Sen. Neil Anderson

Filed: 4/14/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 589

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 589 on page 1, line
35, by replacing "4" with "4, 9,"; and
 
4on page 6, immediately below line 22, by inserting the
5following:
 
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7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026)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.
9The Department shall require that each applicant for a license
10to 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,
18any individual who has not been actively engaged in the
19practice of dentistry, has not been a dental student, or has
20not been engaged in a formal program of dental education during
21the 5 years immediately preceding the filing of an application
22may be required to complete such additional testing, training,
23or remedial education as the Board may deem necessary in order
24to establish the applicant's present capacity to practice
25dentistry with reasonable judgment, skill, and safety.
26(Source: P.A. 99-366, eff. 1-1-16.)"; and
 

 

 

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1on page 17, immediately below line 12, by inserting the
2following:
 
3    "Section 99. Effective date. The changes to Section 9 of
4the Illinois Dental Practice Act take effect on June 1, 2018.".