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

Regulations

Fees payable by Social Workers, Child and Youth Care Workers, Social Auxiliary Workers, Auxiliary Child and Youth Care Workers, Student Social Workers, Student Child and Youth Care Workers, Student Social Auxiliary Workers and Student Auxiliary Child and Youth Care Workers 2021 Amendment Regulation

7. Recording of particulars

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(1) The Registrar must record in the register the following details contemplated in section 19(1) of the Act in respect of every student child and youth care worker:
(a) Surname;
(b) Previous surname if applicable;
(c) First names;
(d) Title;
(e) Gender;
(f) Identity, passport or resident's permit number;
(g) Home language;
(h) Date of birth;
(i) Residential address;
(j)Postal address;
(k) Contact details such as telephone number, cellular number, fax number and e-mail address;
(I) Qualification, institution from which qualification obtained and year qualification obtained;
(m) Registration number;
(n) Registration date;
(o) Disciplinary steps, if any, in terms of section 22 of the Act;
(p) Nationality;
(q) Race;
(r) Country of origin;
(s) Current employer;
(t) Setting of practice and indicate whether practice is—
(i) urban;
(ii)rural;
(iii) Government;
(iv) NGO;
(v) business; or
(vi) private;
(u) Disability, if any; and
(v) Specialised fields of practice, where applicable.

 

(2) The name of a student child and youth care worker must be removed from the register as soon as—
(a) he or she is registered as a child and youth care worker; or
(b) proof is submitted, to the satisfaction of the Registrar, that the student child and youth care worker concerned has successfully completed his or her course or has abandoned his or her studies.

 

(3) The register is, upon payment of the prescribed fee, open for inspection during normal office hours to a member of the public who has a professional interest in inspecting the register.

 

(4) The Registrar may, at the request of a person—
(a) who, in the opinion of the Registrar, has a professional interest in the information concerned;
(b) upon payment of the prescribed fee; and
(c) subject to such conditions as the Council in general or in a particular case may determine,

issue to such person an extract from the register.

 

(5) The Council may grant to a person who wishes to examine or make extracts from the register partial or total exemption from the fees referred to in sub-regulations (3) and (4).

 

(6) The Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 (Act No. 2 of 2000) may also be used to access information from the register.