illinois licensing

huangyhg

illinois licensing
can someone that has an iowa license stamp drawings with his non-renewed illinois license? is there some sort of reciprocity between states or why would't he just stamp using iowa. the project i am referring to is in illinois- doesn't this require an illinois stamp?
sorry if this confusing...
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each states their own licensing laws and without reading il laws, i would say:
1) il needs to be renewed to use that stamp
2) ia stamp not valid in il
i reviewed some drawings recently where the structurals were stamped by a ga engineer who has applied in oh but his license has not been granted.  i was forced to write a correction letter since ohio law is clear - must be an ohio registered design professional.
don phillips
i believe that don is right.
most states allow you to get a license by comity if you have a license in another state.  however,  i believe illinois is more difficult to get a license in and doesn't always allow license by comity.  see the ncees website.
i don't know of any state that accepts work stamped by license from another state.
illinois requires a structural engineering license
il requires an se license only for structural work...  if you are doing land development - a civil is ok
and no you can't use an iowa seal except in iowa
generally, if you're doing engineering for something built in another state (a structure), the seal will be for that other state.  but this can be surprisingly hard to find in the engineering rules, and the idea that you can work in a state without ever setting foot there is not real obvious.
this is not necessarily the case for a manufactured item.
then there's the "non-renewed" part, covered in another thread (i think in the ethics forum rather than here, but i'm too lazy to check).
hg
i worked for a manufacturer and some projects they asked for a stamp in the state where the product was being used.  other projects took a stamp from the state where the product was manufactured and some projects didn't ask for a stamp at all.
i think the problem is that he has a license, but does not have a physical stamp. you need to check with the board on how to handle this. he may be able to but a statement on the drawing with his name and license. again, check with the board.
if the work is for the federal government, i believe that you may use a seal from any state in the union to seal the plans.
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