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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 4, 17, and 26 and by adding Section 46.5 as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | follows:
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7 | (225 ILCS 25/4)
(from Ch. 111, par. 2304)
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8 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
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9 | Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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10 | "Address of record" means the designated address recorded | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | file or license file as maintained by the Department's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | licensure maintenance unit. It is the duty of the applicant or | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | licensee to inform the Department of any change of address and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | those changes must be made either through the Department's | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | website or by contacting the Department. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Professional Regulation.
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19 | "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Professional Regulation.
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21 | "Board" means the Board of Dentistry.
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22 | "Dentist" means a person who has received a general | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | license pursuant
to paragraph (a) of Section 11 of this Act and |
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1 | who may perform any intraoral
and extraoral procedure required | ||||||
2 | in the practice of dentistry and to whom is
reserved the | ||||||
3 | responsibilities specified in Section 17.
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4 | "Dental hygienist" means a person who holds a license | ||||||
5 | under this Act to
perform dental services as authorized by | ||||||
6 | Section 18.
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7 | "Dental assistant" means an appropriately trained person
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8 | who, under the supervision of a dentist, provides dental | ||||||
9 | services
as authorized by Section 17.
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10 | "Expanded function dental assistant" means a dental | ||||||
11 | assistant who has completed the training required by Section | ||||||
12 | 17.1 of this Act. | ||||||
13 | "Dental laboratory" means a person, firm or corporation | ||||||
14 | which:
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15 | (i) engages in making, providing, repairing or | ||||||
16 | altering dental
prosthetic appliances and other artificial | ||||||
17 | materials and devices which are
returned to a dentist for | ||||||
18 | insertion into the human oral cavity or which
come in | ||||||
19 | contact with its adjacent structures and tissues; and
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20 | (ii) utilizes or employs a dental technician to | ||||||
21 | provide such services; and
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22 | (iii) performs such functions only for a dentist or | ||||||
23 | dentists.
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24 | "Supervision" means supervision of a dental hygienist or a | ||||||
25 | dental
assistant requiring that a dentist authorize the | ||||||
26 | procedure, remain in the
dental facility while the procedure |
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1 | is performed, and approve the work
performed by the dental | ||||||
2 | hygienist or dental assistant before dismissal of
the patient, | ||||||
3 | but does not mean that the dentist must be present at all
times | ||||||
4 | in the treatment room.
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5 | "General supervision" means supervision of a dental | ||||||
6 | hygienist
requiring that the patient be a patient of record,
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7 | that the dentist
examine the patient in accordance with | ||||||
8 | Section 18 prior to treatment by the
dental hygienist, and | ||||||
9 | that the
dentist authorize the procedures which
are being | ||||||
10 | carried
out by a notation in the patient's record, but not | ||||||
11 | requiring that a dentist
be present when the authorized
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12 | procedures are being performed. The
issuance of a prescription | ||||||
13 | to a dental laboratory by a
dentist does not constitute | ||||||
14 | general supervision.
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15 | "Public member" means a person who is not a health | ||||||
16 | professional.
For purposes of board membership, any person | ||||||
17 | with a significant financial
interest in a health service or | ||||||
18 | profession is not a public member.
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19 | "Dentistry" means the healing art which is concerned with | ||||||
20 | the
examination, diagnosis, treatment planning and care of | ||||||
21 | conditions within
the human oral cavity and its adjacent | ||||||
22 | tissues and structures, as further
specified in Section 17.
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23 | "Branches of dentistry" means the various specialties of | ||||||
24 | dentistry
which, for purposes of this Act, shall be limited to | ||||||
25 | the following:
endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, | ||||||
26 | orthodontics and dentofacial
orthopedics, pediatric dentistry,
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1 | periodontics, prosthodontics, oral and maxillofacial
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2 | radiology, and dental anesthesiology.
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3 | "Specialist" means a dentist who has received a specialty | ||||||
4 | license
pursuant to Section 11(b).
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5 | "Dental technician" means a person who owns, operates , or | ||||||
6 | is
employed by a dental laboratory and engages in making, | ||||||
7 | providing, repairing ,
or altering dental prosthetic appliances | ||||||
8 | and other artificial materials and
devices which are returned | ||||||
9 | to a dentist for insertion into the human oral
cavity or which | ||||||
10 | come in contact with its adjacent structures and tissues.
