Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article -

• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 1
  Short Title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Dental Practice Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 2
  Legislative Declaration of Public Policy. The practice of dentistry in the State of Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety and...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 3
  Severability - Partial Invalidity. This Act is declared to be severable, and should any word, phrase, sentence, provision or section hereof be hereafter declared...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 4
  Definitions. As used in this Act: "Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 5
  Powers and duties of Department. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise the following functions, powers and duties: (a) Conduct or...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 5.5
  Impaired dentist. The Department shall establish by rule a program of care, counseling, and treatment for the impaired dentist. (Source: P.A. 91-138, eff. 1-1-00.)
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 6
  Board of Dentistry - Report By Majority Required. There is created a Board of Dentistry, to be composed of persons designated from time to time...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 7
  Recommendations by the Board. The Secretary may consider the recommendations of the Board in establishing guidelines for professional conduct, for the conduct of formal disciplinary...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 7.5
  Emerging scientific technology and applications. In the interest of public safety, the Board may review emerging scientific technology and applications and, when appropriate, recommend that...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 8
  Necessity for Licensure of Dentists and Applications for Licenses. No person shall practice dentistry without first applying for and obtaining a license for such...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 8.05
  Social Security Number on license application. In addition to any other information required to be contained in the application, every application for an original license...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 8.1
  Permit for the administration of anesthesia and sedation. (a) No licensed dentist shall administer general anesthesia, deep sedation, or conscious sedation without first applying for...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 8.5
  Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty. (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds oneself out to practice dentistry without...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 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...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 10
  Examinations for Dental Licensure. Examination shall be made in writing in all theoretical subjects. Both theoretical and practical examinations shall be of a character...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 11
  Types of Dental Licenses. The Department shall have the authority to issue the following types of licenses: (a) General licenses. The Department shall issue a...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 12
  Necessity for Licensure of Dental Hygienists. No person, unless a dentist, shall perform the operative procedures of dental hygiene without first applying for and...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 13
  Qualifications of Applicants for Dental Hygienists. Every person who desires to obtain a license as a dental hygienist shall apply to the Department in writing,...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 14
  Examination for licensure as dental hygienists. The Department shall conduct or authorize examinations of applicants for licensure as dental hygienists at such times and...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 15
  List of Dentists and Dental Hygienists. The Department shall maintain a list of the names and addresses of all dentists and dental hygienists and...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 16
  Expiration, renewal and restoration of licenses. The expiration date and renewal date for each license issued under this Act shall be set by rule. The...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 16.1
  Continuing education. The Department shall promulgate rules of continuing education for persons licensed under this Act. In establishing rules, the Department shall require a minimum...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 17
  Acts Constituting the Practice of Dentistry. A person practices dentistry, within the meaning of this Act: (1) Who represents himself or herself as being able...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 18
  Acts constituting the practice of dental hygiene; limitations. (a) A person practices dental hygiene within the meaning of this Act when he or she performs...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 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...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 19.1
  Temporary authorization of applicants from other jurisdictions. A person holding an active, unencumbered license in good standing in another jurisdiction who applies for a license...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 19.2
  Temporary permit for free dental care. (a) The Department may issue a temporary permit authorizing the practice in this State, without compensation, of dentistry or...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 20
  Display of Licenses. Any person licensed to practice dentistry or dental hygiene in this State by the Department as hereinbefore provided, shall at all...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 21
  Fees. The fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but not limited to original licensure, renewal, and restoration fees, shall be...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 22
  Returned checks; penalties. Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by the financial...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 23
  Refusal, revocation or suspension of dental licenses. The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand or take...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 23a
  The Secretary may, upon receipt of a written communication from the Secretary of Human Services or the Director of the Department of Healthcare and Family...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 23b
  Requirement for mental and physical examinations under certain conditions. (a) In enforcing paragraph 24 of Section 23 of this Act, the Department may compel any...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 23c
  Suspension of license for failure to pay restitution. The Department, without further process or hearing, shall suspend the license or other authorization to practice of...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 24
  Refusal, Suspension or Revocation of Dental Hygienist License. The Department may refuse to issue or renew or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand or...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 25
  Notice of hearing; investigations and informal conferences. (a) Upon the motion of either the Department or the Board or upon the verified complaint in writing...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 25.1
  Subpoena powers. (a) The Department, upon a determination by the chairperson of the Board that reasonable cause exists that a violation of one or more...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 26
