Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)Chapter 3 : Offences and the Control Over Artificial Teeth28. Dental laboratory assistants |
| (1) | Notwithstanding the provisions contained in section 27 a dentist, a clinical dental technologist, a dental technician or a dental technologist may employ an unregistered person as a dental laboratory assistant to perform the following acts specially pertaining to the profession of dental technician or dental technologist, as the case may be, namely— |
| (a) | all plaster work in connection with artificial dentures or dental appliances; |
| (b) | the flasking and deflasking of a dental prosthesis or appliance using either plaster or stone plaster; |
| (c) | the separating of dental flasks and the boiling out of wax contents; |
| (d) | the polishing only of plastic and metal dentures; |
| (e) | the packing of acrylic dentures; |
| (f) | the manufacturing of record blocks and special impression trays. |
| (2) | A dental laboratory assistant may perform the acts referred to in subsection (1) only as an employee in a dental laboratory under the continuous personal supervision of a dentist, a clinical dental technologist, a dental technician or a dental technologist. |
| (3) | Any unregistered person employed as a dental laboratory assistant, as contemplated in this section, may apply to the council in the prescribed manner for registration as a dental laboratory assistant provided that— |
| (a) | he or she— |
| (i) | has acquired such certified qualification or equivalent qualification as the council may determine; or |
| (ii) | is familiar with, and has appropriate experience concerning the performance of, the acts referred to in subsection (1); |
| (b) | he or she has been employed as a dental laboratory assistant for a period of not less than three years in a registered dental laboratory; and |
| (c) | his or her application is supported by an affidavit by an owner of a registered dental laboratory. |