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 1        AN ACT in relation to the regulation of professions.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section   5.   The  Illinois Architecture Practice Act of
 5    1989 is amended by changing Sections 5, 6, and 14 as follows:

 6        (225 ILCS 305/5) (from Ch. 111, par. 1305)
 7        Sec. 5.  Architect defined; Acts  constituting  practice.
 8    An  architect  is  a  person  who  is qualified by education,
 9    training, experience, and examination, and  who  is  licensed
10    under the laws of this State, to practice architecture.
11        The  practice  of  architecture  within  the  meaning and
12    intent of this Act includes the  offering  or  furnishing  of
13    professional  services,  such  as consultation, environmental
14    analysis,   feasibility   studies,   programming,   planning,
15    aesthetic  and  structural  design,   technical   submissions
16    construction    documents    consisting   of   drawings   and
17    specifications  and   other   documents   required   in   the
18    construction    process,   administration   of   construction
19    contracts,   project   representation,    and    construction
20    management,  in  connection  with  the  construction  of  any
21    private  or  public  building,  building  structure, building
22    project, or addition to or alteration or restoration thereof.
23    (Source: P.A. 86-702.)

24        (225 ILCS 305/6) (from Ch. 111, par. 1306)
25        Sec. 6.  Technical  submissions  Construction  documents.
26    All technical submissions construction documents intended for
27    use  in  construction  in  the  State  of  Illinois  shall be
28    prepared and administered in  accordance  with  standards  of
29    reasonable  professional  skill and diligence.  Care shall be
30    taken to reflect the  requirements  of  State  statutes  and,
 
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 1    where applicable, county and municipal building ordinances in
 2    such  submissions  documents.  In recognition that architects
 3    are licensed for the protection of the public health,  safety
 4    and  welfare,  submissions documents shall be of such quality
 5    and  scope,  and  be  so  administered,  as  to  conform   to
 6    professional standards.
 7        Technical  submissions  Construction  documents  are  the
 8    designs,  drawings  and  specifications  which  establish the
 9    scope of the architecture to be constructed, the standard  of
10    quality    for   materials,   workmanship,   equipment,   and
11    construction systems, and the  studies  and  other  technical
12    reports  and  calculations  prepared  in  the  course  of the
13    practice of architecture.
14    (Source: P.A. 86-702.)

15        (225 ILCS 305/14) (from Ch. 111, par. 1314)
16        Sec. 14.  Display of license; Seal.  Every  holder  of  a
17    license  as  a  licensed  architect  shall  display  it  in a
18    conspicuous place in the principal office of the architect.
19        Every licensed architect shall have a reproducible  seal,
20    or  facsimile,  the  print of which shall contain the name of
21    the architect, the license number, and  the  words  "Licensed
22    Architect,  State of Illinois".  The licensed architect shall
23    affix the signature, current date, date of license expiration
24    and seal to the first sheet of any bound set or loose  sheets
25    of  technical  submissions construction documents utilized as
26    contract documents or prepared for the review and approval of
27    any governmental or public authority having  jurisdiction  by
28    that  licensed  architect  or under that licensed architect's
29    responsible direct supervision and  control.   The  sheet  of
30    technical  submissions  construction  documents  in which the
31    seal is affixed  shall  indicate  those  documents  or  parts
32    thereof  for  which  the seal shall apply. The seal and dates
33    may be electronically affixed.  The signature must be in  the
 
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 1    original  handwriting  of the licensee.  Signatures generated
 2    by  computer  shall  not   be   permitted.    All   technical
 3    submissions construction documents issued by any corporation,
 4    partnership,    professional    service    corporation,    or
 5    professional  design  firm as registered under this Act shall
 6    contain the corporate or assumed  business  name  and  design
 7    firm  registration  number,  in  addition  to  any other seal
 8    requirements as set forth in this Section.
 9        "Responsible control" means that amount of  control  over
10    and   detailed  professional  knowledge  of  the  content  of
11    technical  submissions  during  their   preparation   as   is
12    ordinarily  exercised  by  architects  applying  the required
13    professional standard of care. Merely reviewing or  reviewing
14    and  correcting  the  technical  submissions  or  any portion
15    thereof prepared by those not in the  regular  employment  of
16    the  office  where  the architect is resident without control
17    over the content of such work throughout its preparation does
18    not constitute responsible control.
19        An architect licensed under the laws of this jurisdiction
20    shall not sign and seal technical submissions that  were  not
21    prepared by or under the responsible control of the architect
22    except that:
23             (1)  the  architect may sign and seal those portions
24        of the technical submissions that  were  prepared  by  or
25        under  the  responsible  control  of  persons  who hold a
26        license under this Act, and who  shall  have  signed  and
27        sealed  the  documents,  if the architect has reviewed in
28        whole or in part such portions and has either coordinated
29        their preparation or integrated  them  into  his  or  her
30        work;
31             (2)  the architect may sign and seal portions of the
32        professional work that are not required by this Act to be
33        prepared  by  or  under  the  responsible  control  of an
34        architect if the architect has reviewed  and  adopted  in
 
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 1        whole  or  in  part such portions and has integrated them
 2        into his or her work; and
 3             (3)  a   partner   or   corporate   officer   of   a
 4        professional design firm registered in  Illinois  who  is
 5        licensed  under  the  architecture licensing laws of this
 6        State, and who has professional knowledge of the  content
 7        of   the   technical   submissions   and  intends  to  be
 8        responsible   for   the   adequacy   of   the   technical
 9        submissions, may sign and seal technical submissions that
10        are prepared by  or  under  the  responsible  control  of
11        architects  who are licensed in this State and who are in
12        the regular employment of the professional design firm.
13        The architect exercising responsible control under  which
14    the  documents  or  portions  of  the documents were prepared
15    shall be identified on  the  documents  or  portions  of  the
16    documents by name and Illinois license number.
17        Any  licensed  architect  who  signs  and seals technical
18    submissions not prepared by that architect but prepared under
19    the architect's responsible control by persons not  regularly
20    employed  in the office where the architect is resident shall
21    maintain and make available to the board upon request for  at
22    least  5  years  following such signing and sealing, adequate
23    and complete records demonstrating the nature and  extent  of
24    the   architect's  control  over  and  detailed  professional
25    knowledge of  such  technical  submissions  throughout  their
26    preparation.
27        "Direct supervision and control" means that the architect
28    has  exerted  sufficient  personal  supervision, control, and
29    review  of  the  activities  of  those  employed  to  perform
30    architectural work to ensure that the construction  documents
31    produced  by  those  so  employed and sealed by the architect
32    meet the  standards  of  reasonable  professional  skill  and
33    diligence  and are of no lesser quality than if they had been
34    produced personally  by  the  architect.   The  architect  is
 
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 1    obligated  to  have  detailed  professional  knowledge of the
 2    construction  documents  the  architect  seals  and  to  have
 3    exercised professional judgement in all architectural matters
 4    embodied in those construction documents.   Merely  reviewing
 5    the  construction  documents produced by others, even if they
 6    are licensed, does not  constitute  "direct  supervision  and
 7    control"  by  the architect unless the architect has actually
 8    exercised the supervision and control over the preparation of
 9    the construction documents provided for in this Section.
10    (Source: P.A. 91-133, eff. 1-1-00.)

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