Illinois Administrative Code › Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Part 1380 - THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING PRACTICE ACT OF 1989 › Section 1380.325 - Professional Development

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The professional development required as a condition for
				license renewal under the Professional Engineering Act of 1989 is set forth in
				this Section. All professional engineers shall meet these requirements.
a) Professional Development Hours
			 Requirements
1) Beginning with the November
			 30, 2005 renewal and every renewal thereafter, in order to renew a license as a
			 professional engineer, a licensee shall be required to complete 30 professional
			 development hours (PDHs) relevant to the practice of professional engineering
			 or be exempt from the professional development requirements as provided in
			 subsection (j). Failure to comply with these requirements may result in
			 non-renewal of the professional engineer's license or other disciplinary
			 action, or both. A maximum of 15 qualifying PDHs gained within six months from
			 the current renewal deadline and not used for the current renewal period may be
			 carried over to the subsequent renewal period but shall not include the
			 requirements for State statutes and this Part, professional conduct and/or
			 ethics, or sexual harassment prevention training, which must be satisfied
			 during each pre-renewal period. PDHs used in this manner must be documented on
			 the appropriate Department issued form.
2) Beginning with the November 30, 2023
			 renewal and every renewal thereafter, the total professional development hours
			 shall include:
A) A minimum of 1 hour of
			 programs, courses or activities in the area of Illinois statutes and this Part
			 that regulate professional engineers and professional engineering.
B) A minimum of 1 hour of programs, courses,
			 or activities in the area of professional conduct and/or ethics.
3) Beginning with the November 30,
			 2021 renewal and every renewal thereafter, the total professional development
			 hours shall include 1 hour of Sexual Harassment Prevention Training which shall
			 meet the requirements of 68 Ill. Adm. Code
			 1130.400. A licensee completing
			 a course on sexual harassment prevention developed or offered by the Illinois
			 Department of Human Rights [775 ILCS 5 ], the licensee's
			 employer or an acceptable provider listed within this Section, may count that
			 course toward the 1 hour requirement under this Section. (See Section 1205-15.5
			 of the Department of Professional Regulation Law [20 ILCS 2105
			 ].)
4) A prerenewal period is the
			 24 months preceding November 30 of each odd-numbered year.
5) One professional development hour shall
			 equal a minimum of 50 minutes of instruction or participation. If a program is
			 taken that awards continuing education units (CEU) rather than professional
			 development hours, one CEU equals 10 professional development hours of class in
			 an approved continuing education course. A maximum of 12 PDHs may be earned
			 within a 24-hour period, where a period begins at midnight.
6) Professional engineers licensed in
			 Illinois but residing and practicing in other states shall comply with the
			 professional development requirements set forth in this Section.
7) Professional development hours used to
			 satisfy the professional development requirements of another jurisdiction may
			 be applied to fulfill the professional development requirements of the State of
			 Illinois if they are substantially equivalent.