Full Text of SB0589 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Sections 4, 9, and 17 and by adding Section 17.1 as | 6 | | follows:
| 7 | | (225 ILCS 25/4)
(from Ch. 111, par. 2304)
| 8 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
| 9 | | Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act:
| 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.
| 19 | | "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and | 20 | | Professional Regulation.
| 21 | | "Board" means the Board of Dentistry.
| 22 | | "Dentist" means a person who has received a general license | 23 | | pursuant
to paragraph (a) of Section 11 of this Act and who may |
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| 1 | | perform any intraoral
and extraoral procedure required in the | 2 | | practice of dentistry and to whom is
reserved the | 3 | | responsibilities specified in Section 17.
| 4 | | "Dental hygienist" means a person who holds a license under | 5 | | this Act to
perform dental services as authorized by Section | 6 | | 18.
| 7 | | "Dental assistant" means an appropriately trained person
| 8 | | who, under the supervision of a dentist, provides dental | 9 | | services
as authorized by Section 17.
| 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:
| 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
| 20 | | (ii) utilizes or employs a dental technician to provide | 21 | | such services; and
| 22 | | (iii) performs such functions only for a dentist or | 23 | | dentists.
| 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 is |
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| 1 | | 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.
| 5 | | "General supervision" means supervision of a dental | 6 | | hygienist
requiring that the patient be a patient of record,
| 7 | | that the dentist
examine the patient in accordance with Section | 8 | | 18 prior to treatment by the
dental hygienist, and that the
| 9 | | dentist authorize the procedures which
are being carried
out by | 10 | | a notation in the patient's record, but not requiring that a | 11 | | dentist
be present when the authorized
procedures are being | 12 | | performed. The
issuance of a prescription to a dental | 13 | | laboratory by a
dentist does not constitute general | 14 | | supervision.
| 15 | | "Public member" means a person who is not a health | 16 | | professional.
For purposes of board membership, any person with | 17 | | a significant financial
interest in a health service or | 18 | | profession is not a public member.
| 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.
| 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, and oral and maxillofacial
| 2 | | radiology.
| 3 | | "Specialist" means a dentist who has received a specialty | 4 | | license
pursuant to Section 11(b).
| 5 | | "Dental technician" means a person who owns, operates or is
| 6 | | 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.
| 11 | | "Impaired dentist" or "impaired dental hygienist" means a | 12 | | dentist
or dental hygienist who is unable to practice with
| 13 | | reasonable skill and safety because of a physical or mental | 14 | | disability as
evidenced by a written determination or written | 15 | | consent based on clinical
evidence, including deterioration | 16 | | through the aging process, loss of motor
skills, abuse of drugs | 17 | | or alcohol, or a psychiatric disorder, of sufficient
degree to | 18 | | diminish the person's ability to deliver competent patient | 19 | | care.
| 20 | | "Nurse" means a registered professional nurse, a certified | 21 | | registered
nurse anesthetist licensed as an advanced practice
| 22 | | nurse, or a licensed practical nurse licensed under the Nurse | 23 | | Practice Act.
| 24 | | "Patient of record" means a patient for whom the patient's | 25 | | most recent
dentist has obtained
a
relevant medical and dental | 26 | | history and on whom the dentist has performed an
examination |
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| 1 | | and evaluated the condition to be treated.
| 2 | | "Dental responder" means a dentist or dental hygienist who | 3 | | is appropriately certified in disaster preparedness, | 4 | | immunizations, and dental humanitarian medical response | 5 | | consistent with the Society of Disaster Medicine and Public | 6 | | Health and training certified by the National Incident | 7 | | Management System or the National Disaster Life Support | 8 | | Foundation.
