Public Act 098-0288
 
SB1792 EnrolledLRB098 10543 MGM 40784 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  

  
 
    Section 5. The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989 
is amended  by changing Section 13 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 305/13)  (from Ch. 111, par. 1313)


    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)

    Sec. 13. Qualifications of applicants. Any person who is of 
good
moral character may apply for licensure if he
or she
is
a 
graduate with a first professional degree in architecture from 
a program
accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting 
Board, has completed the
examination requirements set forth 
under Section 12 of this Act, and has
completed such 
diversified professional training, including academic

training, as is required by rules of the Department.  Until 
January 1, 2016 2014, in lieu of the
requirement of graduation 
with a first professional degree in architecture
from a program 
accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board,

the Department may admit an applicant who is a graduate with a

pre-professional 4 year baccalaureate degree accepted for 
direct entry into
a first professional master of architecture 
degree program, and who has
completed such additional 
diversified professional training, including
academic 
training, as is required by rules of the Department.  The

Department may adopt, as its own rules relating to diversified 
professional
training, those guidelines published from time to 
time by the National
Council of Architectural Registration 
Boards.

    Good moral character means such character as will enable a 
person to
discharge the fiduciary duties of an architect to 
that person's client and
to the public in a manner which 
protects health, safety and welfare.  Evidence
of inability to 
discharge such duties may include the commission of an
offense 
justifying discipline under Section 22.  In addition, the

Department may take into consideration whether the applicant 
has engaged in
conduct or actions that would constitute grounds 
for discipline under this
Act.

(Source: P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.