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11 | "Informed consent" means the treating dentist has provided
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12 | the patient with an opportunity to directly communicate with
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13 | the treating dentist, whether in person, by telephone, or
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14 | through synchronous technology, about the treatment to be
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15 | provided. | ||||||
16 | "Impaired dentist" or "impaired dental hygienist" means a | ||||||
17 | dentist
or dental hygienist who is unable to practice with
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18 | reasonable skill and safety because of a physical or mental | ||||||
19 | disability as
evidenced by a written determination or written | ||||||
20 | consent based on clinical
evidence, including deterioration | ||||||
21 | through the aging process, loss of motor
skills, abuse of | ||||||
22 | drugs or alcohol, or a psychiatric disorder, of sufficient
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23 | degree to diminish the person's ability to deliver competent | ||||||
24 | patient care.
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25 | "Nurse" means a registered professional nurse, a certified | ||||||
26 | registered
nurse anesthetist licensed as an advanced practice
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1 | registered nurse, or a licensed practical nurse licensed under | ||||||
2 | the Nurse Practice Act.
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3 | "Patient of record" means a patient for whom the patient's | ||||||
4 | most recent
dentist has obtained
a
relevant medical and dental | ||||||
5 | history and on whom the dentist has performed an
a physical | ||||||
6 | examination within the last year and evaluated the condition | ||||||
7 | to be treated , including a review of the patient's most recent
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8 | x-rays .
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9 | "Dental responder" means a dentist or dental hygienist who | ||||||
10 | is appropriately certified in disaster preparedness, | ||||||
11 | immunizations, and dental humanitarian medical response | ||||||
12 | consistent with the Society of Disaster Medicine and Public | ||||||
13 | Health and training certified by the National Incident | ||||||
14 | Management System or the National Disaster Life Support | ||||||
15 | Foundation.
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16 | "Mobile dental van or portable dental unit" means any | ||||||
17 | self-contained or portable dental unit in which dentistry is | ||||||
18 | practiced that can be moved, towed, or transported from one | ||||||
19 | location to another in order to establish a location where | ||||||
20 | dental services can be provided. | ||||||
21 | "Public health dental hygienist" means a hygienist who | ||||||
22 | holds a valid license to practice in the State, has 2 years of | ||||||
23 | full-time clinical experience or an equivalent of 4,000 hours | ||||||
24 | of clinical experience , and has completed at least 42 clock | ||||||
25 | hours of additional structured courses in dental education in | ||||||
26 | advanced areas specific to public health dentistry. |
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1 | "Public health setting" means a federally qualified health | ||||||
2 | center; a federal, State, or local public health facility; | ||||||
3 | Head Start; a special supplemental nutrition program for | ||||||
4 | Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) facility; a certified | ||||||
5 | school-based health center or school-based oral health | ||||||
6 | program; a prison; or a long-term care facility. | ||||||
7 | "Public health supervision" means the supervision of a | ||||||
8 | public health dental hygienist by a licensed dentist who has a | ||||||
9 | written public health supervision agreement with that public | ||||||
10 | health dental hygienist while working in an approved facility | ||||||
11 | or program that allows the public health dental hygienist to | ||||||
12 | treat patients, without a dentist first examining the patient | ||||||
13 | and being present in the facility during treatment, (1) who | ||||||
14 | are eligible for Medicaid or (2) who are uninsured and whose | ||||||
15 | household income is not greater than 200% of the federal | ||||||
16 | poverty level. | ||||||
17 | "Teledentistry" means the use of telehealth systems and | ||||||
18 | methodologies in dentistry and includes patient diagnosis, | ||||||
19 | treatment planning, care , and education delivery for a patient
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20 | of record using synchronous and asynchronous communications | ||||||
21 | under an Illinois licensed a dentist's authority as provided | ||||||
22 | under this Act. | ||||||
23 | "Clear aligner" means a medical device, excluding a | ||||||
24 | retainer used to keep teeth in a fixed position, that is used | ||||||
25 | in orthodontic treatment to gradually move a patient's teeth | ||||||
26 | or jaw and correct misalignment and manufactured to address |
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1 | the patient's unique orthodontic needs. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 101-64, eff. 7-12-19; 101-162, eff. 7-26-19; | ||||||
3 | 102-93, eff. 1-1-22; 102-588, eff. 8-20-21; 102-936, eff. | ||||||
4 | 1-1-23 .)
