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

Chapter 3 : Offences and the Control Over Artificial Teeth

29. Persons who may be owners of dental laboratories or who may conduct or supervise dental laboratories

 

(1) Subject to the provisions of section 32A, no person other than a dental technician contractor or, subject to the provisions of subsection (3), a dentist or clinical dental technologist, may be the owner of a dental laboratory.

 

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to—
(a) the State;
(b) [Section 29(2)(b) deleted by section 22(b) of Act No. 43 of 1997]
(c) [Section 29(2)(c) deleted by section 22(b) of Act No. 43 of 1997]
(d) any university or approved institution for the training of dental technicians or dental technologists; or;
(e) any medical benefit scheme registered in terms of the Medical Schemes Act, 1967 (Act No. 72 of 1967),

in respect of a dental laboratory used in connection with the training of dentists, clinical dental technologists, dental technicians and dental technologists or the rendering of dental services to its employees or to members of the public.

 

(3) No dentist or clinical dental technologist-
(a) shall be the owner of a dental laboratory in which work is performed for any person who is not a patient of that dentist or clinical dental technologist;
(b) shall supervise or conduct any dental laboratory in which work is performed for any person who is not a patient of that dentist or clinical dental technologist or the partnership, association or juristic person of which that dentist or clinical dental technologist is a member,

 

(4) Subject to the provisions of subsection (5), no person except the following persons shall supervise a dental laboratory, namely—
(a) a dentist or clinical dental technologist, provided the dental laboratory is one of which he or she or the partnership, association or juristic person of which he or she is a member, is the owner;
(b) any person who is or was a dental technician contractor;
(c) [Section 29(4)(c) deleted by section 22 (g) of Act No. 43 of 1997]
(d) a dental technologist.

 

(5) From a date determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, no person who has not acquired a B.Tech.Dent.Tech. degree shall supervise any dental laboratory unless he or she supervised a dental laboratory on or before the date so specified or had the right to exercise such supervision.

 

(6) No person shall conduct a dental laboratory otherwise than under the continuous personal supervision of a person referred to in subsection (4) or, from the date determined in terms of subsection (5), otherwise than under the continuous personal supervision of the holder of a degree referred to in that subsection, or of a person who supervised a dental laboratory on or before that date or had the right to exercise such supervision.