(a)

1. (1) Upon licensure, each professional engineer may obtain a seal of the design authorized by the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors bearing the licensee’s name, license number, and the legend “licensed professional engineer”.
2. (2) Each page of each final engineering document, to include drawings, and the cover sheet of specifications and the signature page of written reports prepared by a licensee shall, when issued, be dated, signed, and stamped with the said seal or facsimile thereof by the responsible licensee or licensees.
3. (3) It shall be unlawful for an engineer to affix or permit the engineer’s seal or facsimile thereof to be affixed to any engineering drawing, specifications, plats, or reports after the expiration of the engineer’s license or for the purpose of aiding or abetting any other person to evade or attempt to evade any provision of the statutes and the rules of the board.

4. (4) Record or as-built drawings representing what is believed to be constructed shall not be sealed unless specifically required by contract and shall then contain a caveat or disclaimer that provides as applicable:

   1. (A) The information in the drawing is a compiled representation of the constructed project;
   2. (B) Identifies the source and basis of information used in preparing the drawing; and
   3. (C) States or declares that the drawing is believed to be correct to the best of the professional’s knowledge but it cannot be guaranteed accurate.

(b)

1. (1) Upon licensure each professional surveyor may obtain a seal of the design authorized by the board bearing the licensee’s name, license number, and the legend “licensed professional surveyor”.
2. (2) Each page of final drawings, plats, and the signature page of reports and the cover sheet of specifications prepared by a licensee shall, when issued, be dated, signed, and stamped with the said seal or a facsimile thereof.
3. (3) It shall be unlawful for a licensee to affix or permit the licensee’s seal and signature or facsimile thereof to be affixed to any document the licensee did not personally prepare or supervise the preparation of or after the expiration of the licensee’s license or for aiding or abetting any other person to evade or attempt to evade any provision of the statutes and rules of the board.

(d) The board hereby establishes the design of and clarifies the use of the seal by a licensee as follows:

1. (1)

   1. (A) The engineer and surveyor and certificate of authorization seals shall use the following designs.
   2. (B) However, seals previously acquired in compliance with then current rules need not be changed nor modified as a result of subsequent rule changes unless specifically required;

2. (2)

   1. (A) The seal shall be from one and one-quarter inch (1 ¼ in.) to two inches (2 in.) in diameter and have a milled edge in conformance with the above designs.
   2. (B) A facsimile rubber stamp is authorized in lieu of a seal.
   3. (C) The stamp may have either a milled edge or two (2) concentric circles with the outer and inner circles corresponding with the respective edges of the milling on the seal.
   4. (D) The licensee’s name and number inscribed in the seal shall correspond to the name and certificate number shown on the certificate of licensure;

3. (3)

   1. (A) The seal shall be affixed to documents and instruments only when the license certificate is current and in good standing, and then only on such documents and instruments that have been prepared by the licensee or under the supervision of the licensee.
   2. (B) The licensee shall be responsible for assuring the seal, however affixed, is legible on the document;
4. (4) By affixing the licensee’s seal to any documents or instruments, a licensee accepts full responsibility and liability for the professional work represented on such documents or instruments; and

5. (5) Documents may be sealed electronically and may be signed and/or transmitted electronically if done in one (1) of the following ways:

   1. (A) Documents digitally signed may be transmitted electronically as long as the signature is:

(i) Unique to and under the sole control of the person who applied it;

1. (ii) Capable of verification; and

   1. (iii) Able to be linked to the document in such a manner that the signature is invalidated if any data on the document is altered;

   2. (B)

      1. (i) Documents manually or digitally sealed but not signed may be transmitted electronically so long as an original signature and date shall be affixed over the seal and maintained on a paper or electronic copy of the document in the office of record.
      2. (ii) The electronically transmitted file shall contain the following: “This document was originally issued and sealed by (name of licensee), (license number) on (date). This copy is not a signed and sealed document.”; or
   3. (C) Documents manually or digitally signed and sealed may be digitally copied and transmitted by electronic means.