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| 1 | AN ACT concerning professional regulation.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 6 as follows:
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| 6 | (225 ILCS 25/6)
(from Ch. 111, par. 2306)
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| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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| 8 | Sec. 6. Board of Dentistry - Report By Majority Required. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | There
is created a Board of Dentistry, to be composed of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | persons designated from
time to time by the Director, as | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | follows:
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| 12 | Eleven persons, 8 of whom have been dentists for a period | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | of 5
years or
more; 2 of whom have been dental hygienists
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| 14 | period of 5 years or more, and one public member; however, upon | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | the first vacancy created by the resignation or term expiration | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | of a dentist member occurring on or after the effective date of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, a dental | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | hygienist who has been practicing in the field of dental | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | hygiene for a period of 5 years or more shall be appointed to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | fill that vacancy and the board shall thereafter be composed of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 7 members who have been dentists for a period of 5 years or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | more; 3 members who have been dental hygienists for a period of | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 5 years or more; and one public member.
None of the members | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | shall be an officer, dean, assistant dean, or associate
dean of | ||||||
| 2 | a
dental college or dental department of an institute of | ||||||
| 3 | learning, nor shall any
member be
the program director of any | ||||||
| 4 | dental hygiene program. A board member who holds a
faculty | ||||||
| 5 | position in a dental school or dental hygiene program shall not
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| 6 | participate in the
examination of applicants for licenses from | ||||||
| 7 | that school or program. The
dental
hygienists shall not | ||||||
| 8 | participate in the examination of
applicants for licenses
to | ||||||
| 9 | practice dentistry. The public member shall not participate in | ||||||
| 10 | the
examination of applicants for licenses to
practice | ||||||
| 11 | dentistry or dental
hygiene. The board shall annually elect a | ||||||
| 12 | chairman who shall be a dentist.
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| 13 | Terms for all members shall be for 4 years. Partial terms | ||||||
| 14 | over 2 years
in length shall be considered as full terms. A | ||||||
| 15 | member may be reappointed
for a successive term, but no member | ||||||
| 16 | shall serve more than 2 full terms in
his or her lifetime.
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| 17 | The membership of the Board shall include only residents | ||||||
| 18 | from various
geographic areas of this State and shall include | ||||||
| 19 | at least some graduates
from various institutions of dental | ||||||
| 20 | education in this State.
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| 21 | In making appointments to the Board the Director shall give | ||||||
| 22 | due
consideration to recommendations by organizations of the | ||||||
| 23 | dental profession
in Illinois, including the Illinois State | ||||||
| 24 | Dental Society and Illinois
Dental Hygienists Association, and | ||||||
| 25 | shall promptly give due notice to
such organizations of any | ||||||
| 26 | vacancy in the membership of the Board.
The Director may | ||||||
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| 1 | terminate the appointment of any member for cause which in
the | ||||||
| 2 | opinion of the Director reasonably justifies such termination.
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| 3 | A vacancy in the membership of the Board
shall not impair | ||||||
| 4 | the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights
and perform | ||||||
| 5 | all the duties of the Board.
Any action to be taken by the | ||||||
| 6 | Board under this Act may be authorized
by resolution at any | ||||||
| 7 | regular or special meeting, and each such resolution
shall take | ||||||
| 8 | effect immediately. The Board shall meet at least quarterly.
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| 9 | The Board may adopt all rules and regulations necessary and | ||||||
| 10 | incident
to its powers and duties under this Act.
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| 11 | The members of the Board shall each receive as compensation | ||||||
| 12 | a reasonable
sum as determined by the Director for each day | ||||||
| 13 | actually engaged in the
duties of the office, and all | ||||||
| 14 | legitimate and necessary expense incurred in
attending the | ||||||
| 15 | meetings of the Board.
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| 16 | Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in any | ||||||
| 17 | action based
upon any disciplinary proceedings or other | ||||||
| 18 | activities performed in good
faith as members of the Board.
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| 19 | (Source: P.A. 93-821, eff. 7-28-04.)
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| 20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 21 | becoming law.
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