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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  Illinois  Dental Practice Act by
 2    changing Section 4 and adding Section 5.5.

 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section  5.   The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended
 6    by changing Section 4 and adding Section 5.5 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.
 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" means a dentist who is unable to
12    practice dentistry with reasonable skill and  safety  because
13    of  a physical or mental disability as evidenced by a written
14    determination or written consent based on clinical  evidence,
15    including  deterioration  through  the aging process, loss of
16    motor skills, abuse of drugs or  alcohol,  or  a  psychiatric
17    disorder,  of  sufficient  degree  to  diminish  the person's
18    ability to deliver competent patient care.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-80, eff. 6-30-95; 89-116, eff. 7-7-95.)

20        (225 ILCS 25/5.5 new)
21        Sec.  5.5.  Impaired  dentist.   The   Department   shall
22    establish   by  rule  a  program  of  care,  counseling,  and
23    treatment for the impaired dentist.

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