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5 | (225 ILCS 25/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 2317)
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6 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
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7 | Sec. 17. Acts constituting the practice of dentistry. A | ||||||
8 | person
practices dentistry, within the meaning of this Act:
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9 | (1) Who represents himself or herself as being able to | ||||||
10 | diagnose or diagnoses,
treats, prescribes, or operates for | ||||||
11 | any disease, pain, deformity, deficiency,
injury, or | ||||||
12 | physical condition of the human tooth, teeth, alveolar | ||||||
13 | process,
gums , or jaw; or
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14 | (2) Who is a manager, proprietor, operator , or | ||||||
15 | conductor of a
business where
dental operations are | ||||||
16 | performed; or
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17 | (3) Who performs dental operations of any kind; or
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18 | (4) Who uses an X-Ray machine or X-Ray films for
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19 | dental diagnostic purposes; or
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20 | (5) Who extracts a human tooth or teeth, or corrects | ||||||
21 | or attempts to
correct
malpositions of the human teeth or | ||||||
22 | jaws; or
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23 | (6) Who offers or undertakes, by any means or method, | ||||||
24 | to diagnose, treat ,
or remove stains, calculus, and | ||||||
25 | bonding materials from human teeth or jaws; or
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1 | (7) Who uses or administers local or general | ||||||
2 | anesthetics in the treatment
of dental or oral diseases or | ||||||
3 | in any preparation incident to a dental operation
of any | ||||||
4 | kind or character; or
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5 | (8) Who takes material or digital scans for final | ||||||
6 | impressions of the human tooth, teeth, or jaws or performs
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7 | any phase of any operation incident to the replacement of | ||||||
8 | a part of a tooth,
a tooth, teeth , or associated tissues by | ||||||
9 | means of a filling, crown, a bridge,
a denture , or other | ||||||
10 | appliance; or
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11 | (9) Who offers to furnish, supply, construct, | ||||||
12 | reproduce , or repair, or
who furnishes, supplies, | ||||||
13 | constructs, reproduces , or repairs, prosthetic
dentures, | ||||||
14 | bridges , or other substitutes for natural teeth, to the | ||||||
15 | user or
prospective user thereof; or
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16 | (10) Who instructs students on clinical matters or | ||||||
17 | performs any clinical
operation included in the curricula | ||||||
18 | of recognized dental schools and colleges; or
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19 | (11) Who takes material or digital scans for final | ||||||
20 | impressions of human teeth or places his or her hands in | ||||||
21 | the mouth of any person for the purpose of applying teeth | ||||||
22 | whitening materials, or who takes impressions of human | ||||||
23 | teeth or places his or her hands in the mouth of any person | ||||||
24 | for the purpose of assisting in the application of teeth | ||||||
25 | whitening materials. A person does not practice dentistry | ||||||
26 | when he or she discloses to the consumer that he or she is |
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1 | not licensed as a dentist under this Act and (i) discusses | ||||||
2 | the use of teeth whitening materials with a consumer | ||||||
3 | purchasing these materials; (ii) provides instruction on | ||||||
4 | the use of teeth whitening materials with a consumer | ||||||
5 | purchasing these materials; or (iii) provides appropriate | ||||||
6 | equipment on-site to the consumer for the consumer to | ||||||
7 | self-apply teeth whitening materials ; or . | ||||||
8 | (12) Who provides teledentistry. A dentist may provide | ||||||
9 | and
delegate dental services using telehealth only under | ||||||
10 | the
supervision requirements as specified in this Act for
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11 | in-person care. A dentist practicing dentistry through
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12 | teledentistry is subject to the same standard of care as
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13 | if those services were being delivered in a clinic or
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14 | office setting. A patient receiving dental services
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15 | through teledentistry shall be provided with the name,
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16 | direct telephone number, and physical practice address of
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17 | the treating dentist who will be involved in the
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18 | teledentistry services. The information shall be provided
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19 | to the patient prior to the provision of services. The
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20 | Department may adopt rules to implement this paragraph. | ||||||
21 | The fact that any person engages in or performs, or offers | ||||||
22 | to engage in
or perform, any of the practices, acts, or | ||||||
23 | operations set forth in this
Section, shall be prima facie | ||||||
24 | evidence that such person is engaged in the
practice of | ||||||
25 | dentistry.
