A professional board may—
| (a) | in such circumstances as may be prescribed, recommend to the council that any name be removed from a register or, upon payment of the prescribed fee, that such name be restored thereto, or that a registered person be suspended from practising his or her profession pending the institution of an inquiry in terms of section 23; |
| (b) | recommend to the council the appointment of examiners and moderators; |
| (c) | conduct examinations and grant certificates, and charge such fees in respect of such examinations or certificates as may be prescribed; |
| (d) | subject to prescribed conditions, recommend to the council the approval of training schools; |
| (e) | report to the council on any matter affecting the profession in respect of which such professional board has been established and on any matter referred to it by the council: Provided that when such a report is considered by the council, the chairperson of the professional board concerned shall— |
| (i) | be present or be represented at the meeting at which such report is considered by the council; |
| (ii) | have the right to address the council concerning any matter dealt with in such report; |
| (iv) | have the right to vote if any vote is taken at such meeting in respect of such matter; and |
| (iv) | have all the rights and duties of a member of the council attending such meeting; |
| (f) | make representations to, or by the mediation of, the council for the making, amendment or withdrawal of any regulation or rule which applies to such professional board or the profession in respect of which such professional board was established; |
| (g) | perform such other function as may be prescribed, |
and generally, do all such things as the professional board deems necessary or expedient to achieve the objects of this Act in relation to a profession falling within the ambit of the professional board.
[Section 10D inserted by section 10 of Act No. 50 of 2000]