| 9 | | "Mobile dental van or portable dental unit" means any | 10 | | self-contained or portable dental unit in which dentistry is | 11 | | practiced that can be moved, towed, or transported from one | 12 | | location to another in order to establish a location where | 13 | | dental services can be provided. | 14 | | "Public health dental hygienist" means a hygienist who | 15 | | holds a valid license to practice in the State, has 2 years of | 16 | | full-time clinical experience or an equivalent of 4,000 hours | 17 | | of clinical experience and has completed at least 42 clock | 18 | | hours of additional structured courses in dental education | 19 | | approved by rule by the Department in advanced areas specific | 20 | | to public health dentistry, including, but not limited to, | 21 | | emergency procedures for medically compromised patients, | 22 | | pharmacology, medical recordkeeping procedures, geriatric | 23 | | dentistry, pediatric dentistry, pathology, and other areas of | 24 | | study as determined by the Department, and works in a public | 25 | | health setting pursuant to a written public health supervision | 26 | | agreement as defined by rule by the Department with a dentist |
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| 1 | | working in or contracted with a local or State government | 2 | | agency or institution or who is providing services as part of a | 3 | | certified school-based program or school-based oral health | 4 | | program. | 5 | | "Public health setting" means a federally qualified health | 6 | | center; a federal, State, or local public health facility; Head | 7 | | Start; a special supplemental nutrition program for Women, | 8 | | Infants, and Children (WIC) facility; or a certified | 9 | | school-based health center or school-based oral health | 10 | | program. | 11 | | "Public health supervision" means the supervision of a | 12 | | public health dental hygienist by a licensed dentist who has a | 13 | | written public health supervision agreement with that public | 14 | | health dental hygienist while working in an approved facility | 15 | | or program that allows the public health dental hygienist to | 16 | | treat patients, without a dentist first examining the patient | 17 | | and being present in the facility during treatment, (1) who are | 18 | | eligible for Medicaid or (2) who are uninsured and whose | 19 | | household income is not greater than 200% of the federal | 20 | | poverty level. | 21 | | (Source: P.A. 99-25, eff. 1-1-16; 99-492, eff. 12-31-15; | 22 | | 99-680, eff. 1-1-17 .)
| 23 | | (225 ILCS 25/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 2309) | 24 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | 25 | | Sec. 9. Qualifications of applicants for dental licenses. |
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| 1 | | The
Department shall require that each applicant for a license | 2 | | to
practice dentistry shall: | 3 | | (a) (Blank). | 4 | | (b) Be at least 21 years of age and of good moral | 5 | | character. | 6 | | (c) (1) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of | 7 | | dental
education by graduation from a dental college or | 8 | | school in the United
States or Canada approved by the | 9 | | Department. The Department shall not approve
any dental | 10 | | college or school which does not require at least (A) 60 | 11 | | semester
hours of collegiate credit or the equivalent in | 12 | | acceptable subjects from a
college or university before | 13 | | admission, and (B) completion of at least 4
academic years | 14 | | of instruction or the equivalent in an approved dental | 15 | | college
or school that is accredited by the Commission on | 16 | | Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association; | 17 | | or | 18 | | (2) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of | 19 | | dental education by
graduation from a dental college or | 20 | | school outside the United States or
Canada and provide | 21 | | satisfactory evidence that the applicant has : (A) | 22 | | completed a minimum of 2 academic years of general
dental | 23 | | clinical training and obtained a doctorate of dental | 24 | | surgery (DDS) or doctorate of dental medicine (DMD) at a | 25 | | dental college or school in the United States or
Canada | 26 | | approved by the Department ; or (B) met the program |
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| 1 | | requirements approved by rule by the Department . | 2 | | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent | 3 | | either the Department or
any dental college or school from | 4 | | establishing higher standards than
specified in this Act. | 5 | | (d) (Blank). | 6 | | (e) Present satisfactory evidence that the applicant | 7 | | has passed both parts of the National Board Dental | 8 | | Examination administered by the Joint Commission on | 9 | | National Dental Examinations and has successfully | 10 | | completed an examination conducted by one of the following | 11 | | regional testing services: the Central Regional Dental | 12 | | Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the Southern Regional | 13 | | Testing Agency, Inc. (SRTA), the Western Regional | 14 | | Examining Board (WREB), the North East Regional Board | 15 | | (NERB), or the Council of Interstate Testing Agencies | 16 | | (CITA). For purposes of this Section, successful | 17 | | completion shall mean that the applicant has achieved a | 18 | | minimum passing score as determined by the applicable | 19 | | regional testing service. The Secretary may suspend a | 20 | | regional testing service under this subsection (e) if, | 21 | | after proper notice and hearing, it is established that (i) | 22 | | the integrity of the examination has been breached so as to | 23 | | make future test results unreliable or (ii) the test is | 24 | | fundamentally deficient in testing clinical competency. | 25 | | In determining professional capacity under this Section, | 26 | | any
individual who has not been actively engaged in the |
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| 1 | | practice of dentistry,
has not been a dental student, or has | 2 | | not been engaged in a formal program
of dental education during | 3 | | the 5 years immediately preceding the filing of an
application | 4 | | may be required to complete such additional testing, training, | 5 | | or
remedial education as the Board may deem necessary in order | 6 | | to establish
the applicant's present capacity to practice | 7 | | dentistry with reasonable
judgment, skill, and safety. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 99-366, eff. 1-1-16 .)
