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Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)

Chapter IV : General Provisions

27. Rules

 

(1) The council may, after consultation with the professional board concerned and with the approval of the Minister, make rules relating to—
(a) the conduct of social workers, student social workers, social auxiliary workers or persons practising other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established, in practising their profession;
(b) the acts or omissions of a social worker, student social worker, social auxiliary worker or person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established, which shall constitute unprofessional or improper conduct;
(c) the powers, duties and conditions of service of the registrar;
(d) the institution, powers and functions of committees;
(e) the tariff of fees serving as a guide for the fees which may be charged in respect of professional services rendered by a social worker, student social worker, social auxiliary worker or person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established;
(f) any matter which the council considers necessary or expedient for the achievement or promotion of its objects or for the exercise of its powers or the performance of its functions.

 

(2) Different rules may in terms of subsection (1) be made in respect of social workers, student social workers, social auxiliary workers and persons practising other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established.

 

[Section 27 substituted by section 21 of Act No. 102 of 1998]