US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

A. The board shall adopt and prescribe seals for use by registrants who are required by the board to use seals. Each seal shall bear the name of the registrant and shall state the profession in which the registrant is permitted to practice and, in the case of engineering, the branch or branches of engineering in which the registrant has demonstrated proficiency, and other data the board deems pertinent.

B. Plans, specifications, plats or reports prepared by a registrant or a registrant's bona fide employee shall be issued under the registrant's seal if the board requires the registrant to use a seal.

C. It is unlawful for a registrant whose certificate has expired or has been revoked or suspended to use the seal.

D. It is unlawful for any nonregistrant to cause or permit the illegal use of a registrant's seal, signature or stamp on any document prepared by the nonregistrant.

E. If the board requires a registrant to use a seal, the registrant is responsible for all documents that the registrant signs, stamps or seals, including those documents prepared by the registrant's bona fide employee.