| 9 | | (225 ILCS 25/17) (from Ch. 111, par. 2317)
| 10 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
| 11 | | Sec. 17. Acts constituting the practice of dentistry. A | 12 | | person
practices dentistry, within the meaning of this Act:
| 13 | | (1) Who represents himself or herself as being able to | 14 | | diagnose or diagnoses,
treats, prescribes, or operates for | 15 | | any disease, pain, deformity, deficiency,
injury, or | 16 | | physical condition of the human tooth, teeth, alveolar | 17 | | process,
gums or jaw; or
| 18 | | (2) Who is a manager, proprietor, operator or conductor | 19 | | of a
business where
dental operations are performed; or
| 20 | | (3) Who performs dental operations of any kind; or
| 21 | | (4) Who uses an X-Ray machine or X-Ray films for
dental | 22 | | diagnostic purposes; or
| 23 | | (5) Who extracts a human tooth or teeth, or corrects or | 24 | | attempts to
correct
malpositions of the human teeth or | 25 | | jaws; or
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| 1 | | (6) Who offers or undertakes, by any means or method, | 2 | | to diagnose, treat
or remove stains, calculus, and bonding | 3 | | materials from human teeth or jaws; or
| 4 | | (7) Who uses or administers local or general | 5 | | anesthetics in the treatment
of dental or oral diseases or | 6 | | in any preparation incident to a dental operation
of any | 7 | | kind or character; or
| 8 | | (8) Who takes impressions of the human tooth, teeth, or | 9 | | jaws or performs
any phase of any operation incident to the | 10 | | replacement of a part of a tooth,
a tooth, teeth or | 11 | | associated tissues by means of a filling, crown, a bridge,
| 12 | | a denture or other appliance; or
| 13 | | (9) Who offers to furnish, supply, construct, | 14 | | reproduce or repair, or
who furnishes, supplies, | 15 | | constructs, reproduces or repairs, prosthetic
dentures, | 16 | | bridges or other substitutes for natural teeth, to the user | 17 | | or
prospective user thereof; or
| 18 | | (10) Who instructs students on clinical matters or | 19 | | performs any clinical
operation included in the curricula | 20 | | of recognized dental schools and colleges; or
| 21 | | (11) Who takes impressions of human teeth or places his | 22 | | or her hands in the mouth of any person for the purpose of | 23 | | applying teeth whitening materials, or who takes | 24 | | impressions of human teeth or places his or her hands in | 25 | | the mouth of any person for the purpose of assisting in the | 26 | | application of teeth whitening materials. A person does not |
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| 1 | | practice dentistry when he or she discloses to the consumer | 2 | | that he or she is not licensed as a dentist under this Act | 3 | | and (i) discusses the use of teeth whitening materials with | 4 | | a consumer purchasing these materials; (ii) provides | 5 | | instruction on the use of teeth whitening materials with a | 6 | | consumer purchasing these materials; or (iii) provides | 7 | | appropriate equipment on-site to the consumer for the | 8 | | consumer to self-apply teeth whitening materials. | 9 | | The fact that any person engages in or performs, or offers | 10 | | to engage in
or perform, any of the practices, acts, or | 11 | | operations set forth in this
Section, shall be prima facie | 12 | | evidence that such person is engaged in the
practice of | 13 | | dentistry.
