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

Chapter 1 : The South African Dental Technicians Council: Objects, Functions and Powers

12. Determination of conditions of employment and tariff of fees

 

(1) The council may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any law contained, conduct an inquiry into and determine—
(a) the conditions of employment of dental technicians or dental technologists who are employees, except dental technicians or dental technologists who are in the employment of the State or a provincial administration; and
(b) the tariff of fees payable to a dental technician contractor for work done as a dental technician or a dental technologist.

 

(2) Any association or body of persons which, in the opinion of the council, is representative of dentists, clinical dental technologists, dental technician contractors, dental technicians or dental technologists who are employees, may make representations to the council that the council conduct an inquiry for the purposes of making a determination of the conditions of employment or tariff of fees referred to in subsection (1), or for the purposes of effecting any amendment in terms of subsection (5), and any such association or body may, with the approval of the council, make representations, oral or written, to the council with regard to any such determination or amendment.

 

(3) The provisions of section 36(4) shall mutatis mutandis apply with reference to an inquiry in terms of this section.

 

(4) Any determination in terms of subsection (1), and any amendment in terms of subsection (5) shall be made known by the registrar by notice in the Gazette.

 

(5) The council shall, as often as it may become necessary, review a determination under subsection (1), or any particular item or items thereof, and may amend such determination or any such item or items.

 

(6) Any determination or amendment made known in terms of subsection (5) shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (7), as from the date of publication of the notice concerned, or a date, if any, fixed by the council for the purpose and specified in such notice, be binding on every person practising the profession to which such conditions of employment or tariff of fees, or any amendment thereof, relates.

 

(7)
(a) The council may subject to such conditions as it may determine grant exemption to any person from complying with any determination referred to in subsection (6).
(b) The council may withdraw such exemption by giving one month's prior written notice to the person concerned.

 

 


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