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disability that would preclude him or her from performing BLS.
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Any dentist or dental hygienist whose license has expired |
or whose license is
on inactive status may have his license |
restored at any time within 5 years
after the expiration |
thereof, upon payment of the required fee and a showing of |
proof of compliance with current continuing education |
requirements, as provided by rule.
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Any person whose license has been expired for more than 5 |
years or who has
had his license on inactive status for more |
than 5 years may have his license
restored by making |
application to the Department and filing proof acceptable to
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the Department of taking continuing education and of his |
fitness to have the license restored, including sworn
evidence |
certifying to active practice in another jurisdiction, and by |
paying
the required restoration fee. A person practicing on an |
expired license is
deemed to be practicing without a license. |
However, a holder of a license may renew the license within 90 |
days after its expiration by complying with the requirements |
for renewal and payment of an additional fee. A license renewal |
within 90 days after expiration shall be effective |
retroactively to the expiration date.
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If a person whose license has expired or who has had his |
license on inactive
status for more than 5 years has not |
maintained an active practice satisfactory
to the department, |
the Department shall determine, by
an evaluation process |
established by rule, his or her fitness to resume
active status |
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and may require the person to complete a period of evaluated
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clinical experience and may require successful completion of a |
practical
examination.
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However, any person whose license
expired while he or she |
was (i) on active duty with the Armed Forces of the United |
States or called into service or training by the State militia |
or (ii) in training or education under the supervision of the |
United
States preliminary to induction into the military |
service, may have his
or her license renewed, reinstated, or |
restored without paying any lapsed
renewal or restoration fee, |
if within 2 years after termination of such
service, training, |
or education other than by dishonorable discharge, he or she
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furnishes the Department with satisfactory proof that he or she |
has been so
engaged and that his or her service, training, or |
education has been so terminated.
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(Source: P.A. 96-617, eff. 8-24-09; 97-526, eff. 1-1-12; |
97-1013, eff. 8-17-12.)
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(225 ILCS 25/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 2317)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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Sec. 17. Acts Constituting the Practice of Dentistry. A |
person
practices dentistry, within the meaning of this Act:
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(1) Who represents himself or herself as being able to |
diagnose or diagnoses,
treats, prescribes, or operates for |
any disease, pain, deformity, deficiency,
injury, or |
physical condition of the human tooth, teeth, alveolar |
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process,
gums or jaw; or
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(2) Who is a manager, proprietor, operator or conductor |
of a
business where
dental operations are performed; or
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(3) Who performs dental operations of any kind; or
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(4) Who uses an X-Ray machine or X-Ray films for
dental |
diagnostic purposes; or
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(5) Who extracts a human tooth or teeth, or corrects or |
attempts to
correct
malpositions of the human teeth or |
jaws; or
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(6) Who offers or undertakes, by any means or method, |
to diagnose, treat
or remove stains, calculus, and bonding |
materials from human teeth or jaws; or
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(7) Who uses or administers local or general |
anesthetics in the treatment
of dental or oral diseases or |
in any preparation incident to a dental operation
of any |
kind or character; or
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(8) Who takes impressions of the human tooth, teeth, or |
jaws or performs
any phase of any operation incident to the |
replacement of a part of a tooth,
a tooth, teeth or |
associated tissues by means of a filling, crown, a bridge,
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a denture or other appliance; or
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(9) Who offers to furnish, supply, construct, |
reproduce or repair, or
who furnishes, supplies, |
constructs, reproduces or repairs, prosthetic
dentures, |
bridges or other substitutes for natural teeth, to the user |
or
prospective user thereof; or
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(10) Who instructs students on clinical matters or |
performs any clinical
operation included in the curricula |
of recognized dental schools and colleges; or
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(11) Who takes impressions of human teeth or places his |
or her hands in the mouth of any person for the purpose of |
applying teeth whitening materials, or who takes |
impressions of human teeth or places his or her hands in |
the mouth of any person for the purpose of assisting in the |
application of teeth whitening materials. A person does not |
practice dentistry when he or she discloses to the consumer |
that he or she is not licensed as a dentist under this Act |
and (i) discusses the use of teeth whitening materials with |
a consumer purchasing these materials; (ii) provides |
instruction on the use of teeth whitening materials with a |
consumer purchasing these materials; or (iii) provides |
appropriate equipment on-site to the consumer for the |
consumer to self-apply teeth whitening materials. |
The fact that any person engages in or performs, or offers |
to engage in
or perform, any of the practices, acts, or |
operations set forth in this
Section, shall be prima facie |
evidence that such person is engaged in the
practice of |
dentistry.
