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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of | ||||||
5 | 1989 is amended by changing Sections 10 and 11 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (225 ILCS 325/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 5210)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 10. Minimum standards for licensure as
professional | ||||||
9 | engineer. To qualify for licensure as a professional
engineer | ||||||
10 | each applicant shall be: | ||||||
11 | (a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of | ||||||
12 | at least 4
years who submits acceptable evidence to the | ||||||
13 | Board of an additional 4
years or more of experience in | ||||||
14 | engineering work of a grade and character
which indicate | ||||||
15 | that the individual may be competent to practice
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16 | professional engineering, and who has passed an a nominal | ||||||
17 | 8-hour written
examination in the fundamentals of | ||||||
18 | engineering as defined by rule , and an a nominal 8-hour
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19 | written examination in the principles and practice of | ||||||
20 | engineering as defined by rule . Upon
submitting an | ||||||
21 | application with proof of passing both examinations, the | ||||||
22 | applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall
be granted a | ||||||
23 | license to practice professional engineering in this |
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1 | State; or | ||||||
2 | (b) A graduate of a non-approved engineering | ||||||
3 | curriculum or a related
science curriculum of at least 4 | ||||||
4 | years and which meets the requirements as
set forth by rule | ||||||
5 | by submitting an application to the Department for its | ||||||
6 | review and approval, who submits acceptable evidence to the | ||||||
7 | Board of an
additional 8 years or more of experience in | ||||||
8 | engineering work of a grade
and character which indicate | ||||||
9 | that the individual may be competent to
practice | ||||||
10 | professional engineering, and who has passed an a nominal | ||||||
11 | 8-hour
written examination in the fundamentals of | ||||||
12 | engineering as defined by rule and an a nominal
8-hour | ||||||
13 | written examination in the principles and practice of
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14 | engineering as defined by rule . Upon submitting the | ||||||
15 | application with proof of passing both examinations, the | ||||||
16 | applicant, if
otherwise qualified, shall be granted a | ||||||
17 | license to practice professional
engineering in this | ||||||
18 | State; or | ||||||
19 | (c) An Illinois engineer intern,
by application
and | ||||||
20 | payment of the required fee, may then take an the nominal | ||||||
21 | 8-hour written
examination in the principles and practice | ||||||
22 | of engineering as defined by rule . If the applicant passes
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23 | that examination and submits evidence to the Board that | ||||||
24 | meets the experience qualification of subsection (a) or (b) | ||||||
25 | of this Section, the applicant, if otherwise qualified, | ||||||
26 | shall be
granted a license to practice professional |
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1 | engineering in this State. | ||||||
2 | When considering an applicant's
qualifications for | ||||||
3 | licensure under this Act, the Department may take into
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4 | consideration whether an applicant has engaged in conduct or | ||||||
5 | actions that
would constitute a violation of the Standards of | ||||||
6 | Professional Conduct for
this Act as provided for by | ||||||
7 | administrative rules. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10; | ||||||
9 | 97-333, eff. 8-12-11.) | ||||||
10 | (225 ILCS 325/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 5211)
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11 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020) | ||||||
12 | Sec. 11. Minimum standards for examination for enrollment | ||||||
13 | as
engineer intern. Each of the following is considered a | ||||||
14 | minimum standard
that an applicant must satisfy to qualify for | ||||||
15 | enrollment as an engineer
intern. | ||||||
16 | (a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of at | ||||||
17 | least 4
years, who has passed an a nominal 8-hour written | ||||||
18 | examination in the
fundamentals of engineering as defined by | ||||||
19 | rule , shall be enrolled as an engineer intern, if
the applicant | ||||||
20 | is otherwise qualified; or | ||||||
21 | (b) An applicant in the last year of an approved | ||||||
22 | engineering
curriculum who passes an a nominal 8-hour written | ||||||
23 | examination in the
fundamentals of engineering as defined by | ||||||
24 | rule and furnishes proof that the applicant graduated within a
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25 | 12 month period following the examination shall be enrolled
as |
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1 | an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise qualified; or | ||||||
2 | (c) A graduate of a non-approved engineering curriculum or | ||||||
3 | a related
science curriculum of at least 4 years and which | ||||||
4 | meets the requirements as set
forth by rule by submitting an | ||||||
5 | application to the Department for its review and approval, who | ||||||
6 | submits acceptable evidence to the Board of an
additional 4 | ||||||
7 | years or more of progressive experience in engineering
work, | ||||||
8 | and who has passed an a nominal 8-hour written examination in | ||||||
9 | the
fundamentals of engineering as defined by rule shall be | ||||||
10 | enrolled as an engineer intern, if
the applicant is otherwise | ||||||
11 | qualified. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10 .) | ||||||
13 | Section 10. The Illinois Professional Land Surveyor Act of | ||||||
14 | 1989 is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
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15 | (225 ILCS 330/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 3261)
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16 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
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17 | Sec. 11. Examination; Failure or refusal to take. The | ||||||
18 | Department
shall authorize examinations, as recommended and | ||||||
19 | approved by the Board, for
licensure as Land
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20 | Surveyors-in-Training and Professional Land Surveyors at such | ||||||
21 | times and
places as it may determine.