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26 | The following practices, acts, and operations, however, |
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1 | are exempt from
the operation of this Act:
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2 | (a) The rendering of dental relief in emergency cases | ||||||
3 | in the practice
of his or her profession by a physician or | ||||||
4 | surgeon, licensed as such
under the laws of this State, | ||||||
5 | unless he or she undertakes to reproduce or reproduces
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6 | lost parts of the human teeth in the mouth or to restore or | ||||||
7 | replace lost
or missing teeth in the mouth; or
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8 | (b) The practice of dentistry in the discharge of | ||||||
9 | their official duties
by dentists in any branch of the | ||||||
10 | Armed Services of the United States, the
United States | ||||||
11 | Public Health Service, or the United States Veterans
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12 | Administration; or
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13 | (c) The practice of dentistry by students in their | ||||||
14 | course of study
in dental schools or colleges approved by | ||||||
15 | the Department, when acting under the
direction and | ||||||
16 | supervision of dentists acting as instructors; or
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17 | (d) The practice of dentistry by clinical instructors | ||||||
18 | in the course of
their teaching duties in dental schools | ||||||
19 | or colleges approved by the
Department:
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20 | (i) when acting under the direction and | ||||||
21 | supervision of dentists,
provided that such clinical | ||||||
22 | instructors have instructed continuously in
this State | ||||||
23 | since January 1, 1986; or
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24 | (ii) when holding the rank of full professor at | ||||||
25 | such approved dental
school or college and possessing | ||||||
26 | a current valid license or authorization
to practice |
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1 | dentistry in another country; or
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2 | (e) The practice of dentistry by licensed dentists of | ||||||
3 | other states or
countries at meetings of the Illinois | ||||||
4 | State Dental Society or component
parts thereof, alumni | ||||||
5 | meetings of dental colleges, or any other like dental
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6 | organizations, while appearing as clinicians; or
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7 | (f) The use of X-Ray machines for exposing X-Ray films | ||||||
8 | of dental or oral
tissues by dental hygienists or dental | ||||||
9 | assistants; or
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10 | (g) The performance of any dental service by a dental | ||||||
11 | assistant, if such
service is performed under the | ||||||
12 | supervision and full responsibility of a
dentist. In | ||||||
13 | addition, after being authorized by a dentist, a dental | ||||||
14 | assistant may, for the purpose of eliminating pain or | ||||||
15 | discomfort, remove loose, broken, or irritating | ||||||
16 | orthodontic appliances on a patient of record.
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17 | For purposes of this paragraph (g), "dental service" | ||||||
18 | is defined to mean
any intraoral procedure or act which | ||||||
19 | shall be prescribed by rule or
regulation of the | ||||||
20 | Department. Dental service, however, shall not include:
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21 | (1) Any and all diagnosis of or prescription for | ||||||
22 | treatment of disease,
pain, deformity, deficiency, | ||||||
23 | injury , or physical condition of the human teeth
or | ||||||
24 | jaws, or adjacent structures.
