1. (1) After a Registered Landscape Architect has stamped a final draft document, the Registered Landscape Architect shall sign in the designated space provided across the stamp.

2. (2) Sign or signature as used in ORS 671.379 means the following:

   1. (a) An original, hand-written identification of a Registered Landscape Architect;
   2. (b) An electronic scanned image of an original, hand-written identification of a Registered Landscape Architect; or
   3. (c) A computer-generated (digital) representation of the Registered Landscape Architect’s hand-written signature that represents the act of putting the name on a document to attest to the document’s validity.  For computer-generated (digital) documents stamped with a digital stamp, a digital signature is acceptable as allowed by ORS 84.001 to ORS 84.061.

3. (3) Signature must be:

   1. (a) Permanently affixed to the document being certified;
   2. (b) Placed across the stamp in the designated location;
   3. (c) Unique to the registrant;
   4. (d) Under the direct control of the registrant; and
   5. (e) Verifiable.
4. (4) A registrant is responsible for the custody and proper use of a digital signature. Improper use, whether authorized or not by the Registered Landscape Architect, of a digital signature shall be grounds for disciplinary action or civil penalty by the Board.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 671.415, ORS 671.379 & 670.310(1)

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 671.379, 671.316(2), 671.404(3),(4), 671.408 & 671.995

History

LAB 1-2019, amend filed 05/14/2019, effective 05/15/2019
LAB 1-2010, f. & cert. ef. 2-17-10