96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB1758


 
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Dan Reitz
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		







  



225 ILCS 25/8.1
  from Ch. 111, par. 2308.1








    Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Makes a technical change in a
Section concerning the administration of general anesthesia or conscious sedation.
















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 

 
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    Section 5. The Illinois Dental Practice Act is amended by 
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changing Section 8.1 as follows:
 



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    (225 ILCS 25/8.1)  (from Ch. 111, par. 2308.1)


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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)

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    Sec. 8.1. Permit for the administration of anesthesia and 
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sedation.


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    (a) No licensed dentist shall administer general 
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anesthesia, deep sedation, or
conscious sedation without first 
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applying for and
and obtaining a
permit for such purpose from 
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the Department.  The Department shall issue
such permit only 
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after ascertaining that the applicant possesses the
minimum 
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qualifications necessary to protect public safety.  A person 
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with a
dental degree who administers anesthesia, deep sedation,

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or conscious sedation
in an
approved
hospital training program 
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under the supervision of either a licensed
dentist holding such 
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permit or a physician licensed to practice medicine in
all its 
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branches shall not be required to obtain such permit.
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    (b) In determining the minimum permit qualifications that 
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are necessary to protect public safety, the Department, by 
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rule, shall:
 


 






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        (1) establish the minimum educational and training 
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    requirements necessary for a dentist to be issued an 
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    appropriate permit;
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        (2) establish the standards for properly equipped 
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    dental facilities (other than licensed hospitals and 
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    ambulatory surgical treatment centers) in which general 
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    anesthesia, deep sedation, or conscious sedation is 
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    administered, as necessary to protect public safety;
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        (3) establish minimum requirements for all persons who 
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    assist the dentist in the administration of general 
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    anesthesia, deep sedation, or conscious sedation, 
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    including minimum training requirements for each member of 
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    the dental team, monitoring requirements, recordkeeping 
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    requirements, and emergency procedures; and
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        (4) ensure that the dentist and all persons assisting 
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    the dentist or monitoring the administration of general 
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    anesthesia, deep sedation, or conscious sedation maintain 
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    current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS).
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        (5) establish continuing education requirements in 
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    sedation techniques for dentists who possess a permit under 
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    this Section.
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When establishing requirements under this Section, the 
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Department shall consider the current American Dental 
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Association guidelines on sedation and general anesthesia, the 
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current "Guidelines for Monitoring and Management of Pediatric 
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Patients During and After Sedation for Diagnostic and 
 


 






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Therapeutic Procedures" established by the American Academy of 
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Pediatrics and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and 
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the current parameters of care and Office Anesthesia Evaluation 
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(OAE) Manual established by the American Association of Oral 
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and Maxillofacial Surgeons.
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    (c) A licensed dentist must hold an appropriate permit 
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issued under this Section in order to perform dentistry while a 
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nurse anesthetist administers conscious sedation, and a valid 
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written collaborative agreement must exist between the dentist 
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and the nurse anesthetist, in accordance with the Nurse
Nursing 
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and Advanced Practice Nursing Act.
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    A licensed dentist must hold an appropriate permit issued 
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under this Section in order to perform dentistry while a nurse 
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anesthetist administers deep sedation or general anesthesia, 
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and a valid written collaborative agreement must exist between 
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the dentist and the nurse anesthetist, in accordance with the 
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Nurse
Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing Act.
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    For the purposes of this subsection (c), "nurse 
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anesthetist" means a licensed certified registered nurse 
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anesthetist who holds a license as an advanced practice nurse.

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(Source: P.A. 95-399, eff. 1-1-08; 95-639, eff. 1-1-08; revised 
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1-22-08.)