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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,
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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 Section 8 as follows:
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6 | (225 ILCS 325/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 5208)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
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8 | Sec. 8. Applications for licensure.
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9 | (a) Applications for licensure
shall (1) be on forms | ||||||
10 | prescribed and furnished by the Department, (2) contain
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11 | statements made under oath showing the applicant's education | ||||||
12 | and
a detailed summary of the applicant's technical work, and | ||||||
13 | (3) contain
references as required by the Department.
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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 examination, except as provided in | ||||||
17 | subsection (b) of Section 11.
Allowable experience shall | ||||||
18 | commence at the date of the baccalaureate
degree, except:
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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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1 | when such
program is certified by the university, or
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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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8 | full-time engineering experience.
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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.
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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.
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21 | It is the responsibility of the applicant to supplement the
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22 | 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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1 | 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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3 | education in a foreign country by a nationally recognized | ||||||
4 | educational body
approved by the Board in accordance with rules | ||||||
5 | prescribed by the Department.
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6 | An applicant who graduated from an engineering program | ||||||
7 | outside the United
States or its territories and whose first | ||||||
8 | language is not English shall submit
certification of passage | ||||||
9 | of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
and the | ||||||
10 | Test of Spoken English (TSE) as defined by rule.
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11 | (Source: P.A. 91-92, eff. 1-1-00; 92-145, eff. 1-1-02.)
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