Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)RegulationsRegulations regarding the Registration and Training of Student Dental Technicians and Student Dental Technologists, 20223. Approval of training institutions: Procedure in applying for permission, accreditation and evaluation of training |
| (1) | An application by a training institution for permission to offer or provide any education or training which is intended to qualify a person to practice the profession of a dental technician or a dental technologist, must be submitted in writing by that institution to the Council at least six months prior to the commencement of such education or training. |
| (2) | The application referred to in subregulation (1) must be accompanied by the applicant's capital expenditure budget; equipment maintenance plan; and future contingencies for applying new technologies; self-evaluation report based on the guidelines provided by the Council; and must meet the criteria determined by the Council from time to time by rule. |
| (3) | A training institution must, in support of its application, indicate whether offering any of the approved qualifications at the approved institution has been approved by all other reporting structures both internal and external to the said approved institution, where applicable. |
| (4) | On receipt of an application contemplated in subregulation (1), the Council may— |
| (a) | request from the applicant or any other person any further information that it deems necessary to enable it to consider the application; and |
| (b) | appoint an evaluation panel or another structure of Council, if deemed necessary and make the necessary arrangements including but not limited to scheduling the date of the evaluation with the educational institution. |
| (5) | The evaluation panel referred to in subregulation (4)(b) must conduct the evaluation in accordance with the criteria determined by the Council and provide the Council with the evaluation report and its recommendations. |
| (6) | The Council must consider the application together with the evaluation report and the recommendations of the evaluation panel and decide on whether or not to accredit the training in question . |
| (7) | The Council may, after considering the application together with the evaluation report and the evaluation panel's recommendations and before deciding on the application, direct the registrar to ask the educational institution to clarify specified aspects of the application or to provide any additional information to enable the council to make its own decision . |
| (8) | The Council may, having considered the application, evaluation report, recommendations of the evaluation panel, and any clarification or additional information from the educational institution, approve, conditionally approve, or refuse the accreditation of the training and educational institution concerned and if approved must approve the number of student dental technicians or student dental technologists who may be enrolled as first-year students. |
| (9) | An approved institution must employ only dental technologists registered with the Council or dental technicians with that registration status in the education and training of student dental technicians or student dental technologists, and other suitably qualified persons approved by the Council such as clinicians or others for any ancillary subjects such as those related to professional ethics and clinical practice. |