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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 Section 9 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (225 ILCS 25/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 2309) | ||||||
7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 9. Qualifications of Applicants for Dental Licenses. | ||||||
9 | The
Department shall require that each applicant for a license | ||||||
10 | to
practice dentistry shall: | ||||||
11 | (a) (Blank). | ||||||
12 | (b) Be at least 21 years of age and of good moral | ||||||
13 | character. | ||||||
14 | (c) (1) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of | ||||||
15 | dental
education by graduation from a dental college or | ||||||
16 | school in the United
States or Canada approved by the | ||||||
17 | Department. The Department shall not approve
any dental | ||||||
18 | college or school which does not require at least (A) 60 | ||||||
19 | semester
hours of collegiate credit or the equivalent in | ||||||
20 | acceptable subjects from a
college or university before | ||||||
21 | admission, and (B) completion of at least 4
academic years | ||||||
22 | of instruction or the equivalent in an approved dental | ||||||
23 | college
or school that is accredited by the Commission on |
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1 | Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association; | ||||||
2 | or | ||||||
3 | (2) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of | ||||||
4 | dental education by
graduation from a dental college or | ||||||
5 | school outside the United States or
Canada and provide | ||||||
6 | satisfactory evidence that : (A) (blank); (B) the applicant | ||||||
7 | has completed a minimum of 2 academic years of general
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8 | dental clinical training at a dental college or school in | ||||||
9 | the United States or
Canada approved by the Department . , | ||||||
10 | however, an accredited advanced dental education program | ||||||
11 | approved by the Department of no less than 2 years may be | ||||||
12 | substituted for the 2 academic years of general dental | ||||||
13 | clinical training and an applicant who was enrolled
for not | ||||||
14 | less than one year in an approved clinical program prior to | ||||||
15 | January 1,
1993 at an Illinois dental college or school | ||||||
16 | shall be required to complete only
that program; and | ||||||
17 | (C) the applicant has received certification from | ||||||
18 | the dean of an
approved dental college or school in the | ||||||
19 | United States or Canada or the program director of an | ||||||
20 | approved advanced dental education program stating | ||||||
21 | that
the applicant has achieved the same level of | ||||||
22 | scientific knowledge and clinical
competence as | ||||||
23 | required of all graduates of the college, school, or | ||||||
24 | advanced dental education program. | ||||||
25 | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent | ||||||
26 | either the Department or
any dental college or school from |
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1 | establishing higher standards than
specified in this Act. | ||||||
2 | (d) (Blank). | ||||||
3 | (e) Present satisfactory evidence that the applicant | ||||||
4 | has passed both parts of the National Board Dental | ||||||
5 | Examination administered by the Joint Commission on | ||||||
6 | National Dental Examinations and has successfully | ||||||
7 | completed an examination conducted by one of the following | ||||||
8 | regional testing services: the Central Regional Dental | ||||||
9 | Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the Southern Regional | ||||||
10 | Testing Agency, Inc. (SRTA), the Western Regional | ||||||
11 | Examining Board (WREB), the North East Regional Board | ||||||
12 | (NERB), or the Council of Interstate Testing Agencies | ||||||
13 | (CITA). For purposes of this Section, successful | ||||||
14 | completion shall mean that the applicant has achieved a | ||||||
15 | minimum passing score as determined by the applicable | ||||||
16 | regional testing service. The Secretary may suspend a | ||||||
17 | regional testing service under this subsection (e) if, | ||||||
18 | after proper notice and hearing, it is established that (i) | ||||||
19 | the integrity of the examination has been breached so as to | ||||||
20 | make future test results unreliable or (ii) the test is | ||||||
21 | fundamentally deficient in testing clinical competency. | ||||||
22 | In determining professional capacity under this Section, | ||||||
23 | any
individual who has not been actively engaged in the | ||||||
24 | practice of dentistry,
has not been a dental student, or has | ||||||
25 | not been engaged in a formal program
of dental education during | ||||||
26 | the 5 years immediately preceding the filing of an
application |
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1 | may be required to complete such additional testing, training, | ||||||
2 | or
remedial education as the Board may deem necessary in order | ||||||
3 | to establish
the applicant's present capacity to practice | ||||||
4 | dentistry with reasonable
judgment, skill, and safety. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 96-14, eff. 6-19-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; | ||||||
6 | 96-1222, eff. 7-23-10; 97-526, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1013, eff. | ||||||
7 | 8-17-12.)
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