US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 12
                           ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS
    54-1215.  CERTIFICATES -- SEALS. (1) The board shall issue a certificate
of registration upon payment of the registration fee as provided for in this
chapter to any applicant who, in the opinion of the board, has satisfactorily
met all of the requirements of this  chapter, and an enrollment certificate
shall be issued to those who qualify as engineers-in-training and land
surveyors-in-training. In the case of a registered professional engineer, the
certificate shall authorize the practice of "professional engineering," and in
the case of a registered professional land surveyor the certificate shall
authorize the practice of "professional land surveying." Certificates of
registration shall show the full name of the registrant, shall give a serial
registration number, and shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary of
the board under seal of the board.
    (2)  The issuance of a certificate of registration by the board shall be
prima facie evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all the
rights, privileges and responsibilities of a registered professional engineer
or of a registered professional land surveyor, provided that said certificate
of registration has not expired or has not been suspended or revoked.
    (3)  Each registrant hereunder shall, upon registration, obtain a seal,
the use and design of which are described below. It shall be unlawful for any
person to affix or to permit his seal and signature to be affixed to any
documents after the certificate of the registrant named thereon has expired or
has been suspended or revoked, unless said certificate shall have been
renewed, reinstated, or reissued, or for the purpose of aiding or abetting any
other person to evade or attempt to evade any portion of this chapter.
    (a)  The seal may be a rubber stamp, crimp or electronically generated
    image. Whenever the seal is applied, the registrant's signature and date
    shall also be included. If the signature is handwritten, it shall be
    adjacent to or across the seal. No further words or wording is required. A
    facsimile signature generated by any method will not be acceptable unless
    accompanied by a digital signature.
    (b)  The seal, signature and date shall be placed on all final
    specifications, land surveys, reports, plats, drawings, plans, design
    information and calculations, whenever presented to a client or any public
    or governmental agency. Any such document presented to a client or public
    or governmental agency that is not final and does not contain a seal,
    signature and date shall be clearly marked as "preliminary," "draft," "not
    for construction" or with similar words to distinguish the document from a
    final document.
    (c)  The seal, signature and date shall be placed on all original
    documents. The application of the registrant's seal, signature and date
    shall constitute certification that the work thereon was done by him or
    under his responsible charge. Each plan or drawing sheet shall be sealed
    and signed by the registrant or registrants responsible for each sheet. In
    the case of a business entity, each plan or drawing sheet shall be sealed
    and signed by the registrant or registrants involved. The principal in
    responsible charge shall sign and seal the title or first sheet. Copies of
    electronically produced documents, listed in paragraph (b) of this
    subsection, distributed for informational uses such as for bidding
    purposes or working copies, may be issued with the registrant's seal and a
    notice that the original document is on file with the registrant's
    signature and date. The words "Original Signed By:" and "Date Original
    Signed:" shall be placed adjacent to or across the seal on the electronic
    original. The storage location of the original document shall also be
    provided. Only the title page of reports, specifications and like
    documents need bear the seal, signature and date of the registrant.
    (d)  The seal and signature shall be used by registrants only when the
    work being stamped was under the registrant's responsible charge.
    (e)  The design of the seal shall be as determined by the board.
    (4)  The board shall issue to any applicant who, in the opinion of the
board, has met the requirements of this chapter, an enrollment certificate or
card as an engineer-in-training or land surveyor-in-training, which indicates
that his name has been recorded as such in the board office. The
engineer-in-training or land surveyor-in-training enrollment card does not
authorize the holder to practice as a professional engineer or a professional
land surveyor.