Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1380 - THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE ACT OF 1989 › Section 1380.230 - Approved Experience

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Each
			 application shall be reviewed by the Division or the Professional Engineer
			 Board (Board) to determine whether the applicant has shown evidence that the
			 professional (non-structural) engineering experience meets the requirements for
			 licensure as described in this Section. All experience shall have been acquired
			 after conferral of the baccalaureate degree except as provided in subsections
			 (a)(1), (a)(4), and (a)(5).
1) Credit for one
			 year of experience shall be given for completion of graduate study resulting in
			 a master's degree in engineering from a U.S. university, including as part of a
			 combined or dual-degree or co-terminal program where the baccalaureate degree
			 requirements are being met simultaneously with the master's degree
			 requirements.
2) Credit for two
			 years of experience shall be given for completion of graduate study resulting
			 in a doctor's degree in engineering from a U.S. university.
3) The maximum credit for graduate study
			 shall be 2 years.
4) Credit for one
			 year of experience shall be given for a graduate of a university certified
			 cooperative program.
A) An internship shall
			 not qualify for co-op credit.
B)
			 The co-op program shall consist of supervised industrial or field training to
			 last at least one academic year and alternate with semesters of full-time
			 academic education.
C) Applicants
			 claiming credit for participation shall submit an official transcript
			 reflecting university credit for completion of the co-op program.
D) All experience must be verified, on forms
			 provided by the Division, by the supervising engineer who is licensed as a
			 professional engineer.
5) Credit for professional engineering
			 experience earned PRIOR TO conferral of a baccalaureate degree shall be given
			 if the employment is full-time and if the applicant takes eight or more years
			 to earn the degree as a part-time student, as provided for in Section (10)(b)
			 of the Act.
6) All experience shall
			 be gained under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer or a person
			 legally practicing professional engineering pursuant to Section 3 of the Act
			 who verifies the experience during which the applicant was doing work at a
			 professional level, and the manner in which the work prepares the applicant for
			 licensure as a professional engineer.
7) Credit for all necessary experience shall
			 only be given for actual experience in the practice of professional
			 engineering. Acceptable experience shall be within the definition of the
			 practice as set forth in Section 4(o) of the Act and shall require the
			 application of technical knowledge and professional engineering
			 principles.
8) The required
			 engineering experience shall require the applicant to demonstrate progressive
			 growth in quality, responsibility, and capability of making independent
			 technical decisions, and be held accountable for the performance of the
			 applicant's duties.
9) Engineering
			 experience that is structural in nature shall not be accepted for the
			 Professional Engineer license as it is outside the scope of practice as set
			 forth in Section 4(o) of the Act.
10) A maximum of three years of experience
			 may be given for full-time teaching of upper division junior/senior courses or
			 graduate courses in an approved engineering program as defined in Section
			 1380.210. An academic year of
			 full-time instruction shall be considered equivalent to one year of experience
			 as required for licensure. Instruction may not be done concurrently while
			 enrolled as a student in an approved engineering program at any level.
			 Instruction must be documented and certified via affidavit by the department
			 chair or dean of the engineering program.
11) All experience must be verified and
			 submitted on forms provided by the Division or as part of the NCEES
			 Record.
12) Experience gained
			 outside of the U.S. may be accepted and shall be accompanied by certified
			 documents detailing the requirements to legally practice professional
			 engineering in the country and proof that the supervisor met those requirements
			 at the time of supervision. The applicant, at their expense and if necessary,
			 is responsible for providing translation of documents into English for review
			 by the Board. A maximum of four years of experience gained in this manner shall
			 be given.