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 established18A. Registration of persons practising other professions in respect of which professional boards have been established |
| (1) | The council may, on application made in the prescribed manner, register any person who wishes to practise a profession in respect of which a professional board has been established, other than social work, and who holds any qualification referred to in subsection (2), complies with the prescribed conditions and satisfies the professional board concerned that he or she is a fit and proper person to be registered as such. |
| (2) | The council may prescribe the qualifications obtained in the Republic which will entitle the holder thereof to registration and the conditions subject to which such registration may take place. |
| (3) | Different qualifications and conditions may be prescribed in respect of different categories of persons. |
| (4) | A person may be registered with more than one professional board. |
| (5) | A condition referred to in subsection (2) may pertain to the passing of an examination and the payment of fees prescribed for such examination. |
| (6) |
| (a) | The registrar shall issue to any person registered under subsection (1) a certificate of registration in a form approved by the council and subject to the prescribed conditions. |
| (b) | The registrar may under the prescribed circumstances and on payment of the prescribed fees, issue to prescribed persons, duplicates of such registration certificates or extracts from any register which he or she is required to keep in terms of this Act. |
| (7) | The registrar shall in writing advise every person whose application for registration under subsection (1) has been rejected, of the reasons for the rejection. |
[Section 18A inserted by section 15 of Act No. 102 of 1998]