This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Dental Student Grant Act"
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Dental Student Grant Act". (Source: P.A. 81-334.)
Illinois · statute · 110 ILCS 925 · 14 active provisions
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Dental Student Grant Act". (Source: P.A. 81-334.)
The purpose of this Act is to establish a program in the Illinois Department of Public Health to encourage minority students to enroll in and complete dental school in the State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 87-665.)
The terms specified in Sections 3.01 through 3.07 have the meanings ascribed to them in those Sections unless the context of this Act otherwise requires. (Source: P.A. 87-665.)
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health. (Source: P.A. 81-334.)
"Director" means the Director of Public Health. (Source: P.A. 81-334.)
"Dentist" means a person licensed to practice dentistry under the Illinois Dental Practice Act. For the purposes of this Act, "dentist" does not include persons licensed as specialists. (Source: P.A. 87-665.)
"Eligible dental student" means a person who meets all of the following qualifications: (a) That the individual is a resident of this State and a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States; (b) That the individual has been accepted in a dental school located in Illinois; (c) That the individual exhibits…
"Racial minority" means a person who is any of the following: (1) American Indian or Alaska Native (a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America, including Central America, and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment). (2) Asian (a person having origins in any of th…
The Department shall have the powers and duties specified in Sections 4.01 through 4.06. (Source: P.A. 81-334.)
To award grants to eligible dental students. (Source: P.A. 87-665.)
To establish a program of dental student grants and to make grants to eligible dental students. (Source: P.A. 81-334.)
To determine criteria and standards of financial need for making grants under Section 4.02. (Source: P.A. 81-334.)
To determine the procedures for the distribution of grants to dental students in accordance with the following guidelines: (a) preference shall be given to those individuals who come from racial minorities which traditionally have been the most underrepresented in the field of dentistry; (b) preference shall be given t…
To promulgate rules and regulations which are necessary for the establishment and maintenance of the programs required by this Act. (Source: P.A. 81-334.)