Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Defines the terms "deep sedation", "general anesthesia", and "moderate sedation". Provides for the minimum education requirements for permits to administer deep sedation, general anesthesia, and moderate sedation. Replaces all uses of the term "conscious sedation" with the term "moderate sedation". Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2: Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the introduced bill with the following changes: Changes the definitions for "moderate sedation", "deep sedation", and "general anesthesia". Adds definitions for "enteral route of administration" and "parenteral route of administration". Provides that a dentist that has completed an American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation accredited general practice residency or advanced education in general dentistry residency satisfies the minimum requirements for a permit to administer moderate sedation. Provides that a dentist that has completed a structured course of study provided by an approved continuing education provider that includes training and documentation in moderate sedation, physical evaluation, venipuncture, advanced airway management, technical administration, recognition and management of complications and emergencies and monitoring with additional supervised experience and documentation demonstrating competence in providing moderate sedation to 20 individual patient experiences utilizing enteral and parenteral routes of administration of drugs to competency satisfies the minimum requirements for a permit to administer moderate sedation. In provisions concerning the minimum requirements for a permit to administer deep sedation and general anesthesia, includes a dentist with a specialty license in oral and maxillofacial surgery, a dentist that has completed an accredited oral or maxillofacial surgery residency program, and a dentist that has completed an American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation accredited dental anesthesiology residency program. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules that ensure that a continuing education course designed to meet the permit requirements for moderate sedation training is reviewed and certified by the Department if the course is not affiliated with the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Senate Floor Amendment No. 4: Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the bill, as amended by Senate Amendment No. 2, with the following changes. Defines the term "venipuncture". Provides that a dentist that has completed an American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation accredited dental specialty program, general practice residency, or advanced education in general dentistry residency that includes training and documentation in moderate sedation techniques appropriate for each specialty or an American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation accredited dental anesthesiology residency program and proof of completion of 20 individually managed patients utilizing appropriate routes of administration, in which the applicant was the sole provider, which can include, but are not limited to, intravenous, oral, intranasal, intramuscular, or combinations thereof (rather than up to 20 sedation cases) satisfies the minimum requirements for a permit to administer moderate sedation. Provides that a dentist that has completed a structured course of study provided by an approved continuing education provider that includes training and documentation in moderate sedation, physical evaluation, venipuncture, advanced airway management, technical administration, recognition and management of complications and emergencies and monitoring with additional supervised experience and documentation demonstrating competence in providing moderate sedation utilizing enteral and parenteral routes of administration of medications to competency to 20 individual patient experiences on a 1 to 1 ratio with an instructor, in which the applicant was the sole provider of sedation, (rather than 20 individual patient experiences utilizing enteral and parenteral routes of administration of drugs to competency) satisfies the minimum requirements for a permit to administer moderate sedation. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules that ensure that a continuing education course designed to meet the permit requirements for moderate sedation training is reviewed and certified by the Department if the course is not accredited by (rather than not affiliated with) the American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation. Effective immediately.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 225 ILCS 25/4, 225 ILCS 25/8, 225 ILCS 25/17, 225 ILCS 25/19, 225 ILCS 25/45
Engrossed: 225 ILCS 25/4, 225 ILCS 25/8, 225 ILCS 25/17, 225 ILCS 25/19, 225 ILCS 25/45
Enrolled: 225 ILCS 25/4, 225 ILCS 25/8, 225 ILCS 25/17, 225 ILCS 25/19, 225 ILCS 25/45
Public Act: 225 ILCS 25/4, 225 ILCS 25/8, 225 ILCS 25/17, 225 ILCS 25/19, 225 ILCS 25/45