Full Text of SB2631 100th General Assembly
SB2631 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB2631 Introduced 2/8/2018, by Sen. Emil Jones, III SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 25/11 | from Ch. 111, par. 2311 |
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Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Changes references to "restricted faculty license" to references to "faculty license". Makes conforming changes.
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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 Section 11 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 25/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 2311)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)
| 8 | | Sec. 11. Types of dental licenses. The Department shall | 9 | | have the
authority to issue the following types of licenses:
| 10 | | (a) General licenses. The Department shall issue a license | 11 | | authorizing
practice as a dentist to any person who qualifies | 12 | | for a license under this Act.
| 13 | | (b) Specialty licenses. The Department shall issue a
| 14 | | license authorizing practice as a specialist in any particular
| 15 | | branch of dentistry to any dentist who has complied with the
| 16 | | requirements established for that particular branch of | 17 | | dentistry at the
time of making application. The Department | 18 | | shall establish additional
requirements of any dentist who | 19 | | announces or holds himself or herself out
to the public as a | 20 | | specialist or as being specially qualified in any
particular | 21 | | branch of dentistry.
| 22 | | No dentist shall announce or hold himself or herself out to | 23 | | the public as
a specialist or as being specially qualified in |
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| 1 | | any particular branch of
dentistry unless he or she is licensed | 2 | | to practice in that specialty of
dentistry.
| 3 | | The fact that any dentist shall announce by card, | 4 | | letterhead or any
other form of communication using terms as | 5 | | "Specialist," "Practice
Limited To" or "Limited to Specialty | 6 | | of" with the name of the branch of
dentistry practiced as a | 7 | | specialty, or shall use equivalent words or
phrases to announce | 8 | | the same, shall be prima facie evidence that the
dentist is | 9 | | holding himself or herself out to the public as a specialist.
| 10 | | (c) Temporary training licenses. Persons who wish to pursue
| 11 | | specialty or other advanced clinical educational programs
in an | 12 | | approved dental school or a hospital situated
in this State, or | 13 | | persons who wish to pursue programs of specialty
training in | 14 | | dental public health in public agencies in this State, may
| 15 | | receive without examination, in the discretion of the | 16 | | Department, a
temporary training license. In order to receive a | 17 | | temporary
training license under this subsection, an applicant | 18 | | shall furnish
satisfactory proof to the Department that:
| 19 | | (1) The applicant is at least 21 years of age and is of | 20 | | good moral
character. In determining moral character under | 21 | | this Section, the
Department may take into consideration | 22 | | any felony conviction of the
applicant, but such a | 23 | | conviction shall not operate as bar to licensure;
| 24 | | (2) The applicant has been accepted or appointed for | 25 | | specialty or
residency training by an approved hospital | 26 | | situated in this State, by an
approved dental school |
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| 1 | | situated in this State, or by a public health agency
in | 2 | | this State the training programs of which are recognized | 3 | | and approved by
the Department. The applicant shall | 4 | | indicate the beginning and ending
dates of the period for | 5 | | which he or she has been accepted or appointed;
| 6 | | (3) The applicant is a graduate of a dental school or | 7 | | college approved
and in good standing in the judgment of | 8 | | the Department.
The Department may consider diplomas or | 9 | | certifications of education, or both,
accompanied by | 10 | | transcripts of course work and credits awarded to determine
| 11 | | if an applicant has graduated from a dental school or | 12 | | college approved and
in good standing. The Department may | 13 | | also consider diplomas or
certifications of education, or | 14 | | both, accompanied by transcripts of course
work and credits | 15 | | awarded in determining whether a dental school or college
| 16 | | is approved and in good standing.
| 17 | | Temporary training licenses issued under this
Section | 18 | | shall be valid only for the duration of the period of residency | 19 | | or
specialty training and may be extended or renewed as | 20 | | prescribed by rule.
The holder of a valid temporary training | 21 | | license shall be entitled thereby to
perform acts as may be | 22 | | prescribed by and incidental to his or her program of
residency | 23 | | or specialty training; but he or she shall not be entitled to
| 24 | | engage in the practice of dentistry in this State.
| 25 | | A temporary training license may be revoked by the
| 26 | | Department upon proof that the holder has engaged in the
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| 1 | | practice of dentistry in this State outside of his or her | 2 | | program of residency
or specialty training, or if the holder | 3 | | shall fail to supply the
Department, within 10 days of its | 4 | | request, with information as to his
or her current status and | 5 | | activities in his or her specialty training program.
| 6 | | (d) Faculty Restricted faculty licenses.
Persons who have | 7 | | received full-time appointments to
teach dentistry at an | 8 | | approved dental school or hospital situated in this
State may | 9 | | receive without examination, in the discretion of the | 10 | | Department,
a restricted faculty license. In order to
receive a | 11 | | restricted faculty license an applicant shall furnish | 12 | | satisfactory
proof to the Department that:
| 13 | | (1) The applicant is at least 21 years of age, is of | 14 | | good moral
character and is licensed to
practice dentistry | 15 | | in another state or country; and
| 16 | | (2) The applicant has a full-time appointment to teach
| 17 | | dentistry at an approved
dental school or hospital situated | 18 | | in this State.
| 19 | | Faculty Restricted faculty licenses issued under
this | 20 | | Section shall be
valid for a period of 3 years and may be | 21 | | extended or
renewed. The
holder of a valid restricted faculty | 22 | | license
may perform acts as may
be required by his or her | 23 | | teaching of dentistry.
In addition, the holder of a restricted | 24 | | faculty license may practice general
dentistry or in his or her | 25 | | area of specialty, but only in a clinic or office
affiliated | 26 | | with the dental school. Any restricted faculty license issued |
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| 1 | | to a
faculty member under this Section shall terminate | 2 | | immediately and
automatically,
without any further action by | 3 | | the Department, if the holder ceases to be a
faculty member at | 4 | | an approved dental school or hospital in this State.
| 5 | | The Department may revoke a restricted faculty license for | 6 | | a violation of
this Act or its rules, or if the holder fails to
| 7 | | supply the Department, within 10 days of its request, with | 8 | | information as
to his current status and activities in his | 9 | | teaching program.
| 10 | | (e) Inactive status. Any person who holds one of the | 11 | | licenses
under subsection (a) or (b) of Section 11 or under | 12 | | Section 12 of this Act may
elect, upon payment of
the required | 13 | | fee, to place his or her license on an inactive status and | 14 | | shall,
subject to the rules of the
Department, be excused from | 15 | | the payment of renewal fees until he or she
notifies the | 16 | | Department in writing of his or her desire to resume active
| 17 | | status.
| 18 | | Any licensee requesting restoration from inactive status | 19 | | shall be
required to pay the current renewal fee and upon | 20 | | payment the Department
shall be required to restore his or her | 21 | | license, as provided in Section 16 of
this Act.
| 22 | | Any licensee whose license is in an
inactive status shall | 23 | | not practice in the State of Illinois.
| 24 | | (f) Certificates of Identification. In addition to the | 25 | | licenses
authorized by this Section, the Department shall | 26 | | deliver to each dentist a
certificate of identification in a |
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| 1 | | form specified by the Department.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 94-409, eff. 12-31-05 .)
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