Illinois Administrative Code
Title 68 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Part 1270 - ILLINOIS PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR ACT OF 1989
Section 1270.57 - Standards of Professional Conduct
Universal Citation: 68 IL Admin Code ยง 1270.57
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
To safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public and to maintain integrity and high standards of skill and practice of professional land surveying, the following standards of professional conduct shall be binding on every licensee and on all Professional Design Firms authorized to offer or perform professional land surveying services in Illinois.
a) Licensee's Obligation
1) Licensees shall be cognizant that their
first and foremost responsibility is to safeguard the health, safety, and
welfare of the public when performing services for clients and
employers.
2) Licensees shall sign
and seal only those plans, surveys and other documents that conform to accepted
professional land surveying standards and that safeguard the health, safety,
and welfare of the public.
3)
Licensees shall notify their employer or client and such other authority as may
be appropriate when their professional judgment is overruled when the health,
safety, or welfare of the public endangered.
4) Licensees shall, to the best of their
knowledge, include all relevant and pertinent information in an objective and
truthful manner within all professional documents, statements, and
testimony.
5) Licensees shall
express a professional opinion publicly only when it is founded upon an
adequate knowledge of the facts and a competent evaluation of the subject
matter.
6) Licensees shall issue no
statements, criticisms, or arguments on professional land surveying matters
that are inspired or paid for by interest parties, unless they explicitly
identify the interest parties on whose behalf they are speaking and reveal any
interest they have in the matters.
7) Licensees shall not partner, practice, or
offer to practice with any person or firm that they know is engaged in
fraudulent or dishonest business or professional practices.
8) Licensees who have knowledge or reason to
believe that any person or firm has violated any rules or laws applying to the
practice of professional land surveying shall report it to the Division, may
report it to appropriate legal authorities, and shall cooperate with the
Division and those authorities as requested.
9) Licensees shall not knowingly provide
false or incomplete information regarding an applicant in obtaining
licensure.
10) Licensees shall
comply with the licensing laws and rules governing professional land surveying
profession in each of the jurisdictions in which they practice.
b) Licensee's Obligation to Employer and Clients
1) Licensees shall
undertake assignments only when qualified by education or experience in the
specific technical field of professional land surveying involved.
2) Licensees shall not affix their signatures
or seals to any plans, specifications, or other documents dealing with subject
matter in which they lack competence, nor to any such plans, specifications, or
other documents not prepared under their direct supervisory control.
3) Licensees may accept assignments and
assume responsibility for coordination of an assignment outside of their field
of competence if each technical segment is signed and sealed by the licensee
responsible for preparation of that technical segment.
4) Licensees shall not reveal facts, data, or
information obtained in a professional capacity without the prior consent of
the client, employer, or public body on which they serve except as authorized
or required by law or rules.
5)
Licensees shall not solicit or accept gratuities, directly or indirectly, from
contractors, their agents, or other parties in connection with work for
employers or clients.
6) Licensees
shall disclose to their employers or clients all known or potential conflicts
of interest or other circumstances that could influence or appear to influence
their judgment or the quality of their professional service or
engagement.
7) Licensees shall not
accept compensation, financial or otherwise, from more than one party for
services pertaining to the same project, unless the circumstances are fully
disclosed and agreed to in writing by all interested parties.
8) Licensees shall not solicit or accept a
professional contract from a governmental body on which a principal or officer
of their organization serves as a member. Conversely, licensees serving as
members, advisors, or employees of a government body or department, who are the
principals or employees of a private concern, shall not participate in
decisions with respect to professional services offered or provided by said
concern to the governmental body that they serve.
9) Licensees shall not use confidential
information received in the course of their assignments as a means of making
personal profit without the consent of the party from whom the information was
obtained.
c) Licensee's Obligation to Other Licensees
1) Licensees
shall not falsify or permit misrepresentations of their, or their firm's
professional qualifications. They shall not misrepresent or exaggerate their
degree of responsibility in prior assignments nor the complexity of said
assignments. Presentations incidental to the solicitation of employment or
business shall not misrepresent pertinent facts concerning employers,
employees, associates, joint ventures, or past accomplishments.
2) Licensees shall not offer, give, solicit,
or receive, either directly or indirectly, any commission, or gift, or other
valuable consideration in order to secure work, and shall not make any
political contribution with the intent to influence the award of a contract by
public authority.
3) Licensees
shall not injure or attempt to injure, maliciously or falsely, directly or
indirectly, the professional reputation, prospects, practice, or employment of
other licensees, nor indiscriminately criticize other licensees'
work.
4) Licensees shall make a
reasonable effort to inform another licensee whose work is believed to contain
a material discrepancy, error, or omission that may impact the health, safety,
or welfare of the public, unless such reporting is legally
prohibited.
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