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92_SB0447

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Dental Practice Act.

 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
 5    by changing Sections 4, 11, and 45 and by adding Section 44.1
 6    as follows:

 7        (225 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 2304)
 8        Sec. 4.  Definitions.  As used in this Act:
 9        (a)  "Department"  means  the  Illinois   Department   of
10    Professional Regulation.
11        (b)  "Director"   means   the  Director  of  Professional
12    Regulation.
13        (c)  "Board" means the Board of Dentistry established  by
14    Section 6 of this Act.
15        (d)  "Dentist"  means a person who has received a general
16    license pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 11 of  this  Act
17    and  who  may  perform  any intraoral and extraoral procedure
18    required in the practice of dentistry and to whom is reserved
19    the responsibilities specified in Section 17.
20        (e)  "Dental  hygienist"  means  a  person  who  holds  a
21    license  under  this  Act  to  perform  dental  services   as
22    authorized by Section 18.
23        (f)  "Dental  assistant"  means  an appropriately trained
24    person who, under the  supervision  of  a  dentist,  provides
25    dental services as authorized by Section 17.
26        (g)  "Dental   laboratory"   means   a  person,  firm  or
27    corporation which:
28             (i)  engages  in  making,  providing,  repairing  or
29        altering   dental   prosthetic   appliances   and   other
30        artificial materials and devices which are returned to  a
31        dentist for insertion into the human oral cavity or which
 
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 1        come in contact with its adjacent structures and tissues;
 2        and
 3             (ii)  utilizes  or  employs  a  dental technician to
 4        provide such services; and
 5             (iii)  performs such functions only for a dentist or
 6        dentists.
 7        (h)  "Supervision"  means   supervision   of   a   dental
 8    hygienist  or  a  dental  assistant  requiring that a dentist
 9    authorize the procedure, remain in the dental facility  while
10    the procedure is performed, and approve the work performed by
11    the  dental hygienist or dental assistant before dismissal of
12    the patient, but does not  mean  that  the  dentist  must  be
13    present at all times in the treatment room.
14        (i)  "General  supervision" means supervision of a dental
15    hygienist requiring that a dentist authorize  the  procedures
16    which are being carried out, but not requiring that a dentist
17    be   present   when   the  authorized  procedures  are  being
18    performed.  The authorized procedures may also  be  performed
19    at  a place other than the dentist's usual place of practice.
20    The issuance of a prescription to a dental  laboratory  by  a
21    dentist does not constitute general supervision.
22        (j)  "Public  member"  means a person who is not a health
23    professional.  For purposes of board membership,  any  person
24    with  a significant financial interest in a health service or
25    profession is not a public member.
26        (k)  "Dentistry" means the healing art which is concerned
27    with the examination, diagnosis, treatment planning and  care
28    of  conditions  within the human oral cavity and its adjacent
29    tissues and structures, as further specified in Section 17.
30        (l)  "Branches   of   dentistry"   means   the    various
31    specialties  of  dentistry  which,  for purposes of this Act,
32    shall be limited to  the  following:  endodontics,  oral  and
33    maxillofacial    surgery,    orthodontics   and   dentofacial
34    orthopedics,   pediatric   dentistry,    periodontics,    and
 
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 1    prosthodontics, and oral and maxillofacial radiology.
 2        (m)  "Specialist"  means  a  dentist  who  has received a
 3    specialty license pursuant to Section 11(b).
 4        (n)  "Dental  technician"  means  a  person   who   owns,
 5    operates or is employed by a dental laboratory and engages in
 6    making,  providing,  repairing  or altering dental prosthetic
 7    appliances and other artificial materials and  devices  which
 8    are  returned  to a dentist for insertion into the human oral
 9    cavity or which come in contact with its adjacent  structures
10    and tissues.
11        (o)  "Impaired  dentist"  or  "impaired dental hygienist"
12    means a dentist or dental hygienist who is unable to practice
13    with reasonable skill and safety because  of  a  physical  or
14    mental  disability as evidenced by a written determination or
15    written  consent  based  on  clinical   evidence,   including
16    deterioration  through  the  aging  process,  loss  of  motor
17    skills, abuse of drugs or alcohol, or a psychiatric disorder,
18    of  sufficient  degree  to  diminish  the person's ability to
19    deliver competent patient care.
20        (p)  "Nurse" means a registered  professional  nurse,  an
21    advanced  practice  nurse,  or  a  licensed  practical  nurse
22    licensed under the Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act.
23    (Source: P.A. 91-138, eff. 1-1-00; 91-689, eff. 1-1-01.)

