98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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

    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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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by
5changing 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7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)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
9sedation.
10    (a) No licensed dentist shall administer general
11anesthesia, deep sedation, or conscious sedation without first
12applying for and and obtaining a permit for such purpose from
13the Department. The Department shall issue such permit only
14after ascertaining that the applicant possesses the minimum
15qualifications necessary to protect public safety. A person
16with a dental degree who administers anesthesia, deep sedation,
17or conscious sedation in an approved hospital training program
18under the supervision of either a licensed dentist holding such
19permit or a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its
20branches shall not be required to obtain such permit.
21    (b) In determining the minimum permit qualifications that
22are necessary to protect public safety, the Department, by
23rule, 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.
22When establishing requirements under this Section, the
23Department shall consider the current American Dental
24Association guidelines on sedation and general anesthesia, the
25current "Guidelines for Monitoring and Management of Pediatric
26Patients During and After Sedation for Diagnostic and

 

 

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1Therapeutic Procedures" established by the American Academy of
2Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and
3the current parameters of care and Office Anesthesia Evaluation
4(OAE) Manual established by the American Association of Oral
5and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
6    (c) A licensed dentist must hold an appropriate permit
7issued under this Section in order to perform dentistry while a
8nurse anesthetist administers conscious sedation, and a valid
9written collaborative agreement must exist between the dentist
10and the nurse anesthetist, in accordance with the Nurse
11Practice Act.
12    A licensed dentist must hold an appropriate permit issued
13under this Section in order to perform dentistry while a nurse
14anesthetist administers deep sedation or general anesthesia,
15and a valid written collaborative agreement must exist between
16the dentist and the nurse anesthetist, in accordance with the
17Nurse Practice Act.
18    For the purposes of this subsection (c), "nurse
19anesthetist" means a licensed certified registered nurse
20anesthetist 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,
22eff. 8-11-09.)