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in the practice of dentistry and to whom is
reserved the |
responsibilities specified in Section 17.
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"Dental hygienist" means a person who holds a license |
under this Act to
perform dental services as authorized by |
Section 18.
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"Dental assistant" means an appropriately trained person
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who, under the supervision of a dentist, provides dental |
services
as authorized by Section 17.
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"Expanded function dental assistant" means a dental |
assistant who has completed the training required by Section |
17.1 of this Act. |
"Dental laboratory" means a person, firm or corporation |
which:
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(i) engages in making, providing, repairing or |
altering dental
prosthetic appliances and other artificial |
materials and devices which are
returned to a dentist for |
insertion into the human oral cavity or which
come in |
contact with its adjacent structures and tissues; and
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(ii) utilizes or employs a dental technician to |
provide such services; and
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(iii) performs such functions only for a dentist or |
dentists.
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"Supervision" means supervision of a dental hygienist or a |
dental
assistant requiring that a dentist authorize the |
procedure, remain in the
dental facility while the procedure |
is performed, and approve the work
performed by the dental |
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hygienist or dental assistant before dismissal of
the patient, |
but does not mean that the dentist must be present at all
times |
in the treatment room.
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"General supervision" means supervision of a dental |
hygienist
requiring that the patient be a patient of record,
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that the dentist
examine the patient in accordance with |
Section 18 prior to treatment by the
dental hygienist, and |
that the
dentist authorize the procedures which
are being |
carried
out by a notation in the patient's record, but not |
requiring that a dentist
be present when the authorized
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procedures are being performed. The
issuance of a prescription |
to a dental laboratory by a
dentist does not constitute |
general supervision.
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"Public member" means a person who is not a health |
professional.
For purposes of board membership, any person |
with a significant financial
interest in a health service or |
profession is not a public member.
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"Dentistry" means the healing art which is concerned with |
the
examination, diagnosis, treatment planning and care of |
conditions within
the human oral cavity and its adjacent |
tissues and structures, as further
specified in Section 17.
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"Branches of dentistry" means the various specialties of |
dentistry
which, for purposes of this Act, shall be limited to |
the following:
endodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, |
orthodontics and dentofacial
orthopedics, pediatric dentistry,
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periodontics, prosthodontics, and oral and maxillofacial
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radiology, and dental anesthesiology.
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"Specialist" means a dentist who has received a specialty |
license
pursuant to Section 11(b).
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"Dental technician" means a person who owns, operates or |
is
employed by a dental laboratory and engages in making, |
providing, repairing
or altering dental prosthetic appliances |
and other artificial materials and
devices which are returned |
to a dentist for insertion into the human oral
cavity or which |
come in contact with its adjacent structures and tissues.
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"Impaired dentist" or "impaired dental hygienist" means a |
dentist
or dental hygienist who is unable to practice with
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reasonable skill and safety because of a physical or mental |
disability as
evidenced by a written determination or written |
consent based on clinical
evidence, including deterioration |
through the aging process, loss of motor
skills, abuse of |
drugs or alcohol, or a psychiatric disorder, of sufficient
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degree to diminish the person's ability to deliver competent |
patient care.
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"Nurse" means a registered professional nurse, a certified |
registered
nurse anesthetist licensed as an advanced practice
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registered nurse, or a licensed practical nurse licensed under |
the Nurse Practice Act.
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"Patient of record" means a patient for whom the patient's |
most recent
dentist has obtained
a
relevant medical and dental |
history and on whom the dentist has performed an
examination |
and evaluated the condition to be treated.
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"Dental responder" means a dentist or dental hygienist who |
is appropriately certified in disaster preparedness, |
immunizations, and dental humanitarian medical response |
consistent with the Society of Disaster Medicine and Public |
Health and training certified by the National Incident |
Management System or the National Disaster Life Support |
Foundation.