24        (225 ILCS 25/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 2311)
25        Sec. 11.  Types of Dental Licenses.  The Department shall
26    have the authority to issue the following types of licenses:
27        (a)  General  licenses.   The  Department  shall  issue a
28    license authorizing practice as a dentist to any  person  who
29    qualifies for a license under this Act.
30        (b)  Specialty  licenses.   The  Department shall issue a
31    license  authorizing  practice  as  a   specialist   in   any
32    particular  branch  of  dentistry  to  any  dentist  who  has
33    complied   with   the   requirements   established  for  that
 
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 1    particular  branch  of  dentistry  at  the  time  of   making
 2    application.   The   Department  shall  establish  additional
 3    requirements of any dentist who announces or holds himself or
 4    herself out to  the  public  as  a  specialist  or  as  being
 5    specially qualified in any particular branch of dentistry.
 6        No  dentist shall announce or hold himself or herself out
 7    to the public as a specialist or as being specially qualified
 8    in any particular branch of dentistry unless  he  or  she  is
 9    licensed to practice in that specialty of dentistry.
10        The  fact  that  any  dentist  shall  announce  by  card,
11    letterhead  or any other form of communication using terms as
12    "Specialist," "Practice Limited To" or "Limited to  Specialty
13    of"  with  the name of the branch of dentistry practiced as a
14    specialty, or  shall  use  equivalent  words  or  phrases  to
15    announce  the  same,  shall  be prima facie evidence that the
16    dentist is holding himself or herself out to the public as  a
17    specialist.
18        (c)  Temporary  training  licenses.   Persons who wish to
19    pursue  specialty  or  other  advanced  clinical  educational
20    programs in an approved dental school or a hospital  situated
21    in  this  State,  or  persons  who wish to pursue programs of
22    specialty training in dental public health in public agencies
23    in this  State,  may  receive  without  examination,  in  the
24    discretion  of  the Department, a temporary training license.
25    In order to receive a temporary training license  under  this
26    subsection,  an applicant shall furnish satisfactory proof to
27    the Department that:
28             (1)  The applicant is at least 21 years of  age  and
29        is   of   good  moral  character.  In  determining  moral
30        character under this Section,  the  Department  may  take
31        into   consideration   any   felony   conviction  of  the
32        applicant, but such a conviction shall not operate as bar
33        to licensure;
34             (2)  The applicant has been  accepted  or  appointed
 