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The following practices, acts, and operations, however, |
are exempt from
the operation of this Act:
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(a) The rendering of dental relief in emergency cases |
in the practice
of his or her profession by a physician or |
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surgeon, licensed as such
under the laws of this State, |
unless he or she undertakes to reproduce or reproduces
lost |
parts of the human teeth in the mouth or to restore or |
replace lost
or missing teeth in the mouth; or
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(b) The practice of dentistry in the discharge of their |
official duties
by dentists in any branch of the Armed |
Services of the United States, the
United States Public |
Health Service, or the United States Veterans
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Administration; or
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(c) The practice of dentistry by students in their |
course of study
in dental schools or colleges approved by |
the Department, when acting under the
direction and |
supervision of dentists acting as instructors; or
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(d) The practice of dentistry by clinical instructors |
in the course of
their teaching duties in dental schools or |
colleges approved by the
Department:
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(i) when acting under the direction and |
supervision of dentists,
provided that such clinical |
instructors have instructed continuously in
this State |
since January 1, 1986; or
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(ii) when holding the rank of full professor at |
such approved dental
school or college and possessing a |
current valid license or authorization
to practice |
dentistry in another country; or
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(e) The practice of dentistry by licensed dentists of |
other states or
countries at meetings of the Illinois State |
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Dental Society or component
parts thereof, alumni meetings |
of dental colleges, or any other like dental
organizations, |
while appearing as clinicians; or
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(f) The use of X-Ray machines for exposing X-Ray films |
of dental or oral
tissues by dental hygienists or dental |
assistants; or
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(g) The performance of any dental service by a dental |
assistant, if such
service is performed under the |
supervision and full responsibility of a
dentist.
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For purposes of this paragraph (g), "dental service" is |
defined to mean
any intraoral procedure or act which shall |
be prescribed by rule or
regulation of the Department. |
Dental service, however, shall not include:
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(1) Any and all diagnosis of or prescription for |
treatment of disease,
pain, deformity, deficiency, |
injury or physical condition of the human teeth
or |
jaws, or adjacent structures.
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(2) Removal of, or restoration of, or addition
to |
the hard or soft tissues of the oral cavity, except for |
the placing, carving, and finishing of amalgam |
restorations by dental assistants who have had |
additional formal education and certification as |
determined by the Department. A dentist utilizing |
dental assistants shall not supervise more than 4 |
dental assistants at any one time for placing, carving, |
and finishing of amalgam restorations.
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(3) Any and all correction of malformation of teeth |
or of the jaws.
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(4) Administration of anesthetics, except for |
monitoring application of topical
anesthetics and |
monitoring of nitrous oxide. Monitoring of
nitrous |
oxide, conscious sedation, deep sedation, and general |
anesthetic as provided in Section 8.1 of this Act, that |
may be performed only after successful completion of a |
training
program approved by the Department. A dentist |
utilizing dental assistants shall not supervise more |
than 4 dental assistants at any one time for the |
monitoring of nitrous oxide.
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(5) Removal of calculus from human teeth.
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(6) Taking of impressions for the fabrication of |
prosthetic
appliances,
crowns,
bridges, inlays, |
onlays, or other restorative or replacement
dentistry.
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(7) The operative procedure of dental hygiene |
consisting of oral
prophylactic procedures, except for |
coronal polishing and pit and fissure sealants,
which |
may be
performed by a
dental assistant who has |
successfully completed a training program approved by
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the Department. Dental assistants may perform coronal |
polishing under the
following circumstances: (i) the |
coronal polishing shall be limited to
polishing the
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clinical crown of the tooth and existing restorations, |
supragingivally; (ii)
the
dental assistant performing |
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the coronal polishing shall be limited to the use
of
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rotary instruments using a rubber cup or brush |
polishing method (air polishing
is
not permitted); and |
(iii) the supervising dentist shall not supervise more
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than 4
dental assistants at any one time for the task |
of coronal polishing or pit and fissure sealants.
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The limitations on the number of dental assistants a |
dentist may supervise contained in items (2), (4), and (7) |
of this Section mean a limit of 4 total dental assistants |
or dental hygienists doing expanded functions covered by |
these Sections being supervised by one dentist.
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(h) The practice of dentistry by an individual who:
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(i) has applied in writing to the Department, in |
form and substance
satisfactory to the Department, for |
a general dental license and has
complied with all |
provisions of Section 9 of this Act, except for the
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passage of the examination specified in subsection |
(e), of Section 9, of this
Act; or
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(ii) has applied in writing to the Department, in |
form and substance
satisfactory to the Department, for |
a temporary dental license and has
complied with all |
provisions of subsection (c), of Section 11, of this |
Act; and
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(iii) has been accepted or appointed for specialty |
or residency training
by a hospital situated in this |
State; or
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(iv) has been accepted or appointed for specialty |
training in an
approved dental program situated in this |
State; or
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(v) has been accepted or appointed for specialty |
training in a dental
public health agency situated in |
this State.
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The applicant shall be permitted to practice dentistry |
for a period of 3
months from the starting date of the |
program, unless authorized in writing
by the Department to |
continue such practice for a period specified in
writing by |
the Department.
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The applicant shall only be entitled to perform such |
acts as may be
prescribed by and incidental to his or her |
program of residency or specialty
training and shall not |
otherwise engage in the practice of dentistry in this
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State.
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The authority to practice shall terminate immediately |
upon:
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(1) the decision of the Department that the |
applicant has failed the
examination; or
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(2) denial of licensure by the Department; or
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(3) withdrawal of the application.
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(Source: P.A. 96-617, eff. 8-24-09; 97-526, eff. 1-1-12; |
97-886, eff. 8-2-12; 97-1013, eff. 8-17-12; revised 8-23-12.)
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