In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"approved"

means approved by the council under this Act;

"approved institution"

means a training institution approved by the council under section 4;

"clinical dental technologist"

means a person who has undergone training in treating patients requiring complete artificial dentures and who is registered as such under the Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974);

"council"

means the South African Dental Technicians Council referred to in section 2;

"dental laboratory"

means any place where artificial dentures or other dental appliances are made, repaired, altered or worked upon, or where any apparatus for the manufacture, repair or alterations of or the working upon such dentures or appliances has been installed;

"dental laboratory assistant"

means any person employed as such by a dentist, clinical dental technologist, dental technician or dental technologist in terms of section 28;

"dental technician"

means any person who is registered as a dental technician under section 18;

"dental technician contractor"

means a dental technician or a dental technologist who, with due regard to the provisions of this Act, practises the profession of dental technician or dental technologist, as the case may be, on his or her own account, or who is a member of a partnership or an association of dental technicians or dental technologists, as the case may be, which practises that profession, or who is a member of a juristic person which carries on any business in which is performed any act specially pertaining to the profession of dental technician or dental technologist, as the case may be;

"dental technologist"

means a person who has acquired a B.Tech.Dent.Tech. degree and who is registered as a dental technologist under section 18;

"dentist"

means a person registered as such under the Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974);

"Department"

means the national Department of Health;

"Director-General"

means the Director-General: Health;

"informally trained person"

means a person who has been employed as a dental laboratory assistant for a period of not less than five years under the supervision of a dentist or dental technician and who has been trained by such dentist or dental technician to perform the work of a dental technician;

"inquiry"

means an inquiry in terms of section 35;

"inspector"

means an inspector appointed under section 31;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Health;

"prescribed"

means prescribed by regulation;

"qualification"

means any degree, diploma or certificate awarded after examination of a person's proficiency in a particular subject;

"register"

as a noun, means a register kept in terms of this Act, and when used in relation to any category or any member of any category of persons in respect of whom a register is kept, the register kept in respect of that category; and as a verb, means to enter in a register in terms of this Act, and the words "registered", "registrable", "registration" and all other words derived from the word "register" shall have a corresponding meaning;

"registrar"

means the registrar appointed under section 13;

"regulation"

means a regulation made in terms of section 50 of this Act;

"Secretary"

Deleted by s.1(f) of Act No. 43 of 1997).

"scheduled substance"

means a scheduled substance as defined in section 1 of the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 1965 (Act No. 101 of 1965);

"student dental technician"

means any person who is studying dental technology at an approved institution or is undergoing practical training in an approved dental laboratory, and who has been registered as such under section 19;

"student dental technologist"

means any person who is studying dental technology at an approved institution or is undergoing practical training in an approved dental laboratory, and who has been registered as such under section 19;

"supplementary course"

means specialised or advanced training in any aspect of the work of a dental technician;

"this Act"

includes the regulations;

"training institution"

means an institution where persons are educated and trained for the profession of dental technician or dental technologist;

"unmounted artificial teeth"

means artificial teeth which have not been fitted in any denture or dental appliance for the use of a particular person, or artificial teeth which were so fitted but have thereafter again been removed from any such denture or dental appliance.