Public Act 099-0366
 
HB1496 EnrolledLRB099 03828 HAF 23842 b


  
    AN ACT concerning 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 Section 9 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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)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 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: (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) (Blank).
        (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), the 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
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.
(Source: P.A. 96-14, eff. 6-19-09; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10; 
96-1222, eff. 7-23-10; 97-526, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1013, eff. 
8-17-12.)