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"Mobile dental van or portable dental unit" means any |
self-contained or portable dental unit in which dentistry is |
practiced that can be moved, towed, or transported from one |
location to another in order to establish a location where |
dental services can be provided. |
"Public health dental hygienist" means a hygienist who |
holds a valid license to practice in the State, has 2 years of |
full-time clinical experience or an equivalent of 4,000 hours |
of clinical experience and has completed at least 42 clock |
hours of additional structured courses in dental education in |
advanced areas specific to public health dentistry. |
"Public health setting" means a federally qualified health |
center; a federal, State, or local public health facility; |
Head Start; a special supplemental nutrition program for |
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) facility; or a certified |
school-based health center or school-based oral health |
program. |
"Public health supervision" means the supervision of a |
public health dental hygienist by a licensed dentist who has a |
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written public health supervision agreement with that public |
health dental hygienist while working in an approved facility |
or program that allows the public health dental hygienist to |
treat patients, without a dentist first examining the patient |
and being present in the facility during treatment, (1) who |
are eligible for Medicaid or (2) who are uninsured and whose |
household income is not greater than 200% of the federal |
poverty level. |
"Teledentistry" means the use of telehealth systems and |
methodologies in dentistry and includes patient care and |
education delivery using synchronous and asynchronous |
communications under a dentist's authority as provided under |
this Act. |
(Source: P.A. 100-215, eff. 1-1-18; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; |
100-863, eff. 8-14-18; 101-64, eff. 7-12-19; 101-162, eff. |
7-26-19; revised 9-27-19.)
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(225 ILCS 25/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 2309) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) |
Sec. 9. Qualifications of applicants for dental licenses. |
The
Department shall require that each applicant for a license |
to
practice dentistry shall: |
(a) (Blank). |
(b) Be at least 21 years of age and of good moral |
character. |
(c) (1) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of |
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dental
education by graduation from a dental college or |
school in the United
States or Canada approved by the |
Department. The Department shall not approve
any dental |
college or school which does not require at least (A) 60 |
semester
hours of collegiate credit or the equivalent in |
acceptable subjects from a
college or university before |
admission, and (B) completion of at least 4
academic years |
of instruction or the equivalent in an approved dental |
college
or school that is accredited by the Commission on |
Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association; |
or |
(2) Present satisfactory evidence of completion of |
dental education by
graduation from a dental college or |
school outside the United States or
Canada and provide |
satisfactory evidence that the applicant has: (A) |
completed a minimum of 2 academic years of general
dental |
clinical training and obtained a doctorate of dental |
surgery (DDS) or doctorate of dental medicine (DMD) at a |
dental college or school in the United States or
Canada |
approved by the Department; or (B) met the program |
requirements approved by rule by the Department. |
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to prevent |
either the Department or
any dental college or school from |
establishing higher standards than
specified in this Act. |
(d) (Blank). |
(e) Present satisfactory evidence that the applicant |
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has passed the integrated both parts of the National Board |
Dental Examination administered by the Joint Commission on |
National Dental Examinations and has successfully |
completed an examination conducted by one of the following |
regional testing services: the Central Regional Dental |
Testing Service, Inc. (CRDTS), the Southern Regional |
Testing Agency, Inc. (SRTA), the Western Regional |
Examining Board (WREB), the Commission on Dental |
Competency Assessments (CDCA) North East Regional Board |
(NERB), or the Council of Interstate Testing Agencies |
(CITA). For purposes of this Section, successful |
completion shall mean that the applicant has achieved a |
minimum passing score as determined by the applicable |
regional testing service. The Secretary may suspend a |
regional testing service under this subsection (e) if, |
after proper notice and hearing, it is established that |
(i) the integrity of the examination has been breached so |
as to make future test results unreliable or (ii) the test |
is fundamentally deficient in testing clinical competency. |
In determining professional capacity under this Section, |
any
individual who has not been actively engaged in the |
practice of dentistry,
has not been a dental student, or has |
not been engaged in a formal program
of dental education |
during the 5 years immediately preceding the filing of an
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application may be required to complete such additional |
testing, training, or
remedial education as the Board may deem |