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

In these Regulations a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned  in the Act  shall  have such  meaning  and,  unless the  context  otherwise indicates—

"appropriate clinical medical professional"

means a medical practitioner or medical specialist registered as such with the Health Professions Council of South Africa who in a situation where a relevant dental clinician is not available would be allowed to prescribe a custom made oral appliance to a dental technician and dental technologist where it would be in the best interest of the patient to do so;

"dental clinician"

means a dentist or dental specialist registered as such with the Health Professions Council of South Africa and who prescribes appropriate custom made oral appliances to a dental technician and dental technologist;

"custom made oral appliances or devices"

means any removable or fixed intra- or extra-oral prosthesis;

"quality"

means fitness for purpose, level of conformance and the degree to which the custom made oral appliance or device was produced correctly;

"safety"

means the wellbeing of the patient while handling and wearing the custom made oral appliance or device;

"supervise or supervision"

means overseeing and taking responsibility for the operations of a registered dental laboratory including the professional activities related to the profession of dental technology by persons registered in other categories by the council; and

"the Act"

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