Full Text of SB0728 96th General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of | 5 |
| 1989 is amended by changing Sections 8, 10, and 11 as follows: | 6 |
| (225 ILCS 325/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 5208) | 7 |
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020) | 8 |
| Sec. 8. Applications for licensure. | 9 |
| (a) Applications for licensure
shall (1) be on forms | 10 |
| prescribed and furnished by the Department, (2) contain
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| statements made under oath showing the applicant's education | 12 |
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a detailed summary of the applicant's technical work, and | 13 |
| (3) contain
references as required by the Department. | 14 |
| (b) Applicants shall have obtained the education and | 15 |
| experience as
required in Section 10 or Section 11 prior to | 16 |
| submittal of application
for licensure examination, except as | 17 |
| provided in subsection (b) of Section 11 .
Allowable experience | 18 |
| shall commence at the date of the baccalaureate
degree, except: | 19 |
| (1) Credit for one year of experience shall be given | 20 |
| for a graduate of
a baccalaureate curriculum providing a | 21 |
| cooperative program, which is
supervised industrial or | 22 |
| field experience of at least one academic year
which | 23 |
| alternates with periods of full-time academic training, |
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| when such
program is certified by the university, or | 2 |
| (2) Partial credit may be given
for professional | 3 |
| engineering experience as
defined by rule for employment | 4 |
| prior to receipt of a baccalaureate
degree if the | 5 |
| employment is full-time while the applicant is a
part-time | 6 |
| student
taking fewer than 12 hours per semester or 8 hours | 7 |
| per quarter
to earn the degree concurrent with the
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| full-time engineering experience. | 9 |
| (3) If an applicant files an application and supporting | 10 |
| documents
containing a material misstatement of | 11 |
| information or a
misrepresentation for the purpose of | 12 |
| obtaining licensure or
enrollment or if an applicant | 13 |
| performs
any fraud or deceit in taking any examination to | 14 |
| qualify for
licensure or enrollment
under this Act, the | 15 |
| Department may issue a rule of intent to deny
licensure or | 16 |
| enrollment
and may conduct a hearing in accordance
with | 17 |
| Sections 26 through 33 and Sections 37 and 38 of this Act. | 18 |
| The Board may conduct oral interviews of any applicant | 19 |
| under Sections
10, 11, or 19 to assist in the evaluation of the | 20 |
| qualifications of the
applicant. | 21 |
| It is the responsibility of the applicant to supplement the
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| application, when requested by the Board, by provision of | 23 |
| additional
documentation of education, including transcripts, | 24 |
| course content and
credentials of the engineering college or | 25 |
| college granting related
science degrees, or of work experience | 26 |
| to permit the Board to determine
the qualifications of the |
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| applicant. The Department may require an
applicant, at the | 2 |
| applicant's expense, to have an evaluation of the applicant's
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| education in a foreign country by a nationally recognized | 4 |
| evaluating service
approved by the Department. | 5 |
| An applicant who graduated from an engineering program | 6 |
| outside the United
States or its territories and whose first | 7 |
| language is not English shall submit
certification of passage | 8 |
| of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
and a test | 9 |
| of spoken English as defined by rule. | 10 |
| (Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09.) | 11 |
| (225 ILCS 325/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 5210) | 12 |
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020) | 13 |
| Sec. 10. Minimum standards for examination for licensure as
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| professional engineer. To qualify for licensure as a | 15 |
| professional
engineer each applicant shall be: | 16 |
| (a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of at | 17 |
| least 4
years who submits acceptable evidence to the Board of | 18 |
| an additional 4
years or more of experience in engineering work | 19 |
| of a grade and character
which indicate that the individual may | 20 |
| be competent to practice
professional engineering, and who has | 21 |
| passed then passes a nominal 8-hour written
examination in the | 22 |
| fundamentals of engineering, and a nominal 8-hour
written | 23 |
| examination in the principles and practice of engineering. Upon
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| submitting an application with proof of passing both | 25 |
| examinations, the applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall
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| granted a license to practice professional engineering in this | 2 |
| State; or | 3 |
| (b) A graduate of a non-approved engineering curriculum or | 4 |
| a related
science curriculum of at least 4 years and which | 5 |
| meets meeting the requirements as
set forth by rule by | 6 |
| submitting an application to the Department for its review and | 7 |
| approval , who submits acceptable evidence to the Board of an
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| additional 8 years or more of experience in engineering work of | 9 |
| a grade
and character which indicate that the individual may be | 10 |
| competent to
practice professional engineering, and who has | 11 |
| passed then passes a nominal 8-hour
written examination in the | 12 |
| fundamentals of engineering and a nominal
8-hour written | 13 |
| examination in the principles and practice of
engineering. Upon | 14 |
| submitting the application with proof of passing both | 15 |
| examinations, the applicant, if
otherwise qualified, shall be | 16 |
| granted a license to practice professional
engineering in this | 17 |
| State; or | 18 |
| (c) An Illinois engineer intern,
by application
and payment | 19 |
| of the required fee, may then take the nominal 8-hour written
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| examination in the principles and practice of engineering. If | 21 |
| the applicant passes
that examination and submits evidence to | 22 |
| the Board that meets the experience qualification of subsection | 23 |
| (a) or (b) of this Section, the applicant, if otherwise | 24 |
| qualified, shall be
granted a license to practice professional | 25 |
| engineering in this State. | 26 |
| (d) When considering an applicant's
qualifications for |
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| licensure under this Act, the Department may take into
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| consideration whether an applicant has engaged in conduct or | 3 |
| actions that
would constitute a violation of the Standards of | 4 |
| Professional Conduct for
this Act as provided for by | 5 |
| administrative rules. | 6 |
| (Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09.) | 7 |
| (225 ILCS 325/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 5211) | 8 |
| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020) | 9 |
| Sec. 11. Minimum standards for examination for enrollment | 10 |
| as
engineer intern. Each of the following is considered a | 11 |
| minimum standard
that an applicant must satisfy to qualify for | 12 |
| enrollment as an engineer
intern. | 13 |
| (a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of at | 14 |
| least 4
years, who has passed a nominal 8-hour written | 15 |
| examination in the
fundamentals of engineering, shall be | 16 |
| enrolled as an engineer intern, if
the applicant is otherwise | 17 |
| qualified; or | 18 |
| (b) An applicant in the last year of an approved | 19 |
| engineering
curriculum who passes a nominal 8-hour written | 20 |
| examination in the
fundamentals of engineering and furnishes | 21 |
| proof that the applicant graduated within a
12 month period | 22 |
| following the examination shall be enrolled
as an engineer | 23 |
| intern, if the applicant is otherwise qualified; or | 24 |
| (c) A graduate of a non-approved engineering curriculum or | 25 |
| a related
science curriculum , of at least 4 years and which |
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| meets meeting the requirements as set
forth by rule by | 2 |
| submitting an application to the Department for its review and | 3 |
| approval , who submits acceptable evidence to the Board of an
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| additional 4 years or more of progressive experience in | 5 |
| engineering
work, and who has passed then passes a nominal | 6 |
| 8-hour written examination in the
fundamentals of engineering | 7 |
| shall be enrolled as an engineer intern, if
the applicant is | 8 |
| otherwise qualified. | 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09.) |
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