| 14 | | The following practices, acts, and operations, however, | 15 | | are exempt from
the operation of this Act:
| 16 | | (a) The rendering of dental relief in emergency cases | 17 | | in the practice
of his or her profession by a physician or | 18 | | surgeon, licensed as such
under the laws of this State, | 19 | | unless he or she undertakes to reproduce or reproduces
lost | 20 | | parts of the human teeth in the mouth or to restore or | 21 | | replace lost
or missing teeth in the mouth; or
| 22 | | (b) The practice of dentistry in the discharge of their | 23 | | official duties
by dentists in any branch of the Armed | 24 | | Services of the United States, the
United States Public | 25 | | Health Service, or the United States Veterans
| 26 | | Administration; or
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| 1 | | (c) The practice of dentistry by students in their | 2 | | course of study
in dental schools or colleges approved by | 3 | | the Department, when acting under the
direction and | 4 | | supervision of dentists acting as instructors; or
| 5 | | (d) The practice of dentistry by clinical instructors | 6 | | in the course of
their teaching duties in dental schools or | 7 | | colleges approved by the
Department:
| 8 | | (i) when acting under the direction and | 9 | | supervision of dentists,
provided that such clinical | 10 | | instructors have instructed continuously in
this State | 11 | | since January 1, 1986; or
| 12 | | (ii) when holding the rank of full professor at | 13 | | such approved dental
school or college and possessing a | 14 | | current valid license or authorization
to practice | 15 | | dentistry in another country; or
| 16 | | (e) The practice of dentistry by licensed dentists of | 17 | | other states or
countries at meetings of the Illinois State | 18 | | Dental Society or component
parts thereof, alumni meetings | 19 | | of dental colleges, or any other like dental
organizations, | 20 | | while appearing as clinicians; or
| 21 | | (f) The use of X-Ray machines for exposing X-Ray films | 22 | | of dental or oral
tissues by dental hygienists or dental | 23 | | assistants; or
| 24 | | (g) The performance of any dental service by a dental | 25 | | assistant, if such
service is performed under the | 26 | | supervision and full responsibility of a
dentist. In |
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| 1 | | addition, after being authorized by a dentist, a dental | 2 | | assistant may, for the purpose of eliminating pain or | 3 | | discomfort, remove loose, broken, or irritating | 4 | | orthodontic appliances on a patient of record.
| 5 | | For purposes of this paragraph (g), "dental service" is | 6 | | defined to mean
any intraoral procedure or act which shall | 7 | | be prescribed by rule or
regulation of the Department. | 8 | | Dental service, however, shall not include:
| 9 | | (1) Any and all diagnosis of or prescription for | 10 | | treatment of disease,
pain, deformity, deficiency, | 11 | | injury or physical condition of the human teeth
or | 12 | | jaws, or adjacent structures.
| 13 | | (2) Removal of, or restoration of, or addition
to | 14 | | the hard or soft tissues of the oral cavity, except for | 15 | | the placing, carving, and finishing of amalgam | 16 | | restorations and placing, packing, and finishing | 17 | | composite restorations by dental assistants who have | 18 | | had additional formal education and certification as | 19 | | determined by the Department. A dentist utilizing | 20 | | dental assistants shall not supervise more than 4 | 21 | | dental assistants at any one time for placing, carving, | 22 | | and finishing of amalgam restorations.
| 23 | | (3) Any and all correction of malformation of teeth | 24 | | or of the jaws.
| 25 | | (4) Administration of anesthetics, except for | 26 | | monitoring of
nitrous oxide, conscious sedation, deep |
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| 1 | | sedation, and general anesthetic as provided in | 2 | | Section 8.1 of this Act, that may be performed only | 3 | | after successful completion of a training
program | 4 | | approved by the Department. A dentist utilizing dental | 5 | | assistants shall not supervise more than 4 dental | 6 | | assistants at any one time for the monitoring of | 7 | | nitrous oxide.
