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91_SB0238eng SB238 Engrossed LRB9102232ACtm 1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Dental Practice Act by 2 changing Section 4 and adding Section 5.5. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended 6 by changing Section 4 and adding Section 5.5 as follows: 7 (225 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 111, par. 2304) 8 Sec. 4. Definitions. As used in this Act: 9 (a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of 10 Professional Regulation. 11 (b) "Director" means the Director of Professional 12 Regulation. 13 (c) "Board" means the Board of Dentistry established by 14 Section 6 of this Act. 15 (d) "Dentist" means a person who has received a general 16 license pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 11 of this Act 17 and who may perform any intraoral and extraoral procedure 18 required in the practice of dentistry and to whom is reserved 19 the responsibilities specified in Section 17. 20 (e) "Dental hygienist" means a person who holds a 21 license under this Act to perform dental services as 22 authorized by Section 18. 23 (f) "Dental assistant" means an appropriately trained 24 person who, under the supervision of a dentist, provides 25 dental services as authorized by Section 17. 26 (g) "Dental laboratory" means a person, firm or 27 corporation which: 28 (i) engages in making, providing, repairing or 29 altering dental prosthetic appliances and other 30 artificial materials and devices which are returned to a 31 dentist for insertion into the human oral cavity or which SB238 Engrossed -2- LRB9102232ACtm 1 come in contact with its adjacent structures and tissues; 2 and 3 (ii) utilizes or employs a dental technician to 4 provide such services; and 5 (iii) performs such functions only for a dentist or 6 dentists. 7 (h) "Supervision" means supervision of a dental 8 hygienist or a dental assistant requiring that a dentist 9 authorize the procedure, remain in the dental facility while 10 the procedure is performed, and approve the work performed by 11 the dental hygienist or dental assistant before dismissal of 12 the patient, but does not mean that the dentist must be 13 present at all times in the treatment room. 14 (i) "General supervision" means supervision of a dental 15 hygienist requiring that a dentist authorize the procedures 16 which are being carried out, but not requiring that a dentist 17 be present when the authorized procedures are being 18 performed. The authorized procedures may also be performed 19 at a place other than the dentist's usual place of practice. 20 The issuance of a prescription to a dental laboratory by a 21 dentist does not constitute general supervision. 22 (j) "Public member" means a person who is not a health 23 professional. For purposes of board membership, any person 24 with a significant financial interest in a health service or 25 profession is not a public member. 26 (k) "Dentistry" means the healing art which is concerned 27 with the examination, diagnosis, treatment planning and care 28 of conditions within the human oral cavity and its adjacent 29 tissues and structures, as further specified in Section 17. 30 (l) "Branches of dentistry" means the various 31 specialties of dentistry which, for purposes of this Act, 32 shall be limited to the following: endodontics, oral and 33 maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and dentofacial 34 orthopedics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics and SB238 Engrossed -3- LRB9102232ACtm 1 prosthodontics. 2 (m) "Specialist" means a dentist who has received a 3 specialty license pursuant to Section 11(b). 4 (n) "Dental technician" means a person who owns, 5 operates or is employed by a dental laboratory and engages in 6 making, providing, repairing or altering dental prosthetic 7 appliances and other artificial materials and devices which 8 are returned to a dentist for insertion into the human oral 9 cavity or which come in contact with its adjacent structures 10 and tissues. 11 (o) "Impaired dentist" means a dentist who is unable to 12 practice dentistry with reasonable skill and safety because 13 of a physical or mental disability as evidenced by a written 14 determination or written consent based on clinical evidence, 15 including deterioration through the aging process, loss of 16 motor skills, abuse of drugs or alcohol, or a psychiatric 17 disorder, of sufficient degree to diminish the person's 18 ability to deliver competent patient care. 19 (Source: P.A. 89-80, eff. 6-30-95; 89-116, eff. 7-7-95.) 20 (225 ILCS 25/5.5 new) 21 Sec. 5.5. Impaired dentist. The Department shall 22 establish by rule a program of care, counseling, and 23 treatment for the impaired dentist.