Professional Land Surveyor

(330/11. Examination - Failure or refusal to take) Section 11. Examination; Failure or refusal to take. The Department shall authorize examinations, as recommended and approved by the Board, for licensure as Land Surveyors-in-Training and Professional Land Surveyors at such times and places as it may determine.

The examination of an applicant for licensure as a Land Surveyor-in-Training or a Professional Land Surveyor may include written tests as defined by rule. The substance and form of the examination shall be as recommended and approved by the Board. Each applicant shall be examined as to his knowledge of the statutes of the United States of America and the State of Illinois relating to the practice of land surveying and mathematics as applied to land surveying.

All applicants for licensing as a Professional Land Surveyor shall be required to pass, as a portion of the examination, a jurisdictional examination to determine the applicant's knowledge of the surveying tasks unique to the State of Illinois, and the law relating thereto.

Applicants for any examination shall be required to pay, either to the Department or the designated testing service, a fee covering the cost of providing the examination. Failure to appear for the examination on the scheduled date, at the time and place specified, after the applicant's application for examination has been received and acknowledged by the Department or the designated testing service, shall result in the forfeiture of the examination fee. If an applicant neglects, fails, or refuses to take an examination for registration under this Act within 3 years after filing his application, the application fee shall be forfeited to the Department and the application denied. However, the applicant may thereafter make a new application for examination, accompanied by the required fee.

(330/12. Qualifications for licensing) Section 12. Qualifications for licensing. (a) A person is qualified to receive a license as a Professional Land Surveyor and the Department shall issue a license to a person:

(1) who has applied in writing in the required form and substance to the Department;

(2) (blank);

(3) who is of good moral character;

(4) who has acquired an Illinois license as a Land Surveyor-in-Training;

(5) who has at least 4 years experience, subsequent to licensure as a Land Surveyor-in-Training, verified by a Professional Land Surveyor in responsible charge of land surveying operations under the direct supervision and control of an Illinois Professional Land Surveyor; and

(6) who has passed an examination authorized by the Department to determine his fitness to receive a license as a Professional Land Surveyor.

(b) A person is qualified to receive a license as a Land Surveyor-in-Training and the Department shall issue a license to a person:

(1) who has applied in writing in the required form and substance to the Department;

(2) (blank);

(3) who is of good moral character;

(4) who has the required education and experience in the practice of land surveying as set forth in this Act; and

(5) who has passed an examination authorized by the Department to determine his or her fitness to receive a license as a Land Surveyor-in-Training in accordance with this Act.

In determining moral character under this Section, the Department may take into consideration any felony conviction or any violation of this Act by the applicant, but such a conviction shall not operate as an absolute bar to licensing.
Amended by P.A. 89-387, Section 75, effective August 18, 1995.

(330/13. Qualifications for examination for licensed land surveyor-in-training) Section 13. Qualifications for examination for Licensed Land Surveyor-In-Training. (a) Applicants for the examination for Land Surveyor-in-Training shall have:

(1) a baccalaureate degree in Land Surveying from an accredited college or university, or a baccalaureate degree in a related science including at least 24 semester hours of land surveying courses from a Board approved curriculum of an accredited institution;

(2) a baccalaureate degree in a related science as approved by the Board, from an accredited college or university and 2 years land surveying experience;

(3) an associate degree in Land Surveying Technology from an accredited junior college and 3 years land surveying experience;

(4) an associate degree in engineering technology from an accredited junior college and 4 years land surveying experience;

(5) a high school diploma or its equivalent and 8 years land surveying experience.

Beginning January 1, 1998, an applicant must have a baccalaureate degree in land surveying from an accredited college or university, or a baccalaureate degree in a related science including at least 24 semester hours of land surveying courses from a Board approved curriculum of an accredited institution, to be eligible for licensing as a Land Surveyor-in-Training.

Professional Engineers

(325/8. Applications for licensure) Section 8. Applications for licensure. (a) Applications for licensure (1) be on forms prescribed and furnished by the Department, (2) contain 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 examination, except as provided in subsection (b) of Section 11. 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 calendar year which alternates with periods of full-time academic training, when such program is certified by the university, or

(2) Credit shall 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 takes 8 or more years (16 semesters or 24 quarters minimum) as a part-time student to earn the degree concurrent with the employment.

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 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 applicant's expense, to have an evaluation of the applicant's education in a foreign country by a nationally recognized educational body approved by the Board in accordance with rules prescribed 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 the Test of Spoken English (TSE) as defined by rule before taking the licensure examination. Amended by P.A. 89-61, Section 15, effective June 30, 1995.

