Illinois Compiled Statutes 225 Professions, Occupations, and Business Operations: Article -

• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 1
  Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. (Source: P.A. 86-702.)
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 2
  Declaration of public policy. The practice of architecture in the State of Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety and welfare...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 3
  Application of Act. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed or construed to prevent the practice of structural engineering as defined in the Structural Engineering...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 4
  Definitions. In this Act: "Address of record" means the designated address recorded by the Department in the applicant's or licensee's application file or license file...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 4.5
  References to Department or Director of Professional Regulation. References in this Act (i) to the Department of Professional Regulation are deemed, in appropriate contexts, to...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 5
  Architect defined; Acts constituting practice. (a) An architect is a person who is qualified by education, training, experience, and examination, and who is licensed under...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 6
  Technical submissions. All technical submissions intended for use in construction in the State of Illinois shall be prepared and administered in accordance with standards of...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 7
  Exempt from Structural Engineers' Act. Any person licensed to practice architecture in this State under this Act is exempt from the provisions of any...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 8
  Powers and duties of the Department. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Department shall exercise the following functions, powers, and duties: (a)...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 9
  Creation of the Board. The Director shall appoint an Architecture Licensing Board which will consist of 6 members. Five members shall be architects, one of...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 10
  Powers and duties of the Board. (a) The Board shall hold at least 3 regular meetings each year. (b) The Board shall annually elect a...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 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...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 11.5
  Social Security Number on license application. In addition to any other information required to be contained in the application, every application for an original license...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 12
  Examinations; subjects; failure or refusal to take examination. The Department shall authorize examination of applicants as architects at such times and places as it may...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 13
  Qualifications of applicants. Any person who is of good moral character may apply for licensure if he or she is a graduate with a first...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 14
  Display of license; seal. Every holder of a license as an architect shall display it in a conspicuous place in the principal office of the...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 15
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-702. Repealed by P.A. 96-610, eff. 8-24-09.)
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 16
  Licenses; renewal; restoration; architects in military service. The expiration date and renewal period for each license issued under this Act shall be set by rule....
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 16.5
  Continuing education. The Department may promulgate rules of continuing education for persons licensed under this Act. The Department shall consider the recommendations of the...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 17
  Inactive status; restoration. Any architect, who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department, may elect to place his or her license...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 17.5
  Architect, Retired. Pursuant to Section 2105-15 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the Department may grant the...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 18
  Endorsement. The Department may, in its discretion, license as an architect, without examination on payment of the required fee, an applicant who is an...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 19
  Fees. (a) The Department shall provide by rule for a schedule of fees to be paid for licenses by all applicants. All fees are...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 20
  Roster of licensees and registrants. A roster showing the names and addresses of all architects, architectural corporations and partnerships and professional design firms licensed or...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 21
  Professional design firm registration; conditions. (a) Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the formation, under the provisions of the Professional Service Corporation Act, of a...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 22
  Refusal, suspension and revocation of licenses; causes. (a) The Department may, singularly or in combination, refuse to issue, renew or restore, or may suspend, revoke,...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 23
  Violations; injunction; cease and desist order. (a) If any person or entity violates a provision of this Act, the Director may, in the name of...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 23.5
  Unlicensed practice; violation; civil penalty. (a) Any person who practices, offers to practice, attempts to practice, or holds oneself out to practice as an architect...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 24
  Investigations; notice and hearing. The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person or entity holding or claiming to hold a...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 25
  Stenographer; transcript. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case involving the refusal to...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 26
  Subpoenas; depositions; oaths. The Department has power to subpoena documents, books, records, or other materials and to bring before it any person and to take...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 27
  Procedure to compel attendance of witnesses. Any circuit court, upon the application of the accused person or complainant or of the Department, may, by...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 28
  Report of Board; Rehearing. After the hearing, the Board shall present to the Director its written report of its findings and recommendations. A copy...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 29
  Hearing officer. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 28 of this Act, the Director has the authority to appoint any attorney duly licensed to practice law...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 30
  Order to be prima facie proof. An order of revocation or suspension or a certified copy thereof, over the seal of the Department and...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 31
  Restoration of suspended or revoked license. At any time after the successful completion of a term of suspension or revocation of a license, the Department...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 32
  Surrender of license. Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall immediately surrender the license or licenses to the Department and...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 33
  Temporary suspension of a license. The Director may temporarily suspend the license of an architect without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 34
  Review under Administrative Review Law; Venue. All final administrative decisions of the Department hereunder are subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 35
  The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the court or file any answer in court or otherwise appear in any...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 36
  Violations. Each of the following Acts constitutes a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 37
  Administrative Procedure Act; application. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the provisions of that...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 37.5
  Confidentiality. All information collected by the Department in the course of an examination or investigation of a licensee or applicant, including, but not limited to,...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 38
  Fund; appropriations; investments; audits. Moneys deposited in the Design Professionals Administration and Investigation Fund shall be appropriated to the Department exclusively for expenses of the...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 39
  Public policy. It is declared to be the public policy of this State, pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of...
• Illinois Architecture Practice Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 305, Section 40
  Reinstatement of existing licenses; Rules in force. All licenses and certificates of registration in effect on December 31, 1989 and issued pursuant to the...

Last modified: February 18, 2015