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1     AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of
5 1989 is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
6     (225 ILCS 325/8)  (from Ch. 111, par. 5208)
7     (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2010)
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
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.
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:
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
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
8     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
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
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.
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.
11 (Source: P.A. 91-92, eff. 1-1-00; 92-145, eff. 1-1-02.)