The objects of a professional board are—
| (a) | to consult and liaise with other professional boards and relevant authorities on matters affecting the professional board; |
| (b) | to assist in the promotion of social services to the population of the Republic on a national basis; |
| (c) | to control and to exercise authority in respect of all matters affecting— |
| (i) | the training of persons in the professions falling within the ambit of the professional board; and |
| (ii) | the manner of the exercise of the practices pursued in connection with the professions falling within the ambit of the professional board; |
| (d) | to promote liaison, in co-operation with the training institutions, in the field of the training contemplated in paragraph (c)(i), both in the Republic and elsewhere, and to promote the standards of such training in the Republic; |
| (e) | to determine the minimum standards of education and training of persons practising the professions falling within the ambit of the professional board; |
| (f) | to communicate to the Minister information on matters of public importance acquired by the professional board in the course of the performance of its functions in terms of this Act; |
| (g) | to maintain and enhance the dignity and integrity of the professions falling within the ambit of the professional board; and |
| (h) | to guide the professions falling within the ambit of the professional board and to protect the public. |
[Section 14B inserted by section 9 of Act No. 102 of 1998]