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 1        for  specialty  or  residency  training  by  an  approved
 2        hospital  situated  in  this State, by an approved dental
 3        school situated in this State,  or  by  a  public  health
 4        agency  in  this State the training programs of which are
 5        recognized and approved by the Department.  The applicant
 6        shall indicate the beginning  and  ending  dates  of  the
 7        period   for  which  he  or  she  has  been  accepted  or
 8        appointed;
 9             (3)  The applicant is a graduate of a dental  school
10        or  college approved and in good standing in the judgment
11        of the Department. The Department may  consider  diplomas
12        or  certifications  of education, or both, accompanied by
13        transcripts  of  course  work  and  credits  awarded   to
14        determine  if  an  applicant  has graduated from a dental
15        school or college approved and  in  good  standing.   The
16        Department  may  also consider diplomas or certifications
17        of education, or  both,  accompanied  by  transcripts  of
18        course  work and credits awarded in determining whether a
19        dental  school  or  college  is  approved  and  in   good
20        standing.
21        Temporary  training  licenses  issued  under this Section
22    shall be valid  only  for  the  duration  of  the  period  of
23    residency  or  specialty  training  and  may  be  extended or
24    renewed  as  prescribed  by  rule.  The  holder  of  a  valid
25    temporary training  license  shall  be  entitled  thereby  to
26    perform acts as may be prescribed by and incidental to his or
27    her program of residency or specialty training; but he or she
28    shall  not be entitled to engage in the practice of dentistry
29    in this State.
30        A temporary  training  license  may  be  revoked  by  the
31    Department  upon  proof  that  the  holder has engaged in the
32    practice of dentistry in this State outside  of  his  or  her
33    program  of residency or specialty training, or if the holder
34    shall fail to supply the Department, within 10  days  of  its
 
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 1    request, with information as to his or her current status and
 2    activities in his or her specialty training program.
 3        (d)  Restricted  faculty  licenses.    Persons  who  have
 4    received  full-time  appointments  to  teach  dentistry at an
 5    approved dental school or hospital situated in this State may
 6    receive  without  examination,  in  the  discretion  of   the
 7    Department,  a  restricted  faculty  license.   In  order  to
 8    receive  a  restricted  faculty  license  an  applicant shall
 9    furnish satisfactory proof to the Department that:
10             (1)  The applicant is at least 21 years of  age,  is
11        of  good  moral  character  and  is  licensed to practice
12        dentistry in another state or country; and
13             (2)  The applicant has a full-time an appointment to
14        teach dentistry at an approved dental school or  hospital
15        situated in this State.
16        Restricted  faculty  licenses  issued  under this Section
17    shall be valid only for a period of 2 5 years and may not  be
18    extended  or  renewed.   The  holder  of  a  valid restricted
19    faculty  license  may  perform  acts  as  may   be   required
20    prescribed  by  his or her teaching of dentistry, but may not
21    otherwise engage in the practice of dentistry in this  State.
22    In  addition,  the holder of a restricted faculty license may
23    practice  general  dentistry  or  in  his  or  her  area   of
24    specialty, but only in a clinic or office affiliated with the
25    dental  school.   Any  restricted faculty license issued to a
26    faculty member under this Section shall terminate immediately
27    and  automatically,  without  any  further  action   by   the
28    Department, if the holder ceases to be a faculty member at an
29    approved dental school or hospital in this State.
30        The  Department  may  revoke a restricted faculty license
31    for a violation of this Act or its rules A restricted faculty
32    license may be revoked by the Department upon proof that  the
33    holder  thereof  has  engaged in the practice of dentistry in
34    this State outside of his teaching of dentistry,  or  if  the
 
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 1    holder  fails to supply the Department, within 10 days of its
 2    request, with  information  as  to  his  current  status  and
 3    activities in his teaching program.
 4        (e)  Inactive  status.   Any  person who holds one of the
 5    licenses under subsection (a) or (b) of Section 11  or  under
 6    Section  12  of  this  Act  may  elect,  upon  payment of the
 7    required fee, to place his or  her  license  on  an  inactive
 8    status  and shall, subject to the rules of the Department, be
 9    excused from the payment of renewal  fees  until  he  or  she
10    notifies  the  Department  in writing of his or her desire to
11    resume active status.
12        Any licensee requesting restoration from inactive  status
13    shall  be  required  to  pay the current renewal fee and upon
14    payment the Department shall be required to  restore  his  or
15    her license, as provided in Section 16 of this Act.
16        Any licensee whose license is in an inactive status shall
17    not practice in the State of Illinois.
18        (f)  Certificates  of Identification.  In addition to the
19    licenses authorized by this  Section,  the  Department  shall
20    deliver  to each dentist a certificate of identification in a
21    form specified by the Department.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-80, eff. 6-30-95; 89-116, eff. 7-7-95.)