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25 | (2) Removal of, or restoration of, or addition
to | ||||||
26 | the hard or soft tissues of the oral cavity, except for |
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1 | the placing, carving, and finishing of amalgam | ||||||
2 | restorations and placing, packing, and finishing | ||||||
3 | composite restorations by dental assistants who have | ||||||
4 | had additional formal education and certification. | ||||||
5 | A dental assistant may place, carve, and finish | ||||||
6 | amalgam restorations, place, pack, and finish | ||||||
7 | composite restorations, and place interim restorations | ||||||
8 | if he or she (A) has successfully completed a | ||||||
9 | structured training program as described in item (2) | ||||||
10 | of subsection (g) provided by an educational | ||||||
11 | institution accredited by the Commission on Dental | ||||||
12 | Accreditation, such as a dental school or dental | ||||||
13 | hygiene or dental assistant program, or (B) has at | ||||||
14 | least 4,000 hours of direct clinical patient care | ||||||
15 | experience and has successfully completed a structured | ||||||
16 | training program as described in item (2) of | ||||||
17 | subsection (g) provided by a statewide dental | ||||||
18 | association, approved by the Department to provide | ||||||
19 | continuing education, that has developed and conducted | ||||||
20 | training programs for expanded functions for dental | ||||||
21 | assistants or hygienists. The training program must: | ||||||
22 | (i) include a minimum of 16 hours of didactic study and | ||||||
23 | 14 hours of clinical manikin instruction; all training | ||||||
24 | programs shall include areas of study in nomenclature, | ||||||
25 | caries classifications, oral anatomy, periodontium, | ||||||
26 | basic occlusion, instrumentations, pulp protection |
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1 | liners and bases, dental materials, matrix and wedge | ||||||
2 | techniques, amalgam placement and carving, rubber dam | ||||||
3 | clamp placement, and rubber dam placement and removal; | ||||||
4 | (ii) include an outcome assessment examination that | ||||||
5 | demonstrates competency; (iii) require the supervising | ||||||
6 | dentist to observe and approve the completion of 8 | ||||||
7 | amalgam or composite restorations; and (iv) issue a | ||||||
8 | certificate of completion of the training program, | ||||||
9 | which must be kept on file at the dental office and be | ||||||
10 | made available to the Department upon request. A | ||||||
11 | dental assistant must have successfully completed an | ||||||
12 | approved coronal polishing and dental sealant course | ||||||
13 | prior to taking the amalgam and composite restoration | ||||||
14 | course. | ||||||
15 | A dentist utilizing dental assistants shall not | ||||||
16 | supervise more than 4 dental assistants at any one | ||||||
17 | time for placing, carving, and finishing of amalgam | ||||||
18 | restorations or for placing, packing, and finishing | ||||||
19 | composite restorations.
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20 | (3) Any and all correction of malformation of | ||||||
21 | teeth or of the jaws.
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22 | (4) Administration of anesthetics, except for | ||||||
23 | monitoring of
nitrous oxide, conscious sedation, deep | ||||||
24 | sedation, and general anesthetic as provided in | ||||||
25 | Section 8.1 of this Act, that may be performed only | ||||||
26 | after successful completion of a training
program |
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1 | approved by the Department. A dentist utilizing dental | ||||||
2 | assistants shall not supervise more than 4 dental | ||||||
3 | assistants at any one time for the monitoring of | ||||||
4 | nitrous oxide.
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5 | (5) Removal of calculus from human teeth.
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6 | (6) Taking of material or digital scans for final | ||||||
7 | impressions for the fabrication of prosthetic
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8 | appliances,
crowns,
bridges, inlays, onlays, or other | ||||||
9 | restorative or replacement
dentistry.
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10 | (7) The operative procedure of dental hygiene | ||||||
11 | consisting of oral
prophylactic procedures, except for | ||||||
12 | coronal polishing and pit and fissure sealants,
which | ||||||
13 | may be
performed by a
dental assistant who has | ||||||
14 | successfully completed a training program approved by
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15 | the Department. Dental assistants may perform coronal | ||||||
16 | polishing under the
following circumstances: (i) the | ||||||
17 | coronal polishing shall be limited to
polishing the
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18 | clinical crown of the tooth and existing restorations, | ||||||
19 | supragingivally; (ii)
the
dental assistant performing | ||||||
20 | the coronal polishing shall be limited to the use
of
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21 | rotary instruments using a rubber cup or brush | ||||||
22 | polishing method (air polishing
is
not permitted); and | ||||||
23 | (iii) the supervising dentist shall not supervise more
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24 | than 4
dental assistants at any one time for the task | ||||||
25 | of coronal polishing or pit and fissure sealants.
