Full Text of HB3996 98th General Assembly
HB3996 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB3996 Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: | | 225 ILCS 25/8.1 | from Ch. 111, par. 2308.1 |
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Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning the administration of general anesthesia, deep sedation, or conscious sedation.
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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 8.1 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 25/8.1) (from Ch. 111, par. 2308.1)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
| 8 | | Sec. 8.1. Permit for the administration of anesthesia and | 9 | | sedation.
| 10 | | (a) No licensed dentist shall administer general | 11 | | anesthesia, deep sedation, or
conscious sedation without first | 12 | | applying for and
and obtaining a
permit for such purpose from | 13 | | the Department. The Department shall issue
such permit only | 14 | | after ascertaining that the applicant possesses the
minimum | 15 | | qualifications necessary to protect public safety. A person | 16 | | with a
dental degree who administers anesthesia, deep sedation,
| 17 | | or conscious sedation
in an
approved
hospital training program | 18 | | under the supervision of either a licensed
dentist holding such | 19 | | permit or a physician licensed to practice medicine in
all its | 20 | | branches shall not be required to obtain such permit. | 21 | | (b) In determining the minimum permit qualifications that | 22 | | are necessary to protect public safety, the Department, by | 23 | | rule, shall: |
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| 1 | | (1) establish the minimum educational and training | 2 | | requirements necessary for a dentist to be issued an | 3 | | appropriate permit; | 4 | | (2) establish the standards for properly equipped | 5 | | dental facilities (other than licensed hospitals and | 6 | | ambulatory surgical treatment centers) in which general | 7 | | anesthesia, deep sedation, or conscious sedation is | 8 | | administered, as necessary to protect public safety; | 9 | | (3) establish minimum requirements for all persons who | 10 | | assist the dentist in the administration of general | 11 | | anesthesia, deep sedation, or conscious sedation, | 12 | | including minimum training requirements for each member of | 13 | | the dental team, monitoring requirements, recordkeeping | 14 | | requirements, and emergency procedures; and | 15 | | (4) ensure that the dentist and all persons assisting | 16 | | the dentist or monitoring the administration of general | 17 | | anesthesia, deep sedation, or conscious sedation maintain | 18 | | current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS). | 19 | | (5) establish continuing education requirements in | 20 | | sedation techniques for dentists who possess a permit under | 21 | | this Section. | 22 | | When establishing requirements under this Section, the | 23 | | Department shall consider the current American Dental | 24 | | Association guidelines on sedation and general anesthesia, the | 25 | | current "Guidelines for Monitoring and Management of Pediatric | 26 | | Patients During and After Sedation for Diagnostic and |
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| 1 | | Therapeutic Procedures" established by the American Academy of | 2 | | Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and | 3 | | the current parameters of care and Office Anesthesia Evaluation | 4 | | (OAE) Manual established by the American Association of Oral | 5 | | and Maxillofacial Surgeons. | 6 | | (c) A licensed dentist must hold an appropriate permit | 7 | | issued under this Section in order to perform dentistry while a | 8 | | nurse anesthetist administers conscious sedation, and a valid | 9 | | written collaborative agreement must exist between the dentist | 10 | | and the nurse anesthetist, in accordance with the Nurse
| 11 | | Practice Act. | 12 | | A licensed dentist must hold an appropriate permit issued | 13 | | under this Section in order to perform dentistry while a nurse | 14 | | anesthetist administers deep sedation or general anesthesia, | 15 | | and a valid written collaborative agreement must exist between | 16 | | the dentist and the nurse anesthetist, in accordance with the | 17 | | Nurse
Practice Act. | 18 | | For the purposes of this subsection (c), "nurse | 19 | | anesthetist" means a licensed certified registered nurse | 20 | | anesthetist who holds a license as an advanced practice nurse.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 95-399, eff. 1-1-08; 95-639, eff. 1-1-08; 96-328, | 22 | | eff. 8-11-09.)
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