicates otherwise—

 

"advisory committee"

means a committee established in regulation 2;

 

"approved institution"

means a public higher education institution or private institution approved under the Higher Education Act 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997) and accredited by the Council;

 

"council"

means the South African Dental Technicians Council established in terms of section 2 of the Act;

 

"education committee"

means the committee established by the council in terms of section 11 of the Act;

 

"education inspector"

means an inspector referred to in regulations 16 and 17 and Section 31 of the Act;

 

"employer"

means the owner of a registered dental laboratory and who employs a registered dental technician or dental technologist;

 

"extended curriculum programme"

means learning activities at the lower end of the higher education band that are intended to enable students from disadvantaged educational backgrounds to acquire the academic foundation necessary for succeeding in higher education, and that must lead to a purposeful and structured set of learning outcomes that lead to an approved and recognised professional qualification;

 

"dental technician"

means any person who is registered as such by the Council;

 

"dental technologist"

means any person who is registered as such by the Council;

 

"final summative  practical assessment"

means the practical assessment that is intended to assess the student's fitness for an approved purpose, at a given level, but specifically referring to those assessments at the end of a programme that would be presented to or considered by the Council for professional registration purposes;

 

"laboratory"

means a dental laboratory registered under section 30 of the Act;

 

"minimum requirements"

means—

(a )the annual determined requirements approved by the Council on the recommendation of an accreditation panel of the education committee of the Council; and
(b)for the purposes of regulations 10, 11 and 12, the annual determined requirements contemplated in paragraph (a) for practical education and training required by the approved syllabus of an approved institution for the appropriate practical subject, of which the successful completion may be considered by the Council for registration purposes;

 

"NQSF"

means a National Qualifications Sub-Framework as contemplated in the National Qualifications Framework Act, 2008 (Act No. 67 of 2008);

 

"professional study"

means study at an approved institution for any of the Council approved qualifications and aligned to the prevailing NQSF or any national structure that may replace it from time to time, and the expressions "professional study in dental technology" and "study in dental technology" have corresponding meanings;

 

"senate"

means the highest academic authority at a university of technology or a similar approved structure at a private institution approved under the Higher Education Act 1997 (Act No 101 of 1997);

 

"the Act"

means the Dental Technicians Act, (Act No. 19 of 1979); and

 

"work integrating learning"

(WIL) means education that combines learning in the lecture room with learning in the dental laboratory where academic knowledge is applied through relevant work experience outside the lecture room and the challenges and insights so gained are brought back to the lecture room for further analysis and reflection.