| (a) | for gain, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever practice the professions in respect of which professional boards have been established, unless he or she has been registered under this Act as a social worker or as a person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established or is deemed to have been so registered; |
| (b) | give instruction on any aspect of any subject in connection with a profession in respect of which a professional board has been established at a training institution, unless he or she— |
| (i) | has been registered under this Act as a social worker or as a person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established; or |
| (ii) | is a person who is not permanently resident in the Republic and who, with the approval of the professional board concerned, gives instruction in such aspect of such subject in connection with a profession in respect of which a professional board has been established at such training institution in the Republic, as that board may determine; |
| (c) | in any manner pretend to be a social worker, student social worker, social auxiliary worker or a person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established, while he or she has not been registered under this Act. |
| (2) | In so far as any person undergoes practical training in a profession in respect of which a professional board has been established as a requirement for the acquisition of a prescribed qualification at a training institution, he or she shall be deemed not to practice the profession in respect of which a professional board has been established, provided he or she has been registered in terms of this Act as a student social worker or as a student of another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established and such practical training takes place under the supervision of a social worker or a person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established, as the case may be. |
| (3) | Subsection (1) shall not apply— |
| (a) | to any person who has satisfied all the requirements for the prescribed qualifications and whose application for registration as a social worker, student social worker, social auxiliary worker or as a person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established under this Act is under consideration by the council; |
| (b) | to any person other than a social worker or a person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established under this Act who is permitted or authorized in terms of any other Act of Parliament to perform or apply any act which especially pertains to the professions in respect of which professional boards have been established, as the holder of an office or in the ordinary course of the practice of a profession referred to in such Act; |
| (c) | to any person belonging to a category of persons designated by the council for the purposes of this subsection by notice in the Gazette. |
| (4) | For the purposes of subsection (1) a person shall be deemed to practice a profession in respect of which a professional board has been established for gain if he or she receives any reward for the performance of any act which especially pertains to a profession in respect of which a professional board has been established. |
[Section 15 substituted by section 11 of Act No. 102 of 1998]
