Public Act 099-0366

HB1496 Enrolled LRB099 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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)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.)