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22 | The examination of an applicant for licensure as a Land
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23 | Surveyor-in-Training or a Professional Land Surveyor may
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24 | include examinations written tests as defined by rule.
The |
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1 | substance and form of the
examination shall be as recommended | ||||||
2 | and approved by the Board. Each
applicant shall be examined as | ||||||
3 | to his knowledge of the statutes of the
United States of | ||||||
4 | America and the State of Illinois relating to the practice
of | ||||||
5 | land surveying and mathematics as applied to land surveying.
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6 | All applicants for licensing as a Professional Land | ||||||
7 | Surveyor shall be
required to pass, as a portion of the | ||||||
8 | examination, a jurisdictional
examination to determine the | ||||||
9 | applicant's knowledge of the surveying tasks
unique to the | ||||||
10 | State of Illinois, and the laws relating thereto.
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11 | Applicants for any examination shall be required to pay, | ||||||
12 | either to the
Department or the designated testing service, a | ||||||
13 | fee covering the cost of
providing the examination. Failure to | ||||||
14 | appear for the examination on the
scheduled date, at the time | ||||||
15 | and place specified, after the applicant's
application for | ||||||
16 | examination has been received and acknowledged by the
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17 | Department or the designated testing service, shall result in | ||||||
18 | the
forfeiture of the examination fee. If an applicant | ||||||
19 | neglects, fails, or
refuses to take an examination for | ||||||
20 | registration under this Act within 3
years after filing his | ||||||
21 | application, the application fee shall be forfeited
to the | ||||||
22 | Department and the application denied. However, the applicant | ||||||
23 | may
thereafter make a new application for examination, | ||||||
24 | accompanied by the required fee.
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25 | (Source: P.A. 86-987 .)
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1 | Section 15. The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989 | ||||||
2 | is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
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3 | (225 ILCS 340/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 6611)
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4 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
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5 | Sec. 11.
A person is qualified for enrollment as a
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6 | structural
engineer intern or licensure as a structural | ||||||
7 | engineer if that person has
applied in
writing in form and | ||||||
8 | substance
satisfactory to the Department and:
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9 | (a) The applicant is of good moral character. In | ||||||
10 | determining moral
character
under this Section, the Department | ||||||
11 | may take into consideration whether the
applicant has engaged | ||||||
12 | in conduct or actions that would constitute grounds for
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13 | discipline under this Act.
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14 | (a-5) The applicant, if a structural engineer intern | ||||||
15 | applicant, has met
the
minimum
standards for enrollment as a | ||||||
16 | structural engineer intern,
which are as follows:
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17 | (1) is a graduate of an approved
structural engineering | ||||||
18 | curriculum of at least 4 years
meeting the requirements as | ||||||
19 | set forth by rule and passes a nominal 8-hour
written | ||||||
20 | examination as defined by rule in the fundamentals of | ||||||
21 | engineering; or
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22 | (2) is a graduate of
a related science curriculum of at | ||||||
23 | least 4 years meeting the requirements as
set forth by rule | ||||||
24 | and passes a nominal 8-hour written examination as defined | ||||||
25 | by rule in the
fundamentals of engineering.
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1 | (b) The applicant, if a structural engineer applicant, has | ||||||
2 | met the minimum
standards for
licensure as a structural | ||||||
3 | engineer, which are as follows:
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4 | (1) is
a graduate of an approved structural engineering | ||||||
5 | curriculum of at least 4 years meeting
the requirements as | ||||||
6 | set forth by rule and submits
evidence acceptable to the | ||||||
7 | Department of an additional 4 years or more of
experience | ||||||
8 | in structural engineering work of a grade and character | ||||||
9 | which
indicates that the individual may be competent to | ||||||
10 | practice structural
engineering as set forth by rule; or
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11 | (2) is a graduate of an approved
related science | ||||||
12 | curriculum of at least
4
years meeting the requirements as | ||||||
13 | set forth by rule who submits
evidence acceptable to the | ||||||
14 | Department of an additional 8 years or more of
progressive | ||||||
15 | experience in structural engineering work of a grade and
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16 | character which indicates that the individual may be | ||||||
17 | competent to practice
structural engineering as set forth | ||||||
18 | by rule.
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19 | (c) The applicant, if a structural engineer applicant, has | ||||||
20 | passed an
examination authorized by the Department as | ||||||
21 | determined by rule
to
determine his or her fitness to receive a | ||||||
22 | license as a structural engineer.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)
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24 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
25 | becoming law. |