(225 ILCS 25/13.4)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2031)

Sec. 13.4. Practice of license-pending dental hygienists.

(a) An applicant for licensure as a dental hygienist under this Act may obtain employment as a license-pending dental hygienist and practice under the delegation of a licensed general dentist. An individual may be employed as a license-pending dental hygienist if all of the following criteria are met:

(1) the applicant has completed and passed the Department-approved licensure examination and presents to the employer an official written notification indicating successful passage of the licensure examination;

(2) the applicant has completed and submitted to the Department an application for a dental hygienist license under this Act; and

(3) the applicant has submitted the required licensure fee.

(b) An applicant's authorization to practice under this Section shall terminate upon the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) receipt of a dental hygienist license from the Department;

(2) notification from the Department that the applicant's application for licensure has been denied;

(3) a request by the Department that the applicant terminate practicing as a license-pending dental hygienist until an official decision is made by the Department to grant or deny a dental hygienist license to the applicant; or

(4) 6 months elapsing since the official date of the applicant's passage of the licensure examination, as specified on the formal written notification provided to the applicant upon passage of the examination. The 6-month period may be extended by the Department by rule.

(Source: P.A. 104-103, eff. 8-1-25.)