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Public Act 098-0993
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| HB4535 Enrolled | LRB098 19304 ZMM 54456 b |
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989 |
is amended by changing Section 11 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 305/11) (from Ch. 111, par. 1311)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
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Sec. 11. Application for original license. Applications |
for original
licensure shall be made to the Department in |
writing on forms prescribed by
the Department and shall be |
accompanied by the required fee, which is
not refundable. Any |
such application shall require information as in
the judgment |
of the Department will enable the Department to pass on the
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qualifications of the applicant to practice architecture.
The |
Department may require an applicant, at the applicant's |
expense, to have
an evaluation of the applicant's education in |
a foreign country by an evaluation service approved by the |
Board in accordance with rules
prescribed by the Department.
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An applicant who has graduated from an architectural |
program outside the
United
States or its territories and whose |
first language is not English shall submit
certification of |
passage of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
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and a test of spoken English as defined by rule. However, any |
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such applicant who subsequently earns an advanced degree from |
an accredited educational institution in the United States or |
its territories shall not be subject to this requirement.
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(Source: P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)
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Section 10. The Professional Engineering Practice Act of |
1989 is amended by changing Section 8 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 325/8) (from Ch. 111, par. 5208)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020) |
Sec. 8. Applications for licensure. |
(a) Applications for licensure
shall (1) be on forms |
prescribed and furnished by the Department, (2) contain
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statements made under oath showing the applicant's education |
and
a detailed summary of the applicant's technical work, and |
(3) contain
references as required by the Department. |
(b) Applicants shall have obtained the education and |
experience as
required in Section 10 or Section 11 prior to |
submittal of application
for licensure.
Allowable experience |
shall commence at the date of the baccalaureate
degree, except: |
(1) Credit for one year of experience shall be given |
for a graduate of
a baccalaureate curriculum providing a |
cooperative program, which is
supervised industrial or |
field experience of at least one academic year
which |
alternates with periods of full-time academic training, |
when such
program is certified by the university, or |
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(2) Partial credit may be given
for professional |
engineering experience as
defined by rule for employment |
prior to receipt of a baccalaureate
degree if the |
employment is full-time while the applicant is a
part-time |
student
taking fewer than 12 hours per semester or 8 hours |
per quarter
to earn the degree concurrent with the
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full-time engineering experience. |
(3) If an applicant files an application and supporting |
documents
containing a material misstatement of |
information or a
misrepresentation for the purpose of |
obtaining licensure or
enrollment or if an applicant |
performs
any fraud or deceit in taking any examination to |
qualify for
licensure or enrollment
under this Act, the |
Department may issue a rule of intent to deny
licensure or |
enrollment
and may conduct a hearing in accordance
with |
Sections 26 through 33 and Sections 37 and 38 of this Act. |
The Board may conduct oral interviews of any applicant |
under Sections
10, 11, or 19 to assist in the evaluation of the |
qualifications of the
applicant. |
It is the responsibility of the applicant to supplement the
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application, when requested by the Board, by provision of |
additional
documentation of education, including transcripts, |
course content and
credentials of the engineering college or |
college granting related
science degrees, or of work experience |
to permit the Board to determine
the qualifications of the |
applicant. The Department may require an
applicant, at the |
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applicant's expense, to have an evaluation of the applicant's
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education in a foreign country by a nationally recognized |
evaluating service
approved by the Department. |
An applicant who graduated from an engineering program |
outside the United
States or its territories and whose first |
language is not English shall submit
certification of passage |
of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
and a test |
of spoken English as defined by rule. However, any such |
applicant who subsequently earns an advanced degree from an |
accredited educational institution in the United States or its |
territories shall not be subject to this requirement. |
(Source: P.A. 96-626, eff. 8-24-09; 96-850, eff. 6-1-10.)
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Section 15. The Structural Engineering Practice Act of 1989 |
is amended by changing Section 9 as follows:
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(225 ILCS 340/9) (from Ch. 111, par. 6609)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
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Sec. 9.
Applications for original licenses shall be made to |
the
Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department |
and shall be
accompanied by the required fee, which is not |
refundable. The application
shall require such information as |
in the judgment of the Department will
enable the Department to |
pass on the qualifications of the applicant for
a license.
The |
Department may require an applicant, at the applicant's |
expense, to have
an evaluation of the applicant's education in |
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a foreign county by a nationally
recognized evaluation service |
approved by the Department in accordance with rules
prescribed |
by the Department.
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An applicant who graduated from a structural engineering |
program outside the
United States or its territories and whose |
first language is not English shall
submit certification of |
passage of the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) |
and a test of spoken English as defined by rule. However, any |
such applicant who subsequently earns an advanced degree from |
an accredited educational institution in the United States or |
its territories shall not be subject to this requirement.
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(Source: P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)
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