To amend the Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Service Professions Act, 1974, so as to insert certain definitions and to delete others; to provide for the establishment of the Health Professions Council of South Africa and professional boards for health professions; to abolish the Interim National Medical and Dental Council of South Africa; to provide for control over the education, training, registration and practices of health professionals; and to provide for matters connected therewith.