Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974)

In these Regulations "the Act" means the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974), and, unless inconsistent with the context—

"board"

means the Medical and Dental Professional Board established by Government Notice No. R.75 of 16 January 1998;

"dental specialist"

means a dentist who has been registered as a specialist in a speciality in dentistry in terms of these regulations;

"general practitioner"

means a medical practitioner or a dentist not registered as a specialist;

"medical specialist"

means a medical practitioner who has been registered as a specialist in a speciality or related specialities and a subspeciality (if any) in medicine in terms of these regulations;

"related specialities"

means the disciplines in medicine recognised in subregulation (2) of regulation 5;

"specialist"

means a medical practitioner or a dentist who has been registered as a specialist in a speciality or related specialities and subspeciality (if any) recognised in terms of these regulations and who confines his or her practice to such speciality or related specialities and subspeciality (if any);

"speciality"

means one of the disciplines of medicine or dentistry recognised in regulation 2;

"subspeciality"

means one of the subdivisions of a speciality recognised in regulation 3.