Practical compliance knowledge for South African dental practice owners. Written clearly, no legal jargon.
Most practice owners know about HPCSA. That is one area of eight. Here is what the others require, and the six separate regulators who can inspect your practice.
Read article →Before they open a single folder, OHSC inspectors are already scoring your practice. Most practices focus on documents, but the physical environment is scored first.
Read article →Having a privacy notice on your intake form is not POPIA compliance. Section 55 requires more, and most practices have never done it.
Read article →The National Health Insurance Act is law. Section 39(2)(b) is specific about what private providers need to treat NHI beneficiaries, and why starting now matters.
Read article →Most practices think it's just the electrical certificate. It's not. A Department of Labour inspector can issue a prohibition notice on the day, and your doors close immediately.
Read article →Section 29 of the BCEA requires written employment particulars for every staff member working more than 24 hours a month. A CCMA dispute without one is a dispute you're likely to lose.
Read article →Getting the waste bin colour coding wrong is a criminal offence under NEMWA, fines up to R5 million. Most practices also don't know about the manifest requirement.
Read article →Your autoclave might be working perfectly. The question is whether you can prove it. OHSC inspectors check sterilisation records as a specific domain, and most practices can't produce a log that holds up.
Read article →POPIA Section 55 requires every dental practice to register an Information Officer with the Information Regulator. Most haven't. Non-compliance carries fines of up to R10 million.
Read article →Your X-ray machine is a Group IV hazardous substance under the Hazardous Substances Act 15 of 1973. Operating it without the correct registration and staff records is a criminal offence.
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