Bill Text: IL HB0705 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Massage Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0705 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB0705-Amended.html

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Rep. Brandon W. Phelps

Filed: 4/7/2011

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 705
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 705 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by
changing Sections 9 and 19 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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)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

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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

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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), or 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 of the Department
may suspend a regional testing service under this

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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.)
(225 ILCS 25/19) (from Ch. 111, par. 2319)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
Sec. 19. Licensing Applicants from other States. Any person
who has been lawfully licensed to practice dentistry, including
the practice of a licensed dental specialty, or dental hygiene
in another state or territory which has and maintains a
standard for the practice of dentistry, a dental specialty, or
dental hygiene at least equal to that now maintained in this
State, or if the requirements for licensure in such state or

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territory in which the applicant was licensed were, at the date
of his licensure, substantially equivalent to the requirements
then in force in this State, and who has been lawfully engaged
in the practice of dentistry or dental hygiene for at least 3
of the 5 years immediately preceding the filing of his or her
application to practice in this State and who shall deposit
with the Department a duly attested certificate from the Board
of the state or territory in which he or she is licensed,
certifying to the fact of his or her licensing and of his or
her being a person of good moral character may, upon payment of
the required fee, be granted a license to practice dentistry, a
dental specialty, or dental hygiene in this State, as the case
may be.
For the purposes of this Section, "substantially
equivalent" means that the applicant has presented evidence of
completion and graduation from an American Dental Association
accredited dental college or school in the United States or
Canada, presented evidence that the applicant has passed both
parts of the National Board Dental Examination, and
successfully completed an examination conducted by a regional
testing service. In in computing 3 of the immediately preceding
5 years of practice in another state or territory, any person
who left the practice of dentistry to enter the military
service and who practiced dentistry while in the military
service may count as a part of such period the time spent by
him in such service.

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Applicants have 3 years from the date of application to
complete the application process. If the process has not been
completed in 3 years, the application shall be denied, the fee
forfeited and the applicant must reapply and meet the
requirements in effect at the time of reapplication.
(Source: P.A. 94-409, eff. 12-31-05.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".