Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978)

Chapter II : Registration of Social Workers, Student Social Workers, Social Auxiliary Workers and Persons Practising other Professions in respect of which Professional Boards have been established

17D. Qualifications obtained outside Republic
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(1) No qualification obtained by virtue of examinations conducted by a training institution situated outside the Republic shall be prescribed in terms of this Act, unless—
(a) such qualification will entitle the holder thereof to practice as a social worker or person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established in the country or state in which such training institution is situated;
(b) the council is satisfied that possession of such qualification indicates a standard of professional education and training not lower than that prescribed in respect of the education and training of social workers or persons practising other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established within the Republic.

[Section 17D(1) substituted by section 14 of Act No. 102 of 1998]

 

(2) Subject to subsection (1), the council may require a person who holds a qualification referred to in subsection (1) and who applies for registration as a social worker under section 17 or as a person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established under section 18A, to pass to the satisfaction of the council, on a date and at a place determined by the council, an examination prescribed under subsection (3) before examiners appointed by the council, for the purpose of determining whether such person possesses adequate professional knowledge and skill to be registered as a social worker or as a person practising another profession in respect of which a professional board has been established and whether he or she is proficient in any of the official languages of the Republic.

[Section 17D(2) substituted by section 14 of Act No. 102 of 1998]

 

(3) The Minister may on the recommendation of the council make regulations which prescribe the examination which shall be conducted for the purposes of subsection (2) and the fees which shall be paid by persons who sit for such examination.

 

[Section 17D inserted by section 11 of Act No. 22 of 1993]