(325/9. Licensure qualifications - Examinations - Failure or refusal to take examinations) Section 9. Licensure qualifications; Examinations; Failure or refusal to take examinations. Examinations provided for by this Act shall be conducted under rules prescribed by the Department. Examinations shall be held not less frequently than semi-annually, at times and places prescribed by the Department, of which applicants shall be notified by the Department in writing.

Examinations of the applicants who seek to practice professional engineering shall ascertain: (a) if the applicant has an adequate understanding of the basic and engineering sciences, which shall embrace subjects required of candidates for an approved baccalaureate degree in engineering, and (b) if the training and experience of the applicant have provided a background for the application of the basic and engineering science to the solution of engineering problems. The Department may by rule prescribe additional subjects for examination. If an applicant neglects, fails without an approved excuse, or refuses to take the next available examination offered for licensure under this Act within 3 years after filing the application, the fee paid by the applicant shall be forfeited and the application denied. If an applicant fails to pass an examination for licensure under this Act within 3 years after filing the application, the application shall be denied. However, such applicant may thereafter make a new application for examination, accompanied by the required fee. Amended by P.A. 88-595, Section 90, effective August 26, 1994.

(325/10. Minimum standards for examination for licensure as professional engineer) Section 10. Minimum standards for examination for licensure as a 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 then passes a nominal 8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of engineering, and a nominal 8-hour written examination in the principles and practice of engineering. Upon 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 meeting the requirements as set forth by rule, 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 then passes a nominal 8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of engineering and a nominal 8-hour written examination in the principles and practice of engineering. Upon passing both examinations, the applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall be granted a license to practice professional engineering in this State; or

(c) An engineer intern who meets the education and experience qualifications of subsection (a) or (b) of this Section by application and payment of the required fee, may then take the nominal 8-hour written examination in the principles and practice of engineering. Upon passing that examination, the applicant, if otherwise qualified, shall be granted a license to practice professional engineering in this State. Amended by P.A. 89-61, Section 15, effective June 30, 1995.

(325/11. Minimum standards for examination for enrollment as engineer intern) Section 11. Minimum standards for examination for enrollment as engineer intern. Each of the following is considered a minimum standard that an applicant must satisfy to qualify for enrollment as an engineer intern.

(a) A graduate of an approved engineering curriculum of at least 4 years, who has passed a nominal 8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of engineering, shall be enrolled as an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise qualified; or

(b) An applicant in the last year of an approved engineering curriculum who passes a nominal 8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of engineering and furnishes proof of graduation within a 12 month period following the examination shall be enrolled as an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise qualified; or

(c) A graduate of a non-approved engineering curriculum or a related science curriculum, of at least 4 years meeting the requirements as set forth by rule, who submits acceptable evidence to the Board of an additional 4 years or more of progressive experience in engineering work and who then passes a nominal 8-hour written examination in the fundamentals of engineering shall be enrolled as an engineer intern, if the applicant is otherwise qualified.

The examination of applicants under subsection (b) of this Section who fail to furnish proof of graduation within the specified 12 month period after the examination shall be voided by the Department. Amended by P.A. 89-61, Section 15, effective June 30, 1995.

(325/12. Educational credits or teaching as equivalent of experience) Section 12. Educational credits or teaching as equivalent of experience. (a) After earning an acceptable baccalaureate degree as required by subsection (a) or (b) of Section 10 in engineering or related science and upon completion of a Master's degree in engineering, the applicant may receive one year of experience credit. Upon completion of a Ph.D. in engineering, an applicant may receive an additional year experience credit for a maximum of 2 years.

(b) Teaching engineering subjects in an engineering college is considered experience in engineering.

(c) For an individual applying for licensure as a professional engineer under subsection (a) or (b) of Section 10, the examination for the fundamentals of engineering shall be waived, if application is made before January 1, 1994, for those individuals who have:

(1) a doctoral degree from an approved graduate engineering program, and

(2) demonstrated, in accordance with standards set by rule, a broad knowledge of the fundamentals of engineering, by course work gained either in a baccalaureate, masters, or doctoral program.

(325/13. After graduation courses) Section 13. After graduation courses. To complete acceptable educational requirements, an applicant may use course work successfully taken after the applicant's non-approved engineering baccalaureate degree or related science baccalaureate degree, as provided in the rules. Amended by P.A. 89-61, Section 15, effective June 30, 1995.

Nikki Zollar
Director
320 W. Washington Street, 3rd Floor
Springfield, Illinois 62786
217-785-0877
tbaring@dpr084rl.state.il.us

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