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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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"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 |
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
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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
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.
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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
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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
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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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 emergency responder" means a dentist or dental |
hygienist who is appropriately certified in disaster |
preparedness, immunizations, and dental humanitarian emergency |
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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 , as defined by the Department of Public |
Health.
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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. |
(Source: P.A. 97-526, eff. 1-1-12; 97-1013, eff. 8-17-12.)
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(225 ILCS 25/54.2) |
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
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Sec. 54.2. Dental emergency responders. A dentist or dental |
hygienist who is a dental emergency responder is deemed to be |
acting within the bounds of his or her license when providing |
disaster, immunizations, mobile, and humanitarian care during |
a declared local, State, or national emergency.
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(Source: P.A. 94-409, eff. 12-31-05.)
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