HB2432 Summary

• Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act to change Board of Dentistry composition upon the first vacancy of a dentist member occurring after the bill's effective date
• Reduces dentist members from 8 to 7 and increases dental hygienist members from 2 to 3, while maintaining 1 public member (total board size decreases from 11 to 11 members)
• Requires the incoming dental hygienist member to have been practicing dental hygiene for at least 5 years
• Maintains existing restrictions that dental hygienists cannot participate in dentistry licensing exams and the public member cannot participate in either dentistry or dental hygiene exams
• Takes effect immediately upon becoming law