Section 4525.40  Dental Managed Care Advisory Committee

Pursuant to Section 15 of the Act [215 ILCS 109/15] the Director is authorized to convene an advisory committee for the purpose of providing counsel and gathering clinical advice concerning dental managed care issues.

a)         Such advisory committee shall be comprised as follows:

1)         There will be a total of 5 members all of whom shall be dentists licensed to practice dentistry in this State pursuant to Section 15 of the Act [215 ILCS 109/15]; and

2)         Two of the 5 members shall be dental directors from a managed care dental plan, or be a dentist designee on behalf of a plan, that is subject to the requirements of this Part and the Act; and

3)         Two of the remaining 3 members shall be general dentists; and

4)         The 1 remaining member shall be the dental director as defined in Section 4525.30 of  this Part.

b)         Each member of the advisory committee, except the dental director, shall be appointed by the Director as necessary to address arising issues.  When making appointments, the Director shall give due consideration to written recommendations submitted by professional dental organizations.  Appointments shall last only for the period of time necessary to address the issue for which the committee was convened.

(Source:  Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 9445, effective June 20, 2007)