1. A. The Board shall issue to any applicant who, in the opinion of the Board, has met the requirements of Section 475.1 et seq. of this title, a certificate of registration giving the registrant proper authority to practice his profession in this state. The certificate of registration for an engineer shall carry the designation "Professional Engineer" and for a land surveyor, "Professional Land Surveyor". It shall give the full name and registration number of the registrant and shall be signed by the Chairman and the Secretary under seal of the Board.
2. B. This certificate shall be prima facie evidence that the person named therein is entitled to all rights, privileges and responsibilities of a professional engineer or professional land surveyor, while said certificate remains effective.

3. C. Each registrant hereunder must, upon registration, obtain a seal, the design and use of which are described below. It shall be unlawful for a registrant to affix, or permit his seal to be affixed, to any document as listed below after the expiration or revocation of a certificate or for the purpose of aiding or abetting any other person to evade or attempt to evade any provision of Section 475.1 et seq. of this title.

   1. 1. The seal shall be a rubber stamp, an electronically digitized seal, or a metal impression seal. Whenever the seal is applied, the registrant's original signature and date of signature shall be written adjacent to or across the seal. No further words or wording are required. A facsimile signature or electronically digitized signature will not be acceptable.
   2. 2. The seal and dated signature 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.
   3. 3. The seal shall be placed on all originals, tracings or other reproducible documents and shall be signed and dated by the registrant in such a manner that the seal, signature and date will be legible when reproduced. The application of the registrant's dated signature to the sealed document shall constitute certification that the work thereon was done by the registrant or under the registrant's direct supervision or control.
   4. 4. In the case where multiple registrants are involved, each sheet in a set of drawings shall contain the seal and dated signature of the registrant responsible for that portion of the work.
   5. 5. In the case of a firm, at least one sheet shall also show the name of the firm, the firm's Certificate of Authorization number, and the renewal date of the Certificate of Authorization. The registrant in responsible charge of the project for the firm shall sign, seal and date the title page or first page.
   6. 6. In the case where the work consists of a letter or report, or a permanently bound set of calculations or specifications, the registrant is only required to sign, seal and date the first page, title page or signature page.
   7. 7. In no case shall a registrant allow his seal to be placed on any work that is not under his direct supervision or control, nor shall a registrant sign, seal or date any work not under his direct supervision or control. In the case of a registrant checking and sealing the work of an out-of-state registrant, direct supervision or control shall include having complete dominion and control of the design. In such cases, the registrant of the state in which the work is to be used shall perform a complete check of the design and shall retain possession of the signed, dated and sealed reproducible documents, along with complete signed, dated and sealed design calculations, indicating all changes in the design.
   8. 8. In the case of a temporary permit issued to a registrant of another state, the registrant shall affix the seal from his resident state, along with the temporary permit number from this Board and his signature and the date, to all work for which he is responsible.

   9. 9. The design of the seal shall be determined by the Board; however, the following minimum information shall be on the seal:

      1. a. the words "State of Oklahoma",
      2. b. the registrant's name,
      3. c. the registrant's registration number, and
      4. d. the words "Registered Professional Engineer" or "Registered Professional Land Surveyor"; existing seals containing the words "Registered Land Surveyor" may continue to be used.
4. D. The Board shall issue to any applicant who, in the opinion of the Board, has met the requirements of Section 475.1 et seq. of this title, an enrollment card as an engineer intern or land surveyor intern which indicates that applicant's name has been recorded as such in the Board office. The engineer intern or land surveyor intern enrollment card does not authorize the holder to practice as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor.

Laws 1968, SB 524, c. 245, § 15, emerg. eff. April 26, 1968; Amended by Laws 1982, SB 616, c. 297, § 15; Amended by Laws 1992, SB 799, c. 165, § 13, emerg. eff. July 1, 1992.