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

Chapter 1 : The South African Dental Technicians Council: Objects, Functions and Powers

5. Constitution of council

 

(1) From the date referred to in section 51(4) the council shall consist of the following members, namely—
(a) the Director of Oral Health of the Department of Health;
(b) five persons appointed by the Minister, of whom—
(i) one shall be a dentist attached to a university having a dental faculty;
(ii) one shall be a dental technician or a dental technologist attached to an institution at which dental technicians or dental technologists are educated and trained; and
(iii) there shall be members of the public who shall be appointed after calling through the media for nominations by the public and who are not registered in terms of this Act or the Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974), of whom at least one shall be appointed on account of his or her knowledge of the law;
(c) two dental technician contractors nominated and elected by dental technician contractors in the prescribed manner;
(d) two dental technicians or dental technologists who practise the profession of dental technician or dental technologist, as the case may be, as employees and who are nominated and elected in the prescribed manner by dental technicians or dental technologists, as the case may be, thus practising that profession; and
(e) one dentist nominated and elected by dentists in the prescribed manner.

 

(2) Subject to the provisions of section 6 a member of the council shall hold office for a period of five years, but shall be eligible for re-appointment or re-election, as the case may be, for one further period of five years.

 

(3) If the persons referred to in paragraph (c), (d) or (e) of subsection (1), as the case may be, fail to elect a member under those paragraphs, the Minister shall designate a person as a member, and a person so designated shall be deemed to have been elected in terms of the paragraph in question.

 

(4) The registrar shall make known by notice in the Gazette the appointment or election of any member of the council, the date of such appointment or election and the period for which the member has been appointed or elected.