093_SB0455
LRB093 03747 AMC 03781 b
1 AN ACT concerning dentistry.
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 adding Section 8.2 as follows:
6 (225 ILCS 25/8.2 new)
7 Sec. 8.2. Prohibition on the use of mercury. A dentist,
8 in normal circumstances, may not use mercury or a mercury
9 amalgam in a dental procedure involving a person 8 years of
10 age or younger or a woman who is pregnant.
11 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.