Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB0654

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Extends the repeal date of the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989 from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2030. Amends the Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Provides that all applicants and licensees shall provide a valid address and email address, which shall serve as the address and email address of record, and shall inform the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation of any change of address or email address through specified means. Adds provisions concerning the title of "Professional Engineer, Retired"; returned checks and fines; unlicensed practice; and confidentiality. Makes changes in provisions concerning the powers and duties of the Department; the Professional Engineering Board; applications for licensure as a professional engineer; examinations; minimal standards for licensure; educational credits or teaching as equivalent of experience; seals; technical submissions; display of license; renewal, reinstatement, or restoration of license; continuing education; inactive status; endorsement; professional design firm registration; grounds for disciplinary action; injunctions and cease and desist orders; investigations; records of proceedings; hearings; appointments of hearing officers; restoration from disciplinary status; administrative review; violations; and funds. Repeals provisions concerning rosters; rehearings; unlawful practice; and civil penalties. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by House Amendment No. 1 with the following changes. Restores language granting the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation the power to obtain written recommendations from the State Board of Professional Engineers regarding qualifications of individuals for licensure and enrollment, definitions of curriculum content and approval of engineering curricula, standards of professional conduct and formal disciplinary actions, and the adoption of the rules affecting these matters. Provides that, upon the issuance of any final decision or order that deviates from any report or recommendation of the Board relating to the qualification of applicants, discipline of licensees or registrants, or adoption of rules, the Secretary shall notify the Board on any such deviation and shall specify with particularity the reasons for the action in the final decision or order (and makes similar changes in other provisions of the Act). Provides that members of the Board shall (rather than may) be reimbursed for all legitimate, necessary, and authorized expenses. Requires the Board to submit to the Secretary a written recommendation of acceptability of a curriculum. Restores language requiring that all technical submissions prepared by or under the personal supervision of a professional engineer bear that professional engineer's seal, signature, and license expiration date and that the licensee's written signature and date of signing, along with the date of license expiration, be placed adjacent to the seal. Effective immediately.

Provides that teaching engineering subjects in an engineering college at a rank of instructor (instead of assistant professor) or above is considered experience in engineering. Restores language concerning use of the title "Professional Engineer, Retired". Removes a provision concerning the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation granting the title of "Professional Engineer, Retired".

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