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26 | In addition to coronal polishing and pit and |
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1 | fissure sealants as described in this item (7), a | ||||||
2 | dental assistant who has at least 2,000 hours of | ||||||
3 | direct clinical patient care experience and who has | ||||||
4 | successfully completed a structured training program | ||||||
5 | provided by (1) an educational institution including, | ||||||
6 | but not limited to, a dental school or dental hygiene | ||||||
7 | or dental assistant program, or (2) a continuing | ||||||
8 | education provider approved by the Department, or (3) | ||||||
9 | a statewide dental or dental hygienist association, | ||||||
10 | approved by the Department on or before January 1, | ||||||
11 | 2017 (the effective date of Public Act 99-680), that | ||||||
12 | has developed and conducted a training program for | ||||||
13 | expanded functions for dental assistants or hygienists | ||||||
14 | may perform: (A) coronal scaling above the gum line, | ||||||
15 | supragingivally, on the clinical crown of the tooth | ||||||
16 | only on patients 17 years of age or younger who have an | ||||||
17 | absence of periodontal disease and who are not | ||||||
18 | medically compromised or individuals with special | ||||||
19 | needs and (B) intracoronal temporization of a tooth. | ||||||
20 | The training program must: (I) include a minimum of 32 | ||||||
21 | hours of instruction in both didactic and clinical | ||||||
22 | manikin or human subject instruction; all training | ||||||
23 | programs shall include areas of study in dental | ||||||
24 | anatomy, public health dentistry, medical history, | ||||||
25 | dental emergencies, and managing the pediatric | ||||||
26 | patient; (II) include an outcome assessment |
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1 | examination that demonstrates competency; (III) | ||||||
2 | require the supervising dentist to observe and approve | ||||||
3 | the completion of 6 full mouth supragingival scaling | ||||||
4 | procedures unless the training was received as part of | ||||||
5 | a Commission on Dental Accreditation approved dental | ||||||
6 | assistant program; and (IV) issue a certificate of | ||||||
7 | completion of the training program, which must be kept | ||||||
8 | on file at the dental office and be made available to | ||||||
9 | the Department upon request. A dental assistant must | ||||||
10 | have successfully completed an approved coronal | ||||||
11 | polishing course prior to taking the coronal scaling | ||||||
12 | course. A dental assistant performing these functions | ||||||
13 | shall be limited to the use of hand instruments only. | ||||||
14 | In addition, coronal scaling as described in this | ||||||
15 | paragraph shall only be utilized on patients who are | ||||||
16 | eligible for Medicaid, who are uninsured, or whose | ||||||
17 | household income is not greater than 300% of the | ||||||
18 | federal poverty level. A dentist may not supervise | ||||||
19 | more than 2 dental assistants at any one time for the | ||||||
20 | task of coronal scaling. This paragraph is inoperative | ||||||
21 | on and after January 1, 2026. | ||||||
22 | The limitations on the number of dental assistants a | ||||||
23 | dentist may supervise contained in items (2), (4), and (7) | ||||||
24 | of this paragraph (g) mean a limit of 4 total dental | ||||||
25 | assistants or dental hygienists doing expanded functions | ||||||
26 | covered by these Sections being supervised by one dentist; |
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1 | or | ||||||
2 | (h) The practice of dentistry by an individual who:
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3 | (i) has applied in writing to the Department, in | ||||||
4 | form and substance
satisfactory to the Department, for | ||||||
5 | a general dental license and has
complied with all | ||||||
6 | provisions of Section 9 of this Act, except for the
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7 | passage of the examination specified in subsection (e) | ||||||
8 | of Section 9 of this
Act; or
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9 | (ii) has applied in writing to the Department, in | ||||||
10 | form and substance
satisfactory to the Department, for | ||||||
11 | a temporary dental license and has
complied with all | ||||||
12 | provisions of subsection (c) of Section 11 of this | ||||||
13 | Act; and
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14 | (iii) has been accepted or appointed for specialty | ||||||
15 | or residency training
by a hospital situated in this | ||||||
16 | State; or
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17 | (iv) has been accepted or appointed for specialty | ||||||
18 | training in an
approved dental program situated in | ||||||
19 | this State; or
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20 | (v) has been accepted or appointed for specialty | ||||||
21 | training in a dental
public health agency situated in | ||||||
22 | this State.
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23 | The applicant shall be permitted to practice dentistry | ||||||
24 | for a period of 3
months from the starting date of the | ||||||
25 | program, unless authorized in writing
by the Department to | ||||||
26 | continue such practice for a period specified in
writing |
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1 | by the Department.
