Full Text of SB0290 96th General Assembly
SB0290eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 9 and 13 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 25/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 2309)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 9. Qualifications of Applicants for Dental Licenses. | 9 |
| The
Department shall require that each applicant for a license | 10 |
| to
practice dentistry shall:
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| (a) (Blank).
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| (b) Be at least 21 years of age and of good moral | 13 |
| character.
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| (c) (1) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of | 15 |
| dental
education by graduation from a dental college or school | 16 |
| in the United
States or Canada approved by the Department. The | 17 |
| Department shall not approve
any dental college or school which | 18 |
| does not require at least (A) 60 semester
hours of collegiate | 19 |
| credit or the equivalent in acceptable subjects from a
college | 20 |
| or university before admission, and (B) completion of at least | 21 |
| 4
academic years of instruction or the equivalent in an | 22 |
| approved dental college
or school before graduation; or
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| (2) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of dental |
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| education by
graduation from a dental college or school outside | 2 |
| the United States or
Canada and provide satisfactory evidence | 3 |
| that:
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| (A) (blank);
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| (B) the applicant has completed a minimum of 2 academic | 6 |
| years of general
dental clinical training at a dental | 7 |
| college or school in the United States or
Canada approved | 8 |
| by the Department, however, an accredited advanced dental | 9 |
| education program approved by the Department of no less | 10 |
| than 2 years may be substituted for the 2 academic years of | 11 |
| general dental clinical training and an applicant who was | 12 |
| enrolled
for not less than one year in an approved clinical | 13 |
| program prior to January 1,
1993 at an Illinois dental | 14 |
| college or school shall be required to complete only
that | 15 |
| program; and
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| (C) the applicant has received certification from the | 17 |
| dean of an
approved dental college or school in the United | 18 |
| States or Canada or the program director of an approved | 19 |
| advanced dental education program stating that
the | 20 |
| applicant has achieved the same level of scientific | 21 |
| knowledge and clinical
competence as required of all | 22 |
| graduates of the college, school, or advanced dental | 23 |
| education program.
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| Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent either | 25 |
| the Department or
any dental college or school from | 26 |
| establishing higher standards than
specified in this Act.
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| (d) In determining professional capacity under this | 2 |
| Section, any
individual who has not been actively engaged in | 3 |
| the practice of dentistry,
has not been a dental student, or | 4 |
| has not been engaged in a formal program
of dental education | 5 |
| during the 5 years immediately preceding the filing of an
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| application may be required to complete such additional | 7 |
| testing, training, or
remedial education as the Board may deem | 8 |
| necessary in order to establish
the applicant's present | 9 |
| capacity to practice dentistry with reasonable
judgment, | 10 |
| skill, and safety.
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| (e) Present satisfactory evidence that the applicant has | 12 |
| passed both parts of the National Board Dental Examination | 13 |
| administered by the Joint Commission on National Dental | 14 |
| Examinations and has successfully completed an examination | 15 |
| conducted by one of the following regional testing services: | 16 |
| the Central Regional Dental Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the | 17 |
| Southern Regional Testing Agency, Inc. (SRTA), the Western | 18 |
| Regional Examining Board (WREB), or the North East Regional | 19 |
| Board (NERB). For purposes of this Section, successful | 20 |
| completion shall mean that the applicant has achieved a minimum | 21 |
| passing score as determined by the applicable regional testing | 22 |
| service. Pass an examination authorized or given by the | 23 |
| Department
in the theory and practice of the science of | 24 |
| dentistry; provided,
that the Department (1) may recognize a | 25 |
| certificate granted by the National
Board of Dental Examiners | 26 |
| in lieu of, or subject to, such examination as
may be required |
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| and (2) may recognize successful completion of the clinical | 2 |
| examination conducted by approved regional testing services in
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| lieu of such examinations as may be required. For purposes of | 4 |
| this Section,
successful completion shall mean that the | 5 |
| applicant has achieved a minimum
passing score on the regional | 6 |
| examinations as determined by each approved
regional testing | 7 |
| service.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-409, eff. 12-31-05.)
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| (225 ILCS 25/13) (from Ch. 111, par. 2313)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 13. Qualifications of Applicants for Dental | 12 |
| Hygienists. Every
person who desires to obtain a license as a | 13 |
| dental hygienist shall apply to the
Department in writing, upon | 14 |
| forms prepared
and furnished by the Department. Each | 15 |
| application shall contain proof of
the particular | 16 |
| qualifications required of the applicant, shall be verified
by | 17 |
| the applicant, under oath, and shall be accompanied by the | 18 |
| required
examination fee.
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| The Department shall require that every applicant for a | 20 |
| license
as a dental hygienist shall:
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| (1) (Blank).
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| (2) Be a graduate of high school
or its equivalent.
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| (3) Present satisfactory evidence of having successfully | 24 |
| completed 2 academic
years of credit at a dental hygiene | 25 |
| program accredited by the Commission on
Dental Accreditation of |
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| the American Dental Association.
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| (4) Submit evidence that he holds a currently valid | 3 |
| certification to
perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The | 4 |
| Department shall adopt rules
establishing criteria for | 5 |
| certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The rules of | 6 |
| the Department shall provide for variances only in instances
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| where the applicant is physically disabled and therefore unable | 8 |
| to secure
such certification.
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| (5) (Blank).
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| (6) Present satisfactory evidence that the applicant has | 11 |
| passed the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination | 12 |
| administered by the Joint Commission on National Dental | 13 |
| Examinations and has successfully completed an examination | 14 |
| conducted by one of the following regional testing services: | 15 |
| the Central Regional Dental Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the | 16 |
| Southern Regional Testing Agency, Inc. (SRTA), the Western | 17 |
| Regional Examining Board (WREB), or the North East Regional | 18 |
| Board (NERB). For the purposes of this Section, successful | 19 |
| completion shall mean that the applicant has achieved a minimum | 20 |
| passing score as determined by the applicable regional testing | 21 |
| service. Pass an examination authorized or given by the | 22 |
| Department in the
subjects usually taught in approved programs | 23 |
| of dental hygiene, which
examination shall determine the | 24 |
| qualifications of applicants to perform the
operative | 25 |
| procedures of dental hygiene. The Department may recognize a
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| certificate granted by the National Board of Dental Examiners |
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| in lieu of,
or subject to, such examination.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-262, eff. 8-7-01 .)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 4 |
| becoming law.
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