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43 of 1997
The Dental Technicians Amendment Act 43 of 1997 intends:
- to amend the Dental Technicians Act. 1979, in relation to the definitions;
- in order
- to provide for the recognition of the professions of dental technologist and clinical dental technologist;
- to constitute a new South African Dental Technicians Council and to make transitional arrangements therefor;
- to provide for there-appointment or re-election of a member of that Council for one further term only;
- to provide for the extension of the acts which maybe performed by a dental laboratory assistant;
- to provide for the registration of dental laboratory assistants;
- to provide for the dkect billing of patients or medical aid schemes by dental technician contractors;
- to provide that a business in which acts specially pertaining to the profession of dental technician or dental technologist are performed, may be carried out by associations or juristic persons;
- to provide that a fine may also be imposed upon a conviction of misconduct;
- to increase penalties so as to cope with inflation;
- to amend certain obsolete references;
- to provide for the rationalisation of certain laws relating to dental technicians that have remained in force in the various territories of the national territory of the Republic by virtue of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Commencement
3 October 1997
