- (a) Upon issuance of a license, each license holder is required to obtain a seal under the requirements of §133.97 of this title (relating to Issuance of License) and submit an impression of the seal and an original signature to the board for board records.
(b) All seals obtained and used by license holders shall be capable of leaving a permanent ink or impression representation on the engineering work, shall be of the design as illustrated in this paragraph, and may be of two different sizes:
- (1) a pocket seal (the size commercially designated as 1-5/8-inch seal), or
- (2) desk seal (commercially designated as a two-inch seal).
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- (c) Computer-generated seals may be of a reduced size provided that the engineer's name and number are clearly legible.
- (d) All seals obtained and used by license holders shall contain any given name or initial combination with the surname as currently listed with the board and in the usual written signature. Nicknames shall not be permitted on a seal in lieu of a given name or initial combination.
- (e) Preprinting of blank forms with an engineer's seal, or the use of decal or other seal replicas is prohibited.
- (f) When signing an engineering work, the engineer shall utilize the designation "P.E." or other terms as described in §137.1 of this chapter (relating to License Holder Designations). Signature reproductions, including but not limited to rubber stamps or computer-generated signatures (i.e., scanned images of original signatures), shall not be used in lieu of the engineer's actual signature on the original documents. This section does not prevent the reproduction of final, sealed and signed, original works for distribution.
Source Note:The provisions of this §137.31 adopted to be effective May 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 4878.