23        (225 ILCS 25/44.1 new)
24        Sec. 44.1.  Nurses; dental care.   Nurses may be employed
25    by a dentist and may perform those duties permitted by  their
26    licenses.

27        (225 ILCS 25/45) (from Ch. 111, par. 2345)
28        Sec. 45.  Advertising.  The purpose of this Section is to
29    authorize  and  regulate  the  advertisement  by  dentists of
30    information which is intended to provide the  public  with  a
31    sufficient  basis upon which to make an informed selection of
32    dentists while protecting the public from false or misleading
 
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 1    advertisements which would detract from the fair and rational
 2    selection process.
 3        Any dentist may  advertise  the  availability  of  dental
 4    services  in  the  public media or on the premises where such
 5    dental services  are  rendered.  Such  advertising  shall  be
 6    limited to the following information:
 7        (a)  The dental services available;
 8        (b)  Publication  of  the  dentist's  name, title, office
 9    hours, address and telephone;
10        (c)  Information  pertaining  to  his  or  her  area   of
11    specialization,  including appropriate board certification or
12    limitation of professional practice;
13        (d)  Information on usual and customary fees for  routine
14    dental  services  offered,  which  information  shall include
15    notification that fees may be adjusted due  to  complications
16    or unforeseen circumstances;
17        (e)  Announcement  of  the opening of, change of, absence
18    from, or return to business;
19        (f)  Announcement  of  additions  to  or  deletions  from
20    professional dental staff;
21        (g)  The issuance of business or appointment cards;
22        (h)  Other  information  about  the  dentist,   dentist's
23    practice  or  the  types of dental services which the dentist
24    offers to perform which a reasonable person might  regard  as
25    relevant   in  determining  whether  to  seek  the  dentist's
26    services. However,  any  advertisement  which  announces  the
27    availability    of    endodontics,    pediatric    dentistry,
28    periodontics,  prosthodontics,  orthodontics  and dentofacial
29    orthopedics, or oral and maxillofacial surgery, or  oral  and
30    maxillofacial radiology by a general dentist or by a licensed
31    specialist  who  is  not  licensed  in  that  specialty shall
32    include a disclaimer stating that the dentist does not hold a
33    license in that specialty.
34        It is unlawful for any dentist licensed under this Act:
 
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 1             (1)  To  use  testimonials  or  claims  of  superior
 2        quality of care to entice the public;
 3             (2)  To advertise in any way to  practice  dentistry
 4        without causing pain;
 5             (3)  To  pay a fee to any dental referral service or
 6        other  third  party  who  advertises  a  dental  referral
 7        service, unless all advertising of  the  dental  referral
 8        service makes it clear that dentists are paying a fee for
 9        that referral service; or
10             (4)  To advertise or offer gifts as an inducement to
11        secure  dental patronage. Dentists may advertise or offer
12        free examinations or free dental services;  it  shall  be
13        unlawful, however, for any dentist to charge a fee to any
14        new  patient  for any dental service provided at the time
15        that such free examination or free  dental  services  are
16        provided.
17        This  Act  does  not  authorize the advertising of dental
18    services when the offeror of such services is not a  dentist.
19    Nor  shall  the  dentist  use statements which contain false,
20    fraudulent, deceptive or misleading material or guarantees of
21    success, statements which play upon the vanity  or  fears  of
22    the  public,  or  statements  which promote or produce unfair
23    competition.
24        A dentist shall  be  required  to  keep  a  copy  of  all
25    advertisements  for  a period of 3 years.  All advertisements
26    in the dentist's possession shall indicate the accurate  date
27    and place of publication.
28        The  Department shall adopt rules to carry out the intent
29    of this Section.
30    (Source: P.A.  88-635,  eff.  1-1-95;  89-80,  eff.  6-30-95;
31    89-116, eff. 7-7-95.)

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