Full Text of SB2365 99th General Assembly
SB2365 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB2365 Introduced 1/28/2016, by Sen. William R. Haine SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Expands the types of services for which a public health hygienist must complete a summary report either at the completion of the program or, in the case of a ongoing program, at least annually.
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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Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 18.1 as follows: | 6 | | (225 ILCS 25/18.1) | 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2021) | 8 | | Sec. 18.1. Public health dental supervision | 9 | | responsibilities. | 10 | | (a) When working together in a public health supervision | 11 | | relationship, dentists and public health dental hygienists | 12 | | shall enter into a public health supervision agreement. The | 13 | | dentist providing public health supervision must: | 14 | | (1) be available to provide an appropriate level of | 15 | | contact, communication, collaboration, and consultation | 16 | | with the public health dental hygienist and must meet | 17 | | in-person with the public health dental hygienist at least | 18 | | quarterly for review and consultation; | 19 | | (2) have specific standing orders or policy guidelines | 20 | | for procedures that are to be carried out for each location | 21 | | or program, although the dentist need not be present when | 22 | | the procedures are being performed; | 23 | | (3) provide for the patient's additional necessary |
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| 1 | | care in consultation with the public health dental | 2 | | hygienist; | 3 | | (4) file agreements and notifications as required; and | 4 | | (5) include procedures for creating and maintaining | 5 | | dental records, including protocols for transmission of | 6 | | all records between the public health dental hygienist and | 7 | | the dentist following each treatment, which shall include a | 8 | | notation regarding procedures authorized by the dentist | 9 | | and performed by the public health dental hygienist and the | 10 | | location where those records are to be kept. | 11 | | Each dentist and hygienist who enters into a public health | 12 | | supervision agreement must document and maintain a copy of any | 13 | | change or termination of that agreement. | 14 | | Dental records shall be owned and maintained by the | 15 | | supervising dentist for all patients treated under public | 16 | | health supervision, unless the supervising dentist is an | 17 | | employee of a public health clinic or federally qualified | 18 | | health center, in which case the public health clinic or | 19 | | federally qualified health center shall maintain the records. | 20 | | If a dentist ceases to be employed or contracted by the | 21 | | facility, the dentist shall notify the facility administrator | 22 | | that the public health supervision agreement is no longer in | 23 | | effect. A new public health supervision agreement is required | 24 | | for the public health dental hygienist to continue treating | 25 | | patients under public health supervision. | 26 | | A dentist entering into an agreement under this Section may |
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| 1 | | supervise and enter into agreements for public health | 2 | | supervision with 2 public health dental hygienists. This shall | 3 | | be in addition to the limit of 4 dental hygienists per dentist | 4 | | set forth in subsection (g) of Section 18 of this Act. | 5 | | (b) A public health dental hygienist providing services | 6 | | under public health supervision may perform only those duties | 7 | | within the accepted scope of practice of dental hygiene, as | 8 | | follows: | 9 | | (1) the operative procedures of dental hygiene, | 10 | | consisting of oral prophylactic procedures, including | 11 | | prophylactic cleanings, application of fluoride, and | 12 | | placement of sealants; | 13 | | (2) the exposure and processing of x-ray films of the | 14 | | teeth and surrounding structures; and | 15 | | (3) such other procedures and acts as shall be | 16 | | prescribed by rule of the Department. | 17 | | Any patient treated under this subsection (b) must be | 18 | | examined by a dentist before additional services can be | 19 | | provided by a public health dental hygienist. | 20 | | (c) A public health dental hygienist providing services | 21 | | under public health supervision must: | 22 | | (1) provide to the patient, parent, or guardian a | 23 | | written plan for referral or an agreement for follow-up | 24 | | that records all conditions observed that should be called | 25 | | to the attention of a dentist for proper diagnosis; | 26 | | (2) have each patient sign a permission slip or consent |
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| 1 | | form that informs them that the service to be received does | 2 | | not take the place of regular dental checkups at a dental | 3 | | office and is meant for people who otherwise would not have | 4 | | access to the service; | 5 | | (3) inform each patient who may require further dental | 6 | | services of that need; | 7 | | (4) maintain an appropriate level of contact and | 8 | | communication with the dentist providing public health | 9 | | supervision; and | 10 | | (5) complete an additional 4 hours of continuing | 11 | | education in areas specific to public health dentistry | 12 | | yearly. | 13 | | (d) Each public health dental hygienist who has rendered | 14 | | services under subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this Section | 15 | | must complete a summary report at the completion of a program | 16 | | or, in the case of an ongoing program, at least annually. The | 17 | | report must be completed in the manner specified by the | 18 | | Division of Oral Health in the Department of Public Health | 19 | | including information about each location where the public | 20 | | health dental hygienist has rendered these services. The public | 21 | | health dental hygienist must submit the form to the dentist | 22 | | providing supervision for his or her signature before sending | 23 | | it to the Division. | 24 | | (e) Public health dental hygienists providing services | 25 | | under public health supervision may be compensated for their | 26 | | work by salary, honoraria, and other mechanisms by the |
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| 1 | | employing or sponsoring entity. Nothing in this Act shall | 2 | | preclude the entity that employs or sponsors a public health | 3 | | dental hygienist from seeking payment, reimbursement, or other | 4 | | source of funding for the services provided. | 5 | | (f) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2021.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 99-492, eff. 12-31-15 .)
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