Ill. Admin. Code tit. 68, § 1270.20 - Examinations
a) An applicant for
enrollment as a Surveyor Intern shall pass the National Council of Examiners
for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) Fundamentals of Land Surveying
Examination.
b) An applicant for
licensure as a Professional Land Surveyor shall have passed the required FS
examination and the following examinations:
1)
NCEES Principles and Practice of Land Surveying Examination; and
2) Illinois Jurisdictional
Examination.
c) The
scoring of the NCEES Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination and the NCEES
Principles and Practice of Land Surveying Examination and the determination of
scores shall be as approved by NCEES. Separate scores shall be given for each
examination and the scores shall be reported as pass/fail.
d) The Illinois Jurisdictional Examination
shall be reported as pass/fail. The Jurisdictional Examination shall include,
but not be limited to, the following areas:
1)
History of the public land surveying system in Illinois;
2) Jurisdictional Standards and Ethics
(knowledge of prevailing professional standards and ethics specific to
Illinois);
3) Jurisdictional Legal
Precedent and Principles (knowledge of legal principles and requirements
specific to Illinois);
4)
Jurisdictional Field Techniques (knowledge of field research techniques
specific to Illinois); and
5)
Jurisdictional Record Sources (knowledge of sources of records and information
specific to Illinois).
e) Retake of Examination.
1) Applicants who do not pass the NCEES
Fundamentals of Land Surveying Examination, the NCEES Principles and Practice
of Land Surveying Examination or the Illinois Jurisdictional Examination will
be required to retake only the examinations failed.
2) Scores from examinations already passed
under a previous application shall be carried over and applied to subsequent
applications.
3) Fundamentals of
Surveying Examination scores do not expire, with exception as noted in Section
1270.5(f)(1).
f) Candidates who fail an
examination may not review their examination booklet or the associated answer
sheets. Rescoring of the examination or any individual problem is not
permitted; however, a retabulation of the numerical score will be permitted for
a paper examination, but no retabulation of a computer-based examination is
allowed.
g) Examinations may be
given in various formats with different application submittal dates depending
on the examination format.
1) The Illinois
Jurisdictional examination is administered in paper format on varying dates
year-round as prescribed by the examination administrator.
2) Examinations administered in a
computer-based format. Applicants may attempt a particular NCEES exam one time
per testing window and no more than three times in a 12-month period, which
begins with the examinee's first attempt.
h) If an applicant has failed an examination,
the examination may not be waived for licensure.
Notes
Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 1832, effective January 8, 2007
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