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

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Regulations relating to scope of profession of Dental Technicians and Dental Technologists

3. Acts pertaining to the profession of dental technologist

 

(1) The following acts are deemed to be acts pertaining to the profession of a dental technologist:—
(a) All acts as defined in section 2 (1) above,
(b) Practising as a dental technician contractor, owning or co-owning a registered dental laboratory or supervising a dental laboratory subject to sections 29(5) and (6) of the Act;
(c) employing dental technicians, dental laboratory assistants and dental technicians with restricted registration;
(d) reviewing cases coming into the laboratory in order to decide how they should progress; and

 

(2) A dental technologist may not—
(a) perform clinical procedures;
(b) fit custom made oral appliances or devices; and
(c) provide treatment or give clinical advice to patients.