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Rep. Laura Fine
Filed: 5/8/2014
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3409
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3409 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by |
5 | | adding Section 54.3 as follows: |
6 | | (225 ILCS 25/54.3 new) |
7 | | Sec. 54.3. Vaccinations. |
8 | | (a) Notwithstanding Section 54.2 of this Act, a dentist may |
9 | | administer vaccinations upon completion of appropriate |
10 | | training set forth by rule and approved by the Department on |
11 | | appropriate vaccine storage, proper administration, and |
12 | | addressing contraindications and adverse reactions. |
13 | | Vaccinations shall be limited to patients 18 years of age and |
14 | | older pursuant to a valid prescription or standing order by a |
15 | | physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches |
16 | | who, in the course of professional practice, administers |
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1 | | vaccines to patients. Methods of communication shall be |
2 | | established for consultation with the physician in person or by |
3 | | telecommunications. |
4 | | (b) Vaccinations administered by a dentist shall be limited |
5 | | to influenza (inactivated influenza vaccine and live |
6 | | attenuated influenza intranasal vaccine). Vaccines shall only |
7 | | be administered by the dentist and shall not be delegated to an |
8 | | assistant or any other person. Vaccination of a patient by a |
9 | | dentist shall be documented in the patient's dental record and |
10 | | the record shall be retained in accordance with current dental |
11 | | recordkeeping standards. The dentist shall notify the |
12 | | patient's primary care physician of each dose of vaccine |
13 | | administered to the patient and shall enter all patient level |
14 | | data or update the patient's current record. The dentist may |
15 | | provide this notice to the patient's physician electronically. |
16 | | In addition, the dentist shall enter all patient level data on |
17 | | vaccines administered in the immunization data registry |
18 | | maintained by the Department of Public Health. |
19 | | (c) A dentist shall only provide vaccinations under this |
20 | | Section if contracted with and credentialed by the patient's |
21 | | health insurance, health maintenance organization, or other |
22 | | health plan to specifically provide the vaccinations allowed |
23 | | under this Section. Persons enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid |
24 | | may only receive the vaccinations allowed for under this |
25 | | Section from dentists who are authorized to do so by the |
26 | | federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the |