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225 ILCS 705/6.01

(225 ILCS 705/6.01) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 601)

Sec. 6.01.

Each applicant for a certificate of competency as mine examiner
shall produce evidence satisfactory to the Mining Board that he is a
citizen of the United States or lawfully admitted for permanent residence, at least 21 years of age and of good
repute and temperate habits and that he has had at least 4 years
practical underground mining experience,
and has been issued a First Class Certificate of Competency by the
Department of Natural Resources.
He shall pass an examination as to his
experience in mines generating dangerous gases, his practical and
technological knowledge of the nature and properties of mine gases, the laws
of ventilation, the structures and use of multi-gas detectors, and the laws of
this State relating to safeguards against fires from any source in mines.
He shall also submit to the Mining Board satisfactory evidence that he has
completed a course of training in first aid to the injured and mine rescue
methods and appliances prescribed by the Department.  Persons who
have graduated and hold a degree in engineering or an approved 4-year program
in coal mining technology
from an accredited
school, college, or university, are required to have only 2 years of
practical underground mining experience to qualify for the examination for a
certificate of competency.

Persons who have graduated and hold a two-year Associate in Applied
Science Degree in Coal Mining Technology from an accredited school, college
or university are required to have only 3 years' practical underground
mining experience to qualify for the examination for a Certificate of
Competency as a Mine Examiner.

(Source: P.A. 101-541, eff. 8-23-19.)