DENTAL PRAC-CONFIDENTIAL INFO

Amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act. Allows the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to refuse to issue, renew, revoke, suspend, or take other disciplinary action as the Department may deem proper against either a licensed dentist or dentist hygienist if the Department finds the licensee, after having his or her licensee placed on probationary status, has violated the terms of probation. Permits the Department to disclose information and documents in response to a federal, State, county, or local law enforcement agency subpoena in conjunction with an ongoing criminal investigation. Provides that the Department shall not disclose any information, including, but not limited to, any complaint against a licensee filed with the Department, however, a formal complaint filed by the Department against a licensee and any related information used in a proceeding or adjudication is a public record. Effective immediately.