20 CSR 2030-3.060 - Licensee's Seal
(1) Each person licensed as an architect,
professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or professional landscape
architect (not including interns or individuals "in-training") shall, at
his/her own expense, secure a seal one and three-quarters inches (1 3/4") in
diameter of the following design: the seal shall consist of two concentric
circles between which appear in roman capital letters, the words, "State of
Missouri" on the upper part of the seal and either "Architect," or
"Professional Engineer," or "Professional Land Surveyor" or "Professional
Landscape Architect," as the case may be, on the lower part, and within the
inner circle the name of the licensee, together with his/her license number
preceded by the roman capital letter(s) A for Architect, PE for Professional
Engineer, PLS for Professional Land Surveyor or PLA for Professional Landscape
Architect.
(A) The seal of an architect
licensed prior to January 1, 2002 may display "Registered Architect" on the
lower part and within the inner circle the name of the licensee, together with
his/her license number preceded by the roman capital letter A.
(B) The seal of a professional engineer
licensed prior to January 1, 2002 may display "Registered Professional
Engineer" on the lower part and within the inner circle the name of the
licensee, together with his/her license number preceded by the roman capital
letter E.
(C) The seal of a
professional land surveyor licensed prior to January 1, 2002 may display
"Registered Land Surveyor" on the lower part and within the inner circle the
name of the licensee, together with his/her license number preceded by the
roman capital letters LS.
(D) The
seal of a professional landscape architect licensed prior to January 1, 2015
may display "Landscape Architect" on the lower part and within the inner circle
the name of the licensee, together with his/her license number preceded by the
roman capital letters LA.
(2) The seal may be in the form of an
embossing seal, a rubber stamp, or a computer-generated image, identical in
size, design and content with the provisions of section (1) above.
(3) In addition to the personal seal, the
licensee shall also affix his/her signature and place the date when the
document was originally sealed, at the minimum, to the original of each sheet
in a set of all final technical submissions that include, but are not limited
to, drawings, specifications, exhibits, plats, reports, surveys, and
certifications of construction prepared by the licensee or under his/her
immediate personal supervision. The term "signature," as used herein means the
following:
(A) For a hand drawing (e.g.,
paper, vellum, mylar), printed document or computer generated hard copy media,
a handwritten "wet signature" identification containing the name of the person
who applied it.
(B) For electronic
or digital documents transmitