1. A. A person may not remove a titleblock from any print or reproduction of the documents described in this chapter.
2. B. The titleblock shall contain at least the printed name of the engineering entity.

3. C. The directors of a corporation, partners of a partnership, or members of a limited liability company through which engineering is practiced, may designate another employee of the entity to sign and seal the documents in accordance with the requirements set forth in this chapter, if:

   1. (1) The designee is licensed in the State to practice engineering; and
   2. (2) The designee prepared or approved the documents for a particular project in accordance with this chapter.
4. D. Documents described in this chapter shall contain the following certification: “Professional Certification. I hereby certify that these documents were prepared or approved by me, and that I am a duly licensed professional engineer under the laws of the State of Maryland, License No._____, Expiration Date:_______________.”
5. E. The titleblock, certification, seal, and signature shall appear close to each other.

Authority: Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§14-205, 14-208, and 14-4A-02, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: June 11, 1975 (2:13 Md. R. 929)

Regulations .01, .04, .05, and .07 amended effective December 29, 1978 (5:26 Md. R. 1922)

Originally promulgated as COMAR 09.23.01.10. Recodified effective January 23, 1981 (8:2 Md. R. 111)

Regulation .04D adopted effective September 7, 1987 (14:18 Md. R. 1965)

Chapter revised effective September 28, 1992 (19:19 Md. R. 1705)

Regulations .02—.06 repealed and new Regulations .02—.10 adopted effective December 29, 1997 (24:26 Md. R. 1757)

Regulation .03B amended effective March 1, 2004 (31:4 Md. R. 314)

Regulation .09 amended effective September 1, 2014 (41:17 Md. R. 970)

Regulation .09E amended effective July 16, 2018 (45:14 Md. R. 696)

Regulation .10D,E adopted effective July 2, 2007 (34:13 Md. R. 1151)

Regulation .11 adopted effective October 20, 2008 (35:21 Md. R. 1824)

Regulation .11 amended effective December 17, 2018 (45:25 Md. R. 1205)