Full Text of SB0589 100th General Assembly
SB0589sam004 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Neil Anderson Filed: 4/4/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 589
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 589 on page 1, line | 3 | | 5, by replacing "4" with "4, 9,"; and | 4 | | on page 6, immediately below line 22, by inserting the | 5 | | following:
| 6 | | "(225 ILCS 25/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 2309) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | 8 | | Sec. 9.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 |
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| 1 | | Department. The Department shall not approve
any dental | 2 | | college or school which does not require at least (A) 60 | 3 | | semester
hours of collegiate credit or the equivalent in | 4 | | acceptable subjects from a
college or university before | 5 | | admission, and (B) completion of at least 4
academic years | 6 | | of instruction or the equivalent in an approved dental | 7 | | college
or school that is accredited by the Commission on | 8 | | Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association; | 9 | | or | 10 | | (2) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of | 11 | | dental education by
graduation from a dental college or | 12 | | school outside the United States or
Canada and provide | 13 | | satisfactory evidence that the applicant has : (A) | 14 | | completed a minimum of 2 academic years of general
dental | 15 | | clinical training and obtained a doctorate of dental | 16 | | surgery (DDS) or doctorate of dental medicine (DMD) at a | 17 | | dental college or school in the United States or
Canada | 18 | | approved by the Department ; or (B) met the program | 19 | | requirements approved by rule by the Department . | 20 | | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent | 21 | | either the Department or
any dental college or school from | 22 | | establishing higher standards than
specified in this Act. | 23 | | (d) (Blank). | 24 | | (e) Present satisfactory evidence that the applicant | 25 | | has passed both parts of the National Board Dental | 26 | | Examination administered by the Joint Commission on |
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| 1 | | National Dental Examinations and has successfully | 2 | | completed an examination conducted by one of the following | 3 | | regional testing services: the Central Regional Dental | 4 | | Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the Southern Regional | 5 | | Testing Agency, Inc. (SRTA), the Western Regional | 6 | | Examining Board (WREB), the North East Regional Board | 7 | | (NERB), or the Council of Interstate Testing Agencies | 8 | | (CITA). For purposes of this Section, successful | 9 | | completion shall mean that the applicant has achieved a | 10 | | minimum passing score as determined by the applicable | 11 | | regional testing service. The Secretary may suspend a | 12 | | regional testing service under this subsection (e) if, | 13 | | after proper notice and hearing, it is established that (i) | 14 | | the integrity of the examination has been breached so as to | 15 | | make future test results unreliable or (ii) the test is | 16 | | fundamentally deficient in testing clinical competency. | 17 | | In determining professional capacity under this Section, | 18 | | any
individual who has not been actively engaged in the | 19 | | practice of dentistry,
has not been a dental student, or has | 20 | | not been engaged in a formal program
of dental education during | 21 | | the 5 years immediately preceding the filing of an
application | 22 | | may be required to complete such additional testing, training, | 23 | | or
remedial education as the Board may deem necessary in order | 24 | | to establish
the applicant's present capacity to practice | 25 | | dentistry with reasonable
judgment, skill, and safety. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 99-366, eff. 1-1-16 .)".
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