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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB0778
Introduced 2/7/2007, by Rep. Rich Brauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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225 ILCS 25/50 |
from Ch. 111, par. 2350 |
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Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Provides that a dentist shall be entitled to reasonable reimbursement for the cost of reproducing patient records, which shall not exceed specified costs (rather than the cost allowed under a certain provision of the Code of Civil Procedure).
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HB0778 |
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LRB095 06392 RAS 26489 b |
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| AN ACT concerning 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 |
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| changing Section 50 as follows:
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| (225 ILCS 25/50) (from Ch. 111, par. 2350)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| Sec. 50. Patient Records. Every dentist shall make
a record |
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| of all dental work performed for each patient. The record shall
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| be made in a manner and in sufficient detail that it may be |
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| used for
identification purposes.
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| Dental records required by this Section shall be maintained |
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| for 10 years.
Dental records required to be maintained under |
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| this Section, or copies
of those dental records, shall be made |
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| available upon request to the
patient or the patient's |
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| guardian. A dentist shall be entitled to reasonable |
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| reimbursement for the cost of reproducing these records, which |
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| shall not exceed a $20 handling charge for processing the |
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| request for copies, and 75 cents per page for the first through |
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| 25th pages, 50 cents per page for the 26th through 50th pages, |
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| and 25 cents per page for all pages in excess of 50 (except |
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| that the charge shall not exceed $1.25 per page for any copies |
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| made from microfiche or microfilm), and actual shipping costs
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