Public Act 098-0993
 
HB4535 EnrolledLRB098 19304 ZMM 54456 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 11 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 305/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 1311)


    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)

    Sec. 11. Application for original license. Applications 
for original
licensure shall be made to the Department in 
writing on forms prescribed by
the Department and shall be 
accompanied by the required fee, which is
not refundable.  Any 
such application shall require information as in
the judgment 
of the Department will enable the Department to pass on the

qualifications of the applicant to practice architecture.
The 
Department may require an applicant, at the applicant's 
expense, to have
an evaluation of the applicant's education in 
a foreign country by an evaluation service approved by the 
Board in accordance with rules
prescribed by the Department.

    An applicant who has graduated from an architectural 
program outside the
United
States or its territories and whose 
first language is not English shall submit
certification of 
passage of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)

and a test of spoken English as defined by rule. However, any 
such applicant who subsequently earns an advanced degree from 
an accredited educational institution in the United States or 
its territories shall not be subject to this requirement. 

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

 
    Section 10. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of 
1989 is amended  by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
    (225 ILCS 325/8)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5208)

    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
    Sec. 8. Applications for licensure. 
    (a) Applications for licensure
shall (1) be on forms 
prescribed and furnished by the Department, (2) contain

statements made under oath showing the applicant's education 
and
a detailed summary of the applicant's technical work, and 
(3) contain
references as required by the Department.
    (b) Applicants shall have obtained the education and 
experience as
required in Section 10 or Section 11 prior to 
submittal of application
for licensure.
Allowable experience 
shall commence at the date of the baccalaureate
degree, except:
        (1) Credit for one year of experience shall be given 
    for a graduate of
a baccalaureate curriculum providing a 
    cooperative program, which is
supervised industrial or 
    field experience of at least one academic year
which 
    alternates with periods of full-time academic training, 
    when such
program is certified by the university, or
        (2) Partial credit may be given
for professional 
    engineering experience as
defined by rule for employment 
    prior to receipt of a baccalaureate
degree if the 
    employment is full-time while the applicant is a
part-time 
    student
taking fewer than 12 hours per semester or 8 hours 
    per quarter
to earn the degree concurrent with the

    full-time engineering experience.
        (3) If an applicant files an application and supporting 
    documents
containing a material misstatement of 
    information or a
misrepresentation for the purpose of 
    obtaining licensure or
enrollment or if an applicant 
    performs
any fraud or deceit in taking any examination to 
    qualify for
licensure or enrollment
under this Act, the 
    Department may issue a rule of intent to deny
licensure or 
    enrollment
and may conduct a hearing in accordance
with 
    Sections 26 through 33 and Sections 37 and 38 of this Act.
    The Board may conduct oral interviews of any applicant 
under Sections
10, 11, or 19 to assist in the evaluation of the 
qualifications of the
applicant.
    It is the responsibility of the applicant to supplement the

application, when requested by the Board, by provision of 
additional
documentation of education, including transcripts, 
course content and
credentials of the engineering college or 
college granting related
science degrees, or of work experience 
to permit the Board to determine
the qualifications of the 
applicant.  The Department may require an
applicant, at the 
applicant's expense, to have an evaluation of the applicant's

education in a foreign country by a nationally recognized 
evaluating service
approved by the Department.
    An applicant who graduated from an engineering program 
outside the United
States or its territories and whose first 
language is not English shall submit
certification of passage 
of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
and a test 
of spoken English as defined by rule. However, any such 
applicant who subsequently earns an advanced degree from an 
accredited educational institution in the United States or its 
territories shall not be subject to this requirement. 
(Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10.)
 
    Section 15. The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989 
is amended  by changing Section 9 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 340/9)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6609)



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

    Sec. 9. 
Applications for original licenses shall be made to 
the
Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department 
and shall be
accompanied by the required fee, which is not 
refundable.  The application
shall require such information as 
in the judgment of the Department will
enable the Department to 
pass on the qualifications of the applicant for
a license.
The 
Department may require an applicant, at the applicant's 
expense, to have
an evaluation of the applicant's education in 
a foreign county by a nationally
recognized evaluation service 
approved by the Department in accordance with rules
prescribed 
by the Department.

    An applicant who graduated from a structural engineering 
program outside the
United States or its territories and whose 
first language is not English shall
submit certification of 
passage of the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) 
and a test of spoken English as defined by rule. However, any 
such applicant who subsequently earns an advanced degree from 
an accredited educational institution in the United States or 
its territories shall not be subject to this requirement. 

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