  Disciplinary actions. (a) In case the respondent, after receiving notice, fails to file an answer, his or her license may, in the discretion of the...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 27
  Hearings. At the time and place fixed in the notice under Section 25, the Board shall proceed to hear the charges and both the respondent...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 28
  Attendance of witnesses - Production of document. Any circuit court, upon the application of the respondent or complainant or of the Department or Board,...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 29
  Recommendations for disciplinary action - Action by Secretary. The Board may advise the Secretary that probation be granted or that other disciplinary action, including the...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 30
  Appointment of a Hearing Officer. The Secretary shall have the authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 31
  Restoration of license from discipline. At any time after the successful completion of a term of indefinite probation, suspension, or revocation of a license, the...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 32
  Administrative Review Law; application. All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Review Law,...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 33
  Revocation orders. An order of revocation, suspension, placement on probationary status, or other formal disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper, or a certified...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 34
  Confidential information - Disclosure. In all hearings conducted under this Act, information received, pursuant to law, relating to any information acquired by a dentist...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 35
  Unreasonable revocation orders. In the event that the Department's order of revocation, suspension, placement on probationary status, or other order of formal disciplinary action...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 36
  Reports of Violations - Immunity. Any person licensed under this Act, the Illinois State Dental Society, Illinois Dental Hygienists Association, or any other similar...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 37
  Unlicensed practice; injunctions. The practice of dentistry by any person not holding a valid and current license under this Act is declared to be inimical...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 37.1
  Cease and desist orders. If the Department has reason to believe that a person has violated any provision of Section 8 or 12 of...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 38
  Penalty of Unlawful Practice - Second and Subsequent Offenses. Any person who practices or offers to practice dentistry in this State without being licensed for...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 38.1
  Prohibition against interference by non-dentists. The purpose of this Section is to ensure that each dentist or dental hygienist practicing in this State meets minimum...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 38.2
  Death or incapacitation of dentist. (a) The executor or administrator of a dentist's estate or the legal guardian or authorized representative of a dentist who...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 39
  Failure to Give Notice of Change of Address - Penalty. Any failure, neglect or refusal on the part of any person obtaining a license...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 40
  Filing License or Diploma of Another. Any person filing or attempting to file as his or her own the diploma or license of another,...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 41
  Dental Coordinator. The Department shall select a dental coordinator, who shall not be a member of the Board. The dental coordinator shall be a...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 42
  Dental Disciplinary Fund. All fees, fines or penalties received by the Department under this Act shall be deposited in the Illinois State Dental Disciplinary...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 44
  Practice by Corporations Prohibited. Exceptions. No corporation shall practice dentistry or engage therein, or hold itself out as being entitled to practice dentistry, or furnish...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 44.1
  Nurses; dental care. Nurses may be employed by a dentist and may perform those duties permitted by their licenses. (Source: P.A. 92-280, eff. 1-1-02.)
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 44.5
  Emergency medical plan; AED. (a) Each dental office in this State must develop and implement a written emergency medical plan, which shall include staff responsibilities...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 45
  Advertising. The purpose of this Section is to authorize and regulate the advertisement by dentists of information which is intended to provide the public with...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 46
  Patient Histories and Examinations. A dentist may perform a patient history and examination in the office, clinic or other dental facility or in a...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 47
  Dental Laboratories. Dentists may employ or engage the services of any dental laboratory to construct or repair, extraorally, prosthetic dentures, bridges, or other replacements...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 48
  Manufacture of dentures, bridges or replacements for dentists; prescriptions; order; penalties. (a) Any dentist who employs or engages the services of any dental laboratory to...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 49
  Identification of dentures. (a) Every complete upper and lower denture and removable dental prosthesis fabricated by a dentist, or fabricated pursuant to his or her...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 50
  Patient Records. Every dentist shall make a record of all dental work performed for each patient. The record shall be made in a manner and...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 51
  Dispensing Drugs or Medicine. Any dentist who dispenses any drug or medicine shall dispense such drug or medicine in good faith and shall affix to...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 53
  Exemption from Civil Liability for Emergency Care. Exemption from civil liability for emergency care is as provided in the Good Samaritan Act. (Source: P.A....
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 54
  Exemption from Civil Liability for Peer Review Committees. While serving upon any Peer Review Committee, any dentist shall not be liable for civil damages...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 54.1
  Immunity from liability for free dental clinic services. Exemption from civil liability for free dental clinic services is as provided in the Good Samaritan...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 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...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 54.3
  Vaccinations. (a) Notwithstanding Section 54.2 of this Act, a dentist may administer vaccinations upon completion of appropriate training set forth by rule and approved by...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 55
  Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the provisions of that Act...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 56
  Construction of Act - Existing Injunctions. The provisions of this Act insofar as they are the same or substantially the same as those of...
• Illinois Dental Practice Act. - 225 ILCS 25, Section 57
  Reinstatement of existing rules and regulations. All rules and regulations in effect on December 31, 1985 and promulgated pursuant to any Act repealed herein...

Last modified: February 18, 2015