Full Text of HB3963 98th General Assembly
HB3963eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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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 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| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020) | 8 | | Sec. 10.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 | 9 | | engineer. To qualify for licensure as a professional
engineer | 10 | | each 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 | 3 | | licensure under this Act, the Department may take into
| 4 | | consideration whether an applicant has engaged in conduct or | 5 | | actions that
would constitute a violation of the Standards of | 6 | | Professional Conduct for
this Act as provided for by | 7 | | administrative rules. | 8 | | (Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10; | 9 | | 97-333, 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 | 13 | | as
engineer intern. Each of the following is considered a | 14 | | minimum standard
that an applicant must satisfy to qualify for | 15 | | enrollment as an engineer
intern. | 16 | | (a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of at | 17 | | least 4
years, who has passed an a nominal 8-hour written | 18 | | examination in the
fundamentals of engineering as defined by | 19 | | rule , shall be enrolled as an engineer intern, if
the applicant | 20 | | is otherwise qualified; or | 21 | | (b) An applicant in the last year of an approved | 22 | | engineering
curriculum who passes an a nominal 8-hour written | 23 | | examination in the
fundamentals of engineering as defined by | 24 | | rule and furnishes proof that the applicant graduated within a
| 25 | | 12 month period following the examination shall be enrolled
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| 1 | | an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise qualified; or | 2 | | (c) A graduate of a non-approved engineering curriculum or | 3 | | a related
science curriculum of at least 4 years and which | 4 | | meets the requirements as set
forth by rule by submitting an | 5 | | application to the Department for its review and approval, who | 6 | | submits acceptable evidence to the Board of an
additional 4 | 7 | | years or more of progressive experience in engineering
work, | 8 | | and who has passed an a nominal 8-hour written examination in | 9 | | the
fundamentals of engineering as defined by rule shall be | 10 | | enrolled as an engineer intern, if
the applicant is otherwise | 11 | | qualified. | 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 | 14 | | 1989 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 | 18 | | Department
shall authorize examinations, as recommended and | 19 | | approved by the Board, for
licensure as Land
| 20 | | Surveyors-in-Training and Professional Land Surveyors at such | 21 | | times and
places as it may determine.
| 22 | | The examination of an applicant for licensure as a Land
| 23 | | Surveyor-in-Training or a Professional Land Surveyor may
| 24 | | include examinations written tests as defined by rule.
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| 1 | | substance and form of the
examination shall be as recommended | 2 | | and approved by the Board. Each
applicant shall be examined as | 3 | | to his knowledge of the statutes of the
United States of | 4 | | America and the State of Illinois relating to the practice
of | 5 | | land surveying and mathematics as applied to land surveying.
| 6 | | All applicants for licensing as a Professional Land | 7 | | Surveyor shall be
required to pass, as a portion of the | 8 | | examination, a jurisdictional
examination to determine the | 9 | | applicant's knowledge of the surveying tasks
unique to the | 10 | | State of Illinois, and the laws relating thereto.
| 11 | | Applicants for any examination shall be required to pay, | 12 | | either to the
Department or the designated testing service, a | 13 | | fee covering the cost of
providing the examination. Failure to | 14 | | appear for the examination on the
scheduled date, at the time | 15 | | and place specified, after the applicant's
application for | 16 | | examination has been received and acknowledged by the
| 17 | | Department or the designated testing service, shall result in | 18 | | the
forfeiture of the examination fee. If an applicant | 19 | | neglects, fails, or
refuses to take an examination for | 20 | | registration under this Act within 3
years after filing his | 21 | | application, the application fee shall be forfeited
to the | 22 | | Department and the application denied. However, the applicant | 23 | | may
thereafter make a new application for examination, | 24 | | accompanied by the required fee.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 86-987 .)
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| 1 | | Section 15. The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989 | 2 | | is 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
| 6 | | structural
engineer intern or licensure as a structural | 7 | | engineer if that person has
applied in
writing in form and | 8 | | substance
satisfactory to the Department and:
| 9 | | (a) The applicant is of good moral character. In | 10 | | determining moral
character
under this Section, the Department | 11 | | may take into consideration whether the
applicant has engaged | 12 | | in conduct or actions that would constitute grounds for
| 13 | | discipline under this Act.
| 14 | | (a-5) The applicant, if a structural engineer intern | 15 | | applicant, has met
the
minimum
standards for enrollment as a | 16 | | structural 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 | 2 | | met the minimum
standards for
licensure as a structural | 3 | | engineer, 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 | 20 | | passed an
examination authorized by the Department as | 21 | | determined by rule
to
determine his or her fitness to receive a | 22 | | license as a structural engineer.
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 | | becoming law. |
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