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2 | The applicant shall only be entitled to perform such | ||||||
3 | acts as may be
prescribed by and incidental to his or her | ||||||
4 | program of residency or specialty
training and shall not | ||||||
5 | otherwise engage in the practice of dentistry in this
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6 | State.
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7 | The authority to practice shall terminate immediately | ||||||
8 | upon:
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9 | (1) the decision of the Department that the | ||||||
10 | applicant has failed the
examination; or
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11 | (2) denial of licensure by the Department; or
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12 | (3) withdrawal of the application.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 101-162, eff. 7-26-19; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; | ||||||
14 | 102-936, eff. 1-1-23 .)
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15 | (225 ILCS 25/26) (from Ch. 111, par. 2326)
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16 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
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17 | Sec. 26. Disciplinary actions.
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18 | (a) In case the respondent, after
receiving notice, fails | ||||||
19 | to file an answer, his or her license may, in the discretion of | ||||||
20 | the Secretary, having first received
the recommendation of the | ||||||
21 | Board, be suspended, revoked, placed on
probationary status, | ||||||
22 | or the Secretary may take whatever disciplinary or | ||||||
23 | non-disciplinary action
he or she may deem proper, including | ||||||
24 | limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the
person's practice | ||||||
25 | or the imposition of a fine, without a hearing, if the
act or |
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1 | acts charged constitute sufficient grounds for such action | ||||||
2 | under this
Act.
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3 | (b) The Secretary may temporarily suspend the license of a | ||||||
4 | dentist or dental hygienist without a hearing,
simultaneous to | ||||||
5 | the institution of proceedings for a hearing under this
Act, | ||||||
6 | if the Secretary finds that evidence in his or her possession | ||||||
7 | indicates that a
dentist's or dental hygienist's continuation | ||||||
8 | in practice would constitute
an immediate danger to the | ||||||
9 | public. In the event that the Secretary
temporarily suspends | ||||||
10 | the license of a dentist or a dental hygienist without a | ||||||
11 | hearing, a hearing by the
Board must be held within 15 days | ||||||
12 | after such suspension has occurred.
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13 | (c) The entry of a judgment by any circuit court | ||||||
14 | establishing that any
person holding a license under this Act | ||||||
15 | is a
person subject to involuntary admission under the Mental | ||||||
16 | Health and
Developmental Disabilities Code shall operate as a | ||||||
17 | suspension of that
license. That person may resume his or her
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18 | practice only upon a finding by the Board that he or she has | ||||||
19 | been
determined to be no longer subject to involuntary | ||||||
20 | admission by the court
and upon the Board's recommendation to | ||||||
21 | the Secretary that he or she be
permitted to resume his or her | ||||||
22 | practice. | ||||||
23 | (d) It shall be a violation of this Act for a provider of | ||||||
24 | dental services utilizing care through teledentistry to | ||||||
25 | require a patient to sign an agreement that limits in any way | ||||||
26 | the patient's ability to write a review of services received |
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1 | or file a complaint with the Department or other regulatory | ||||||
2 | agency.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 99-492, eff. 12-31-15.)
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4 | (225 ILCS 25/46.5 new) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 46.5. Prohibition on sale of clear aligners to the | ||||||
6 | public. | ||||||
7 | (a) A person may not sell a clear aligner to a patient | ||||||
8 | unless the person has received written or electronic | ||||||
9 | confirmation from a dentist licensed in this State that the | ||||||
10 | patient has received an intraoral or extraoral dental | ||||||
11 | examination and has had a review of new or recently conducted | ||||||
12 | x-rays, panoramic x-rays, computed tomography, bone imaging | ||||||
13 | scans, or other appropriate diagnostic imaging sufficient to | ||||||
14 | allow the dentist to detect conditions in the patient that | ||||||
15 | would preclude or contraindicate the provision of safe | ||||||
16 | orthodontic treatment. | ||||||
17 | (b) A person who sells a clear aligner to a patient shall | ||||||
18 | maintain any documents received under subsection (a) for not | ||||||
19 | less than 7 years after the date of sale.
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