| 8 | | (5) Removal of calculus from human teeth.
| 9 | | (6) Taking of impressions for the fabrication of | 10 | | prosthetic
appliances,
crowns,
bridges, inlays, | 11 | | onlays, or other restorative or replacement
dentistry.
| 12 | | (7) The operative procedure of dental hygiene | 13 | | consisting of oral
prophylactic procedures, except for | 14 | | coronal polishing and pit and fissure sealants,
which | 15 | | may be
performed by a
dental assistant who has | 16 | | successfully completed a training program approved by
| 17 | | the Department. Dental assistants may perform coronal | 18 | | polishing under the
following circumstances: (i) the | 19 | | coronal polishing shall be limited to
polishing the
| 20 | | clinical crown of the tooth and existing restorations, | 21 | | supragingivally; (ii)
the
dental assistant performing | 22 | | the coronal polishing shall be limited to the use
of
| 23 | | rotary instruments using a rubber cup or brush | 24 | | polishing method (air polishing
is
not permitted); and | 25 | | (iii) the supervising dentist shall not supervise more
| 26 | | than 4
dental assistants at any one time for the task |
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| 1 | | of coronal polishing or pit and fissure sealants.
| 2 | | In addition to coronal polishing and pit and | 3 | | fissure sealants as described in this item (7), a | 4 | | dental assistant who has at least 2,000 hours of direct | 5 | | clinical patient care experience and who has | 6 | | successfully completed a structured training program | 7 | | provided by (1) an educational institution such as a | 8 | | dental school or dental hygiene or dental assistant | 9 | | program, or (2) by a statewide dental or dental | 10 | | hygienist association, approved by the Department on | 11 | | or before the effective date of this amendatory Act of | 12 | | the 99th General Assembly, that has developed and | 13 | | conducted a training program for expanded functions | 14 | | for dental assistants or hygienists may perform: (A) | 15 | | coronal scaling above the gum line, supragingivally, | 16 | | on the clinical crown of the tooth only on patients 12 | 17 | | years of age or younger who have an absence of | 18 | | periodontal disease and who are not medically | 19 | | compromised or individuals with special needs and (B) | 20 | | intracoronal temporization of a tooth. The training | 21 | | program must: (I) include a minimum of 16 hours of | 22 | | instruction in both didactic and clinical manikin or | 23 | | human subject instruction; all training programs shall | 24 | | include areas of study in dental anatomy, public health | 25 | | dentistry, medical history, dental emergencies, and | 26 | | managing the pediatric patient; (II) include an |
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| 1 | | outcome assessment examination that demonstrates | 2 | | competency; (III) require the supervising dentist to | 3 | | observe and approve the completion of 6 full mouth | 4 | | supragingival scaling procedures; and (IV) issue a | 5 | | certificate of completion of the training program, | 6 | | which must be kept on file at the dental office and be | 7 | | made available to the Department upon request. A dental | 8 | | assistant must have successfully completed an approved | 9 | | coronal polishing course prior to taking the coronal | 10 | | scaling course. A dental assistant performing these | 11 | | functions shall be limited to the use of hand | 12 | | instruments only. In addition, coronal scaling as | 13 | | described in this paragraph shall only be utilized on | 14 | | patients who are eligible for Medicaid or who are | 15 | | uninsured and whose household income is not greater | 16 | | than 200% of the federal poverty level. A dentist may | 17 | | not supervise more than 2 dental assistants at any one | 18 | | time for the task of coronal scaling. This paragraph is | 19 | | inoperative on and after January 1, 2021. | 20 | | The limitations on the number of dental assistants a | 21 | | dentist may supervise contained in items (2), (4), and (7) | 22 | | of this paragraph (g) mean a limit of 4 total dental | 23 | | assistants or dental hygienists doing expanded functions | 24 | | covered by these Sections being supervised by one dentist. | 25 | | (h) The practice of dentistry by an individual who:
| 26 | | (i) has applied in writing to the Department, in |
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| 1 | | form and substance
satisfactory to the Department, for | 2 | | a general dental license and has
complied with all | 3 | | provisions of Section 9 of this Act, except for the
| 4 | | passage of the examination specified in subsection (e) | 5 | | of Section 9 of this
Act; or
| 6 | | (ii) has applied in writing to the Department, in | 7 | | form and substance
satisfactory to the Department, for | 8 | | a temporary dental license and has
complied with all | 9 | | provisions of subsection (c) of Section 11 of this Act; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | (iii) has been accepted or appointed for specialty | 12 | | or residency training
by a hospital situated in this | 13 | | State; or
| 14 | | (iv) has been accepted or appointed for specialty | 15 | | training in an
approved dental program situated in this | 16 | | State; or
| 17 | | (v) has been accepted or appointed for specialty | 18 | | training in a dental
public health agency situated in | 19 | | this State.
