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

• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 1
  Short title. This Act may be cited as the Professional Geologist Licensing Act. (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff. 7-1-96.)
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 5
  Findings. The General Assembly finds that: (a) In recent years, governmental bodies have increasingly come to rely upon advice from geologists when formulating laws...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 10
  Declaration of public policy. The practice of professional geology in the State of Illinois is hereby declared to affect the public health, safety, and...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 15
  Definitions. In this Act: "Board" means the Board of Licensing for Professional Geologists. "Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. "Geologist" means an...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 17
  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 Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 20
  Exemptions. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to restrict the use of the title "geologist" or similar words by any person engaged in a...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 25
  Restrictions and limitations. No person shall, without a valid license issued by the Department (i) in any manner hold himself or herself out to the...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 30
  Powers and duties of the Department. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Department may: (a) Authorize examinations to ascertain the qualifications and fitness...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 35
  Board of Licensing for Professional Geologists; members; qualifications; duties. (a) The Director shall appoint a Board of Licensing for Professional Geologists which shall serve in...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 40
  Application for original license. Applications for original licenses shall be made to the Department on forms prescribed by the Department and accompanied by the required...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 45
  Examination; failure or refusal to take the examination. (a) The Department shall authorize examinations of applicants for original licensure as a Professional Geologist at such...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 50
  Qualifications for licensure. (a) The Department may issue a license to practice as a Licensed Professional Geologist to any applicant who meets the following qualifications:...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 52
  Alternate qualification for licensure. The Department may issue a license to practice professional geology in Illinois to any applicant who, on or before July...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 54
  Previous qualification in other jurisdiction. The Department may, upon the recommendation of the Board, issue a license by endorsement to any applicant who, upon applying...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 60
  Seals. (a) Upon licensure, each licensee shall obtain a seal of a design as required by rule bearing the licensee's name, license number, and the...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 65
  Expiration and renewal of license. The expiration date and renewal period for each license shall be set by rule. A Licensed Professional Geologist whose license...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 70
  Fees. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the fees for the administration and enforcement of this Act, including but not limited to original licensure,...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 75
  Returned checks; fines. Any person who delivers a check or other payment to the Department that is returned to the Department unpaid by the financial...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 80
  Disciplinary actions. (a) The Department may refuse to issue or renew, or may revoke, suspend, place on probation, reprimand, or take other disciplinary action as...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 85
  Injunctive action; cease and desist order. (a) If any person violates the provisions of this Act, the Director, in the name of the People of...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 90
  Investigations; notice and hearing. The Department may investigate the actions of any applicant or of any person or persons rendering or offering to render geological...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 95
  Record of proceedings; transcript. The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record of all proceedings at the formal hearing of any case. The...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 100
  Subpoenas; depositions; oaths. The Department has the power to subpoena and to bring before it any person and to take testimony either orally or...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 105
  Compelling testimony. Any circuit court, upon application of the Department, designated hearing officer, or the applicant or licensee against whom proceedings under Section 80...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 110
  Findings and recommendations. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board shall present to the Director a written report of its findings of fact, conclusions...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 115
  Board; rehearing. At the conclusion of the hearing, a copy of the Board's report shall be served upon the applicant or licensee by the...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 120
  Director; rehearing. Whenever the Director believes that justice has not been done in the revocation, suspension, or refusal to issue, restore, or renew a person's...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 125
  Appointment of a hearing officer. The Director has the authority to appoint any attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Illinois to serve...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 130
  Order or certified copy; prima facie proof. An order or certified copy thereof, over the seal of the Department and purporting to be signed...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 135
  Restoration of suspended or revoked license. At any time after the suspension or revocation of a person's license to practice as a Licensed Professional Geologist,...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 140
  Surrender of license. Upon the revocation or suspension of a person's license to practice as a Licensed Professional Geologist, the licensee shall immediately surrender his...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 145
  Summary suspension of a license. The Director may summarily suspend the license of a Licensed Professional Geologist without a hearing, simultaneously with the institution of...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 150
  Administrative review; venue. (a) All final administrative decisions of the Department are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law and its rules....
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 155
  Certifications of record; costs. The Department shall not be required to certify any record to the court, to file an answer in court, or...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 160
  Violations. (a) Using or attempting to use an expired license is a Class A misdemeanor. (b) Each of the following acts is a Class A...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 162
  Civil penalties. (a) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who violates this Act shall forfeit and pay a civil...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 165
  Consent order. At any point in the proceedings as provided in Sections 85 through 130 and Section 150, both parties may agree to a...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 170
  Illinois Administrative Procedure Act; application. The Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is expressly adopted and incorporated in this Act as if all of the provisions...
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 175
  Home rule. The regulation and licensing of the practice of professional geology are exclusive powers and functions of the State. A home rule unit...
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• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 195
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff. 7-1-96; text omitted.)
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  Amendatory provisions; text omitted
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 197
  (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff. 1-1-96; text omitted.)
• Illinois Professional Geologist Licensing Act. - 225 ILCS 745, Section 199
  Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 1996, except that Sections 1 through 195 take effect July 1, 1996. (Source: P.A. 89-366, eff.

Last modified: February 18, 2015