Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 ILCS 325 Professional Engineering Practice Act of 1989. Section 10

    (225 ILCS 325/10) (from Ch. 111, par. 5210)

    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)

    Sec. 10. Minimum standards for licensure as professional engineer. To qualify for licensure as a professional engineer each applicant shall be:

        (a) a graduate of an approved engineering curriculum

    of at least 4 years who submits acceptable evidence to the Board of an additional 4 years or more of experience in engineering work of a grade and character which indicate that the individual may be competent to practice professional engineering, and who has passed an examination in the fundamentals of engineering as defined by rule and an examination in the principles and practice of engineering as defined by rule. Upon submitting an application with proof of passing both examinations, the applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall be granted a license to practice professional engineering in this State; or

        (b) a graduate of a non-approved engineering

    curriculum or a related science curriculum of at least 4 years and which meets the requirements as set forth by rule by submitting an application to the Department for its review and approval, who submits acceptable evidence to the Board of an additional 8 years or more of experience in engineering work of a grade and character which indicate that the individual may be competent to practice professional engineering, and who has passed an examination in the fundamentals of engineering as defined by rule and an examination in the principles and practice of engineering as defined by rule. Upon submitting the application with proof of passing both examinations, the applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall be granted a license to practice professional engineering in this State; or

        (c) an Illinois engineer intern, by application and

    payment of the required fee, may then take an examination in the principles and practice of engineering as defined by rule. If the applicant passes that examination and submits evidence to the Board that meets the experience qualification of subsection (a) or (b) of this Section, the applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall be granted a license to practice professional engineering in this State.

    When considering an applicant's qualifications for licensure under this Act, the Department may take into consideration whether an applicant has engaged in conduct or actions that would constitute a violation of the Standards of Professional Conduct for this Act as provided for by administrative rules.

(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 98-713, eff. 7-16-14.)

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