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

Regulations

Registration and Training of Student Dental Technicians and Student Dental Technologists, 2020

12. Examinations

 

(1) An approved institution must—
(a) evaluate the progress of a student dental technician or dental technologist in respect of the subjects referred to in regulations 9 (3) or 10 (3) as the case may be and conduct the examinations in those subjects in accordance with the rules framed by the senate of such approved institution as approved by the council; and
(b) at the end of the period contemplated in regulations 9 (1) or 10 (1) as the case may be examined by the student dental technician or technologist, by means of a practical examination in dental technology in accordance with the rules framed by the senate of such approved institution, where the Act and the Regulations are silent, but such rules may not be in contravention of the Act and the Regulations.

 

(2) A student dental technician or dental technologist may receive recognition from the senate or from a similar structure with the same mandate, of an approved training institution, for a subject when he or she has passed the examination in such subject in accordance with these Regulations.

 

(3) In the event where a student dental technician or dental technologist enrols on the Extended Curriculum Programme. a further one year must be allowed over and above the time period contemplated in regulation 9 (1) and 10 (1).