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;

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 110 ILCS 925/4.03a

  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14

     (b) preference shall be given to those individuals whose financial resources are such that, in the absence of a dental student grant, the individual will be prevented from pursuing a dental degree; and
     (c) preference shall be given to those individuals who express an intent to teach or practice dentistry in the State of Illinois.