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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of
51989 is amended by changing Sections 10 and 11 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 325/10)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5210)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
8    Sec. 10. Minimum standards for licensure as professional
9engineer. To qualify for licensure as a professional engineer
10each 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
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
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
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
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
3licensure under this Act, the Department may take into
4consideration whether an applicant has engaged in conduct or
5actions that would constitute a violation of the Standards of
6Professional Conduct for this Act as provided for by
7administrative rules.
8(Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10;
997-333, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
10    (225 ILCS 325/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5211)
11    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
12    Sec. 11. Minimum standards for examination for enrollment
13as engineer intern. Each of the following is considered a
14minimum standard that an applicant must satisfy to qualify for
15enrollment as an engineer intern.
16    (a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of at
17least 4 years, who has passed an a nominal 8-hour written
18examination in the fundamentals of engineering as defined by
19rule, shall be enrolled as an engineer intern, if the applicant
20is otherwise qualified; or
21    (b) An applicant in the last year of an approved
22engineering curriculum who passes an a nominal 8-hour written
23examination in the fundamentals of engineering as defined by
24rule and furnishes proof that the applicant graduated within a
2512 month period following the examination shall be enrolled as

 

 

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1an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise qualified; or
2    (c) A graduate of a non-approved engineering curriculum or
3a related science curriculum of at least 4 years and which
4meets the requirements as set forth by rule by submitting an
5application to the Department for its review and approval, who
6submits acceptable evidence to the Board of an additional 4
7years or more of progressive experience in engineering work,
8and who has passed an a nominal 8-hour written examination in
9the fundamentals of engineering as defined by rule shall be
10enrolled as an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise
11qualified.
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
141989 is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
 
15    (225 ILCS 330/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 3261)
16    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
17    Sec. 11. Examination; Failure or refusal to take. The
18Department shall authorize examinations, as recommended and
19approved by the Board, for licensure as Land
20Surveyors-in-Training and Professional Land Surveyors at such
21times and places as it may determine.
22    The examination of an applicant for licensure as a Land
23Surveyor-in-Training or a Professional Land Surveyor may
24include examinations written tests as defined by rule. The

 

 

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1substance and form of the examination shall be as recommended
2and approved by the Board. Each applicant shall be examined as
3to his knowledge of the statutes of the United States of
4America and the State of Illinois relating to the practice of
5land surveying and mathematics as applied to land surveying.
6    All applicants for licensing as a Professional Land
7Surveyor shall be required to pass, as a portion of the
8examination, a jurisdictional examination to determine the
9applicant's knowledge of the surveying tasks unique to the
10State of Illinois, and the laws relating thereto.
11    Applicants for any examination shall be required to pay,
12either to the Department or the designated testing service, a
13fee covering the cost of providing the examination. Failure to
14appear for the examination on the scheduled date, at the time
15and place specified, after the applicant's application for
16examination has been received and acknowledged by the
17Department or the designated testing service, shall result in
18the forfeiture of the examination fee. If an applicant
19neglects, fails, or refuses to take an examination for
20registration under this Act within 3 years after filing his
21application, the application fee shall be forfeited to the
22Department and the application denied. However, the applicant
23may thereafter make a new application for examination,
24accompanied by the required fee.
25(Source: P.A. 86-987.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 15. The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989
2is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
 
3    (225 ILCS 340/11)  (from Ch. 111, par. 6611)
4    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
5    Sec. 11. A person is qualified for enrollment as a
6structural engineer intern or licensure as a structural
7engineer if that person has applied in writing in form and
8substance satisfactory to the Department and:
9    (a) The applicant is of good moral character. In
10determining moral character under this Section, the Department
11may take into consideration whether the applicant has engaged
12in conduct or actions that would constitute grounds for
13discipline under this Act.
14    (a-5) The applicant, if a structural engineer intern
15applicant, has met the minimum standards for enrollment as a
16structural engineer intern, which are as follows:
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
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
2met the minimum standards for licensure as a structural
3engineer, which are as follows:
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
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
16    character which indicates that the individual may be
17    competent to practice structural engineering as set forth
18    by rule.
19    (c) The applicant, if a structural engineer applicant, has
20passed an examination authorized by the Department as
21determined by rule to determine his or her fitness to receive a
22license as a structural engineer.
23(Source: P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.