Section 1220.380  Definitions

            "Act" means the Illinois Dental Practice Act.

            "Board" means the State Board of Dentistry.

            "Dentistry" means the evaluation, diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment (nonsurgical or surgical), or related procedures of diseases, disorders and/or conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and/or the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body provided by a dentist, within the scope of his/her education, training and experience in accordance with the ethics of the profession and applicable laws.

            "Department" means the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

            "Director" means the Director of the Division of Professional Regulation with the authority delegated by the Secretary.

"Division" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation-Division of Professional Regulation.

"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 19656, effective December 18, 2006)