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Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)RegulationsRegistration and Training of Student Dental Technicians and Student Dental Technologists, 202016. Investigation into education and training at an approved institution |
| (1) | The council may annually, at its first meeting, appoint at least two dental technicians or dental technologists as education inspectors. |
| (2) | The fees and allowances payable to an education inspector convenor or an education inspector for the performance of their functions must be determined by the council from time to time by Rule. |
| (3) | An education inspector, on the instruction of the council, may be present whenever an approved institution conducts a final assessment in respect of academic progress made by student dental technicians or dental technologists and may investigate any matter concerned with the education of such students, and must report to the council on such examination or investigation. |
| (4) | An investigation must not be carried out by an education inspector unless: |
| (a) | the council has decided that an investigation is to be carried out at that specific approved institution; or |
| (b) | an approved institution requests the council, in writing, to cause an investigation to be carried out, and the council approves such investigation. |
| (5) | The education inspector must declare in his or her report whether or not the minimum requirements and standards for education and training, as prescribed by the council, are being maintained, and whether the assessment is effective as a means of determining the competence of student dental technicians or dental technologists. |
| (6) | The education inspector may attach to his or her report any other evaluation reports, question papers, memoranda, work models, examples of completed tasks or any other documents. photographic evidence or observations relevant to the report. |
| (7) | The education inspector must submit his or her report to the registrar within one month of the completion of the investigation. |
| (8) | The registrar must submit the report to the education committee of the council which may, if it is of the opinion that the report is lacking in any respect, order that the education inspector submit an amended or additional report. |
| (9) | The report must thereafter be submitted to the Dean of the Faculty of the approved institution concerned for comment, and the comments must be furnished within one month of receipt of the report to the registrar, failing which the report will stand. |
| (10) | The report and the comments, if any, of the approved institution concerned, must be submitted to the education committee of the council for its first meeting thereafter or a special meeting may be convened for this purpose. |
| (11) | If the education committee of the council is of the opinion that the report reveals deficiencies in the education and training or in the assessment of the competence of student dental technicians or dental technologists. the education committee must report to the Council accordingly and the council may take such steps as it deems necessary to ensure that the deficiencies are remedied. |
