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

• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 1
  Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to provide for the licensure of landscape architects. (Source: P.A. 96-730, eff. 8-25-09.)
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 2
  Short Title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. (Source: P.A. 86-932; 86-1475.)
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 3
  Definitions. As used in this Act: (a) "Board" means the Illinois Landscape Architect Registration Board. (b) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 3.5
  References. (a) References in this Act (i) to the Department of Professional Regulation are deemed, in appropriate contexts, to be references to the Department of...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 4
  Use of title. No person may represent himself to be a landscape architect, use the title "landscape architect", "registered landscape architect", "licensed landscape architect", "landscape...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 4.5
  (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-474, eff. 6-18-96. Repealed by P.A. 96-730, eff. 8-25-09.)
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 5
  Practice without license. Nothing in this Act prevents any person from being engaged in the practice of landscape architecture so long as he or she...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 6
  Issuance of Certificate. Whenever an applicant for licensure has complied with the provisions of Section 11 of this Act, the Department shall issue a certificate...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 6.5
  Display of license; seal. (a) Every holder of a landscape architect license shall display his or her certificate of licensure in a conspicuous place in...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 7
  Address of Record. Every landscape architect shall maintain a current address with the Department. It is the duty of every applicant or licensee to inform...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 8
  Powers and Duties of the Department. (a) The Department shall exercise the powers and duties prescribed by the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois for the...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 9
  Composition, qualification, and terms of Board. (a) The Secretary shall appoint a Board consisting of 5 persons who are residents of the State of Illinois...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 10
  Application for Registration. An application for registration shall be made to the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department and shall be...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 11
  Licensure Qualifications. (a) Every person applying to the Department for licensure shall do so on forms approved by the Department and shall pay the required...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 11.5
  Professional liability. (a) Any individual licensed under this Act as a landscape architect is liable for his or her negligent or willful acts, errors, and...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 12
  Registration, Renewal, Restoration. (a) The expiration date and renewal period for each registration issued under this Act shall be prescribed by the rules and...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 12.5
  Continuing education. The Department may adopt rules of continuing education for persons licensed under this Act. The Department shall consider the recommendations of the Board...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 13
  Inactive Status. (a) Any landscape architect who notifies the Department in writing on forms prescribed by the Department may elect to place his or her...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 14
  Fees. The Department shall establish by rule a schedule of fees for the administration and maintenance of this Act. These fees are not refundable....
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 15
  Disposition of funds. All of the fees collected pursuant to this Act shall be deposited in the General Professions Dedicated Fund. On January 1, 2000...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 16
  Roster. The Department shall maintain a roster of the names and addresses of all licensed landscape architects. This roster shall be available upon written request...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 17
  Advertising. Any person licensed under this Act may advertise the availability of professional services in the public media or on the premises where such professional...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 18
  Violation; injunction; cease and desist order. (a) If any person violates the provisions of this Act, the Secretary may, in the name of the People...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 18.1
  Grounds for Discipline. (a) The Department may refuse to issue or to renew, or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other disciplinary...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 19
  Investigation; notice and hearing. The Department may investigate the actions or qualifications of any applicant or person holding or claiming to hold a license. The...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 20
  Record of proceedings; transcript. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case involving...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 21
  Subpoenas; depositions; oaths. The Department has power to subpoena and bring before it any person and to take testimony either orally or by deposition, or...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 22
  Compelling testimony. Any court, upon the application of the Department, designated hearing officer, or the applicant or licensee against whom proceedings under Section 18.1...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 22.1
  Findings and recommendations. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board shall present to the Secretary a written report of its findings of fact, conclusions...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 23
  Board; Rehearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, a copy of the Board's report shall be served upon the accused person, either personally or as...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 24
  Appointment of a hearing officer. The Secretary has the authority to appoint any attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 25
  Order or certified copy; prima facie proof. An order or a certified copy thereof, over the seal of the Department and purporting to be signed...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 26
  Restoration of suspended or revoked license. At any time after the suspension or revocation of any license, the Department may restore it to the...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 27
  Surrender of license. Upon the revocation or suspension of any license, the licensee shall immediately surrender his or her license to the Department. If...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 28
  Summary suspension of a license. The Secretary may summarily suspend the license of a landscape architect without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of proceedings...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 29
  Administrative Review Law; venue. (a) All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law, and its...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 30
  Certification of record; costs. The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the court or file an answer in court, or...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 31
  Administrative Procedure Act. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is hereby expressly adopted and incorporated herein as if all of the provisions of that Act were...
• Illinois Landscape Architecture Act of 1989. - 225 ILCS 315, Section 32
  Public policy. It is declared to be the public policy of this State, pursuant to paragraph (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of...

Last modified: February 18, 2015