| 20 | | The applicant shall be permitted to practice dentistry | 21 | | for a period of 3
months from the starting date of the | 22 | | program, unless authorized in writing
by the Department to | 23 | | continue such practice for a period specified in
writing by | 24 | | the Department.
| 25 | | The applicant shall only be entitled to perform such | 26 | | acts as may be
prescribed by and incidental to his or her |
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| 1 | | program of residency or specialty
training and shall not | 2 | | otherwise engage in the practice of dentistry in this
| 3 | | State.
| 4 | | The authority to practice shall terminate immediately | 5 | | upon:
| 6 | | (1) the decision of the Department that the | 7 | | applicant has failed the
examination; or
| 8 | | (2) denial of licensure by the Department; or
| 9 | | (3) withdrawal of the application.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 98-147, eff. 1-1-14; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; | 11 | | 98-756, eff. 7-16-14; 99-492, eff. 12-31-15; 99-680, eff. | 12 | | 1-1-17 .)
| 13 | | (225 ILCS 25/17.1 new) | 14 | | Sec. 17.1. Expanded function dental assistants. | 15 | | (a) A dental assistant who has completed training as | 16 | | provided in subsection (b) of this Section in all of the | 17 | | following areas may hold himself or herself out as an expanded | 18 | | function dental assistant: | 19 | | (1) Taking material or digital final impressions. | 20 | | (2) Performing pulp vitality test. | 21 | | (3) Placing, carving, and finishing of amalgam | 22 | | restorations and placing, packing, and finishing composite | 23 | | restorations. | 24 | | (4) Starting the flow of oxygen and monitoring of | 25 | | nitrous oxide-oxygen analgesia. |
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| 1 | | (5) Coronal polishing and pit and fissure sealants, as | 2 | | currently allowed by law. | 3 | | After the completion of training as provided in subsection | 4 | | (b) of this Section, an expanded function dental assistant may | 5 | | perform any of the services listed in this subsection (a) | 6 | | pursuant to the limitations of this Act. | 7 | | (b) Certification as an expanded function dental assistant | 8 | | must be obtained from one of the following sources: (i) an | 9 | | approved continuing education sponsor; (ii) a dental assistant | 10 | | training program approved by the Commission on Dental | 11 | | Accreditation of the American Dental Association; or (iii) a | 12 | | training program approved by the Department. | 13 | | Training required under this subsection (b) must also | 14 | | include Basic Life Support certification, as described in | 15 | | Section 16 of this Act. Proof of current certification shall be | 16 | | kept on file with the supervising dentist. | 17 | | (c) Any procedures listed in subsection (a) that are | 18 | | performed by an expanded function dental assistant must be | 19 | | approved by the supervising dentist and examined prior to | 20 | | dismissal of the patient. The supervising dentist shall be | 21 | | responsible for all dental services or procedures performed by | 22 | | the dental assistant. | 23 | | (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to alter the | 24 | | number of dental assistants that a dentist may supervise under | 25 | | paragraph (g) of Section 17 of this Act. | 26 | | (e) Nothing in this Act shall: (1) require a dental |
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| 1 | | assistant to be certified as an expanded function dental | 2 | | assistant or (2) prevent a dentist from training dental | 3 | | assistants in accordance with the provisions of Section 17 of | 4 | | this Act or rules pertaining to dental assistant duties.
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