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IL HB4913
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Lisa Davis
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AI Summary
- Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act to allow dental hygienists working in community health centers to administer local anesthetics after completing a Department-approved training program under general supervision of a dentist
- Requires community health centers to adopt written policies establishing supervision by a dentist or physician when local anesthetics are administered and ensure a dentist or physician is physically present in the clinic during administration
- Defines "community health center" as federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), FQHC Look-Alikes, migrant health centers, and health care programs for homeless or public housing residents supported under Section 330 of the federal Public Health Service Act
- Adds definition of "physician" as someone licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987 to practice medicine in all branches, explicitly excluding chiropractic physicians
- Public health dental hygienists may not administer local anesthesia except as specifically provided under the new community health center provisions
Legislative Description
DENTAL HYGIENIST-ANESTHESIA
Last Action
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
3/11/2026
Committee Referrals
Rules3/11/2026
Health Care Licenses2/17/2026
Rules2/6/2026
Full Bill Text
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