Full Text of SB3061 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 9 and by adding Section 19.2 as follows: | 6 |
| (225 ILCS 25/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 2309) | 7 |
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016) | 8 |
| Sec. 9. Qualifications of Applicants for Dental Licenses. | 9 |
| The
Department shall require that each applicant for a license | 10 |
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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 | 17 |
| Department. The Department shall not approve
any dental | 18 |
| college or school which does not require at least (A) 60 | 19 |
| semester
hours of collegiate credit or the equivalent in | 20 |
| acceptable subjects from a
college or university before | 21 |
| admission, and (B) completion of at least 4
academic years | 22 |
| of instruction or the equivalent in an approved dental | 23 |
| college
or school that is accredited by the Commission on |
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| Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association | 2 |
| before graduation ; or | 3 |
| (2) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of | 4 |
| dental education by
graduation from a dental college or | 5 |
| school outside the United States or
Canada and provide | 6 |
| satisfactory evidence that: | 7 |
| (A) (blank); | 8 |
| (B) the applicant has completed a minimum of 2 | 9 |
| academic years of general
dental clinical training at a | 10 |
| dental college or school in the United States or
Canada | 11 |
| approved by the Department, however, an accredited | 12 |
| advanced dental education program approved by the | 13 |
| Department of no less than 2 years may be substituted | 14 |
| for the 2 academic years of general dental clinical | 15 |
| training and an applicant who was enrolled
for not less | 16 |
| than one year in an approved clinical program prior to | 17 |
| January 1,
1993 at an Illinois dental college or school | 18 |
| shall be required to complete only
that program; and | 19 |
| (C) the applicant has received certification from | 20 |
| the dean of an
approved dental college or school in the | 21 |
| United States or Canada or the program director of an | 22 |
| approved advanced dental education program stating | 23 |
| that
the applicant has achieved the same level of | 24 |
| scientific knowledge and clinical
competence as | 25 |
| required of all graduates of the college, school, or | 26 |
| advanced dental education program. |
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| Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent | 2 |
| either the Department or
any dental college or school from | 3 |
| establishing higher standards than
specified in this Act. | 4 |
| (d) (Blank). In determining professional capacity | 5 |
| under this Section, any
individual who has not been | 6 |
| actively engaged in the practice of dentistry,
has not been | 7 |
| a dental student, or has not been engaged in a formal | 8 |
| program
of dental education during the 5 years immediately | 9 |
| preceding the filing of an
application may be required to | 10 |
| complete such additional testing, training, or
remedial | 11 |
| education as the Board may deem necessary in order to | 12 |
| establish
the applicant's present capacity to practice | 13 |
| dentistry with reasonable
judgment, skill, and safety. | 14 |
| (e) Present satisfactory evidence that the applicant | 15 |
| has passed both parts of the National Board Dental | 16 |
| Examination administered by the Joint Commission on | 17 |
| National Dental Examinations and has successfully | 18 |
| completed an examination conducted by one of the following | 19 |
| regional testing services: the Central Regional Dental | 20 |
| Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the Southern Regional | 21 |
| Testing Agency, Inc. (SRTA), the Western Regional | 22 |
| Examining Board (WREB), or the North East Regional Board | 23 |
| (NERB). For purposes of this Section, successful | 24 |
| completion shall mean that the applicant has achieved a | 25 |
| minimum passing score as determined by the applicable | 26 |
| regional testing service. (f) The Secretary of the |
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| Department may suspend a regional testing service under | 2 |
| this subsection (e) of this Section if, after proper notice | 3 |
| and hearing, it is established that (i) the integrity of | 4 |
| the examination has been breached so as to make future test | 5 |
| results unreliable or (ii) the test is fundamentally | 6 |
| deficient in testing clinical competency. | 7 |
| In determining professional capacity under this Section, | 8 |
| any
individual who has not been actively engaged in the | 9 |
| practice of dentistry,
has not been a dental student, or has | 10 |
| not been engaged in a formal program
of dental education during | 11 |
| the 5 years immediately preceding the filing of an
application | 12 |
| may be required to complete such additional testing, training, | 13 |
| or
remedial education as the Board may deem necessary in order | 14 |
| to establish
the applicant's present capacity to practice | 15 |
| dentistry with reasonable
judgment, skill, and safety. | 16 |
| (Source: P.A. 96-14, eff. 6-19-09; revised 11-3-09.) | 17 |
| (225 ILCS 25/19.2 new) | 18 |
| Sec. 19.2. Temporary permit for free dental care. | 19 |
| (a) The Department may issue a temporary permit authorizing | 20 |
| the practice in this State, without compensation, of dentistry | 21 |
| or dental hygiene to an applicant who is licensed to practice | 22 |
| dentistry or dental hygiene in another state, if all of the | 23 |
| following apply: | 24 |
| (1) The Department determines that the applicant's | 25 |
| services will improve the welfare of Illinois residents. |
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| (2) The Department determines that the applicant is | 2 |
| qualified and satisfies the criteria specified under | 3 |
| Sections 9 and 13 of this Act, except for the examination | 4 |
| requirement. | 5 |
| (b) The Department may not require the applicant to pass an | 6 |
| examination as provided in subsection (e) of Section 9 of this | 7 |
| Act in order to receive a temporary permit under this Section. | 8 |
| (c) A temporary permit under this Section shall authorize | 9 |
| the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene in a specified area | 10 |
| of the State for a period of time not to exceed 10 consecutive | 11 |
| days in a year and may be renewed by the Department. The | 12 |
| Department may require an applicant to pay a fee for the | 13 |
| issuance or renewal of a permit under this Section. | 14 |
| (d) The Secretary may summarily terminate any permit issued | 15 |
| pursuant to this Section, without a hearing, if the Secretary | 16 |
| finds that evidence in his or her possession indicates that an | 17 |
| individual permit holder's continuation in practice would | 18 |
| constitute an imminent danger to the public. In the event that | 19 |
| the Secretary summarily suspends a permit issued pursuant to | 20 |
| this Section, the permit holder may petition the Department for | 21 |
| a hearing in accordance with the provisions of this Act to | 22 |
| reinstate his or her permit. | 23 |
| In addition to terminating any permit issued pursuant to | 24 |
| this Section, the Department may issue a monetary penalty not | 25 |
| to exceed $1,000 upon the permit holder and may notify any | 26 |
| state in which the permit holder has been issued a license that |
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| his or her Illinois permit has been terminated and the reasons | 2 |
| for the termination. The monetary penalty shall be paid within | 3 |
| 60 days after the effective date of the order imposing the | 4 |
| penalty. The order shall constitute a judgment and may be filed | 5 |
| and execution had thereon in the same manner as any judgment | 6 |
| from any court of record. It is the intent of the General | 7 |
| Assembly that a permit issued pursuant to this Section shall be | 8 |
| considered a privilege and not a property right.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 10 |
| becoming law.
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