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1 | | dentistry at the
time of making application. The Department |
2 | | shall establish additional
requirements of any dentist who |
3 | | announces or holds himself or herself out
to the public as a |
4 | | specialist or as being specially qualified in any
particular |
5 | | branch of dentistry.
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6 | | No dentist shall announce or hold himself or herself out to |
7 | | the public as
a specialist or as being specially qualified in |
8 | | any particular branch of
dentistry unless he or she is licensed |
9 | | to practice in that specialty of
dentistry.
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10 | | The fact that any dentist shall announce by card, |
11 | | letterhead or any
other form of communication using terms as |
12 | | "Specialist," "Practice
Limited To" or "Limited to Specialty |
13 | | of" with the name of the branch of
dentistry practiced as a |
14 | | specialty, or shall use equivalent words or
phrases to announce |
15 | | the same, shall be prima facie evidence that the
dentist is |
16 | | holding himself or herself out to the public as a specialist.
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17 | | (c) Temporary training licenses. Persons who wish to pursue
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18 | | specialty or other advanced clinical educational programs
in an |
19 | | approved dental school or a hospital situated
in this State, or |
20 | | persons who wish to pursue programs of specialty
training in |
21 | | dental public health in public agencies in this State, may
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22 | | receive without examination, in the discretion of the |
23 | | Department, a
temporary training license. In order to receive a |
24 | | temporary
training license under this subsection, an applicant |
25 | | shall furnish
satisfactory proof to the Department that:
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26 | | (1) The applicant is at least 21 years of age and is of |
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1 | | good moral
character. In determining moral character under |
2 | | this Section, the
Department may take into consideration |
3 | | any felony conviction of the
applicant, but such a |
4 | | conviction shall not operate as bar to licensure;
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5 | | (2) The applicant has been accepted or appointed for |
6 | | specialty or
residency training by an approved hospital |
7 | | situated in this State, by an
approved dental school |
8 | | situated in this State, or by a public health agency
in |
9 | | this State the training programs of which are recognized |
10 | | and approved by
the Department. The applicant shall |
11 | | indicate the beginning and ending
dates of the period for |
12 | | which he or she has been accepted or appointed;
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13 | | (3) The applicant is a graduate of a dental school or |
14 | | college approved
and in good standing in the judgment of |
15 | | the Department.
The Department may consider diplomas or |
16 | | certifications of education, or both,
accompanied by |
17 | | transcripts of course work and credits awarded to determine
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18 | | if an applicant has graduated from a dental school or |
19 | | college approved and
in good standing. The Department may |
20 | | also consider diplomas or
certifications of education, or |
21 | | both, accompanied by transcripts of course
work and credits |
22 | | awarded in determining whether a dental school or college
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23 | | is approved and in good standing.
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24 | | Temporary training licenses issued under this
Section |
25 | | shall be valid only for the duration of the period of residency |
26 | | or
specialty training and may be extended or renewed as |
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1 | | prescribed by rule.
The holder of a valid temporary training |
2 | | license shall be entitled thereby to
perform acts as may be |
3 | | prescribed by and incidental to his or her program of
residency |
4 | | or specialty training; but he or she shall not be entitled to
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5 | | engage in the practice of dentistry in this State.
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6 | | A temporary training license may be revoked by the
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7 | | Department upon proof that the holder has engaged in the
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8 | | practice of dentistry in this State outside of his or her |
9 | | program of residency
or specialty training, or if the holder |
10 | | shall fail to supply the
Department, within 10 days of its |
11 | | request, with information as to his
or her current status and |
12 | | activities in his or her specialty training program.
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13 | | (d) Faculty limited Restricted faculty licenses.
Persons |
14 | | who have received full-time appointments to
teach dentistry at |
15 | | an approved dental school or hospital situated in this
State |
16 | | may receive without examination, in the discretion of the |
17 | | Department,
a restricted faculty limited license. In order to
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18 | | receive a restricted faculty limited license an applicant shall |
19 | | furnish satisfactory
proof to the Department that:
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20 | | (1) The applicant is at least 21 years of age, is of |
21 | | good moral
character and is licensed to
practice dentistry |
22 | | in another state or country; and
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23 | | (2) The applicant has a full-time appointment to teach
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24 | | dentistry at an approved
dental school or hospital situated |
25 | | in this State.
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26 | | Faculty limited Restricted faculty licenses issued under
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1 | | this Section shall be
valid for a period of 3 years and may be |
2 | | extended or
renewed. The
holder of a valid restricted faculty |
3 | | limited license
may perform acts as may
be required by his or |
4 | | her teaching of dentistry.
In addition, the holder of a |
5 | | restricted faculty limited license may practice general
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6 | | dentistry or in his or her area of specialty, but only in a |
7 | | clinic or office
affiliated with the dental school. Any |
8 | | restricted faculty limited license issued to a
faculty member |
9 | | under this Section shall terminate immediately and
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10 | | automatically,
without any further action by the Department, if |
11 | | the holder ceases to be a
faculty member at an approved dental |
12 | | school or hospital in this State.
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13 | | The Department may revoke a restricted faculty limited |
14 | | license for a violation of
this Act or its rules, or if the |
15 | | holder fails to
supply the Department, within 10 days of its |
16 | | request, with information as
to his current status and |
17 | | activities in his teaching program.
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18 | | (e) Inactive status. Any person who holds one of the |
19 | | licenses
under subsection (a) or (b) of Section 11 or under |
20 | | Section 12 of this Act may
elect, upon payment of
the required |
21 | | fee, to place his or her license on an inactive status and |
22 | | shall,
subject to the rules of the
Department, be excused from |
23 | | the payment of renewal fees until he or she
notifies the |
24 | | Department in writing of his or her desire to resume active
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25 | | status.
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26 | | Any licensee requesting restoration from inactive status |
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1 | | shall be
required to pay the current renewal fee and upon |
2 | | payment the Department
shall be required to restore his or her |
3 | | license, as provided in Section 16 of
this Act.
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4 | | Any licensee whose license is in an
inactive status shall |
5 | | not practice in the State of Illinois.
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6 | | (f) Certificates of Identification. In addition to the |
7 | | licenses
authorized by this Section, the Department shall |
8 | | deliver to each dentist a
certificate of identification in a |
9 | | form specified by the Department.
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10 | | (Source: P.A. 94-409, eff. 12-31-05 .)".
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