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Public Act 92-0360
HB3204 Enrolled LRB9207889ACsb
AN ACT in relation to the regulation of professions.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of
1989 is amended by changing Sections 5, 6, and 14 as follows:
(225 ILCS 305/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 1305)
Sec. 5. Architect defined; Acts constituting practice.
An architect is a person who is qualified by education,
training, experience, and examination, and who is licensed
under the laws of this State, to practice architecture.
The practice of architecture within the meaning and
intent of this Act includes the offering or furnishing of
professional services, such as consultation, environmental
analysis, feasibility studies, programming, planning,
aesthetic and structural design, technical submissions
construction documents consisting of drawings and
specifications and other documents required in the
construction process, administration of construction
contracts, project representation, and construction
management, in connection with the construction of any
private or public building, building structure, building
project, or addition to or alteration or restoration thereof.
(Source: P.A. 86-702.)
(225 ILCS 305/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 1306)
Sec. 6. Technical submissions Construction documents.
All technical submissions construction documents intended for
use in construction in the State of Illinois shall be
prepared and administered in accordance with standards of
reasonable professional skill and diligence. Care shall be
taken to reflect the requirements of State statutes and,
where applicable, county and municipal building ordinances in
such submissions documents. In recognition that architects
are licensed for the protection of the public health, safety
and welfare, submissions documents shall be of such quality
and scope, and be so administered, as to conform to
professional standards.
Technical submissions Construction documents are the
designs, drawings and specifications which establish the
scope of the architecture to be constructed, the standard of
quality for materials, workmanship, equipment, and
construction systems, and the studies and other technical
reports and calculations prepared in the course of the
practice of architecture.
(Source: P.A. 86-702.)
(225 ILCS 305/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 1314)
Sec. 14. Display of license; Seal. Every holder of a
license as a licensed architect shall display it in a
conspicuous place in the principal office of the architect.
Every licensed architect shall have a reproducible seal,
or facsimile, the print of which shall contain the name of
the architect, the license number, and the words "Licensed
Architect, State of Illinois". The licensed architect shall
affix the signature, current date, date of license expiration
and seal to the first sheet of any bound set or loose sheets
of technical submissions construction documents utilized as
contract documents between the parties to the contract or
prepared for the review and approval of any governmental or
public authority having jurisdiction by that licensed
architect or under that licensed architect's responsible
direct supervision and control. The sheet of technical
submissions construction documents in which the seal is
affixed shall indicate those documents or parts thereof for
which the seal shall apply. The seal and dates may be
electronically affixed. The signature must be in the
original handwriting of the licensee. Signatures generated
by computer shall not be permitted. All technical
submissions construction documents issued by any corporation,
partnership, professional service corporation, or
professional design firm as registered under this Act shall
contain the corporate or assumed business name and design
firm registration number, in addition to any other seal
requirements as set forth in this Section.
"Responsible control" means that amount of control over
and detailed professional knowledge of the content of
technical submissions during their preparation as is
ordinarily exercised by architects applying the required
professional standard of care. Merely reviewing or reviewing
and correcting the technical submissions or any portion
thereof prepared by those not in the regular employment of
the office where the architect is resident without control
over the content of such work throughout its preparation does
not constitute responsible control.
An architect licensed under the laws of this jurisdiction
shall not sign and seal technical submissions that were not
prepared by or under the responsible control of the architect
except that:
(1) the architect may sign and seal those portions
of the technical submissions that were prepared by or
under the responsible control of persons who hold a
license under this Act, and who shall have signed and
sealed the documents, if the architect has reviewed in
whole or in part such portions and has either coordinated
their preparation or integrated them into his or her
work;
(2) the architect may sign and seal portions of the
professional work that are not required by this Act to be
prepared by or under the responsible control of an
architect if the architect has reviewed and adopted in
whole or in part such portions and has integrated them
into his or her work; and
(3) a partner or corporate officer of a
professional design firm registered in Illinois who is
licensed under the architecture licensing laws of this
State, and who has professional knowledge of the content
of the technical submissions and intends to be
responsible for the adequacy of the technical
submissions, may sign and seal technical submissions that
are prepared by or under the responsible control of
architects who are licensed in this State and who are in
the regular employment of the professional design firm.
The architect exercising responsible control under which
the documents or portions of the documents were prepared
shall be identified on the documents or portions of the
documents by name and Illinois license number.
Any licensed architect who signs and seals technical
submissions not prepared by that architect but prepared under
the architect's responsible control by persons not regularly
employed in the office where the architect is resident shall
maintain and make available to the board upon request for at
least 5 years following such signing and sealing, adequate
and complete records demonstrating the nature and extent of
the architect's control over and detailed professional
knowledge of such technical submissions throughout their
preparation.
"Direct supervision and control" means that the architect
has exerted sufficient personal supervision, control, and
review of the activities of those employed to perform
architectural work to ensure that the construction documents
produced by those so employed and sealed by the architect
meet the standards of reasonable professional skill and
diligence and are of no lesser quality than if they had been
produced personally by the architect. The architect is
obligated to have detailed professional knowledge of the
construction documents the architect seals and to have
exercised professional judgement in all architectural matters
embodied in those construction documents. Merely reviewing
the construction documents produced by others, even if they
are licensed, does not constitute "direct supervision and
control" by the architect unless the architect has actually
exercised the supervision and control over the preparation of
the construction documents provided for in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 91-133, eff. 1-1-00.)
Passed in the General Assembly May 22, 2001.
Approved August 15, 2001.
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