Public Act 096-0014
 		





HB0563 Enrolled
LRB096 04742 ASK 14806 b






    AN ACT concerning professional regulation.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
    Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended  by 
changing Sections 9 and 13 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 25/9)  (from Ch. 111, par. 2309)


    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)

    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 
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 before graduation; 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:


        (A) (blank);


        (B) the applicant has completed a minimum of 2 academic 
    years of general
dental clinical training at a dental 
    college or school in the United States or
Canada approved 
    by the Department, however, an accredited advanced dental 
    education program approved by the Department of no less 
    than 2 years may be substituted for the 2 academic years of 
    general dental clinical training and an applicant who was 
    enrolled
for not less than one year in an approved clinical 
    program prior to January 1,
1993 at an Illinois dental 
    college or school shall be required to complete only
that 
    program; and


        (C) the applicant has received certification from the 
    dean of an
approved dental college or school in the United 
    States or Canada or the program director of an approved 
    advanced dental education program stating that
the 
    applicant has achieved the same level of scientific 
    knowledge and clinical
competence as required of all 
    graduates of the college, school, or advanced dental 
    education program.

    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) 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

application may be required to complete such additional 
testing, training, or
remedial education as the Board may deem 
necessary in order to establish
the applicant's present 
capacity to practice dentistry with reasonable
judgment, 
skill, and safety.

    (e) Present satisfactory evidence that the applicant has 
passed 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), or the North East Regional 
Board (NERB). 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. 
    (f) The Secretary of the Department may suspend a regional 
testing service under subsection (e) of this Section 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. Pass 
an examination authorized or given by the Department
in the 
theory and practice of the science of dentistry; provided,
that 
the Department (1) may recognize a certificate granted by the 
National
Board of Dental Examiners in lieu of, or subject to, 
such examination as
may be required and (2) may recognize 
successful completion of the clinical examination conducted by 
approved regional testing services in
lieu of such examinations 
as may be required.  For purposes of this Section,
successful 
completion shall mean that the applicant has achieved a minimum

passing score on the regional examinations as determined by 
each approved
regional testing service.

(Source: P.A. 94-409, eff. 12-31-05.)

 



    (225 ILCS 25/13)  (from Ch. 111, par. 2313)


    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)

    Sec. 13. Qualifications of Applicants for Dental 
Hygienists. Every
person who desires to obtain a license as a 
dental hygienist shall apply to the
Department in writing, upon 
forms prepared
and furnished by the Department.  Each 
application shall contain proof of
the particular 
qualifications required of the applicant, shall be verified
by 
the applicant, under oath, and shall be accompanied by the 
required
examination fee.

    The Department shall require that every applicant for a 
license
as a dental hygienist shall:

    (1) (Blank).

    (2) Be a graduate of high school
or its equivalent.

    (3) Present satisfactory evidence of having successfully 
completed 2 academic
years of credit at a dental hygiene 
program accredited by the Commission on
Dental Accreditation of 
the American Dental Association.

    (4) Submit evidence that he holds a currently valid 
certification to
perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.  The 
Department shall adopt rules
establishing criteria for 
certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
The rules of 
the Department shall provide for variances only in instances

where the applicant is physically disabled and therefore unable 
to secure
such certification.

    (5) (Blank).

    (6) Present satisfactory evidence that the applicant has 
passed the National Board Dental Hygiene 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), or the North East Regional 
Board (NERB). For the 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 of the Department may suspend a regional 
testing service under this item (6) 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 examination is fundamentally deficient 
in testing clinical competency. Pass an examination authorized 
or given by the Department in the
subjects usually taught in 
approved programs of dental hygiene, which
examination shall 
determine the qualifications of applicants to perform the

operative procedures of dental hygiene. The Department may 
recognize a
certificate granted by the National Board of Dental 
Examiners  in lieu of,
or subject to, such examination.

(Source: P.A. 92-262, eff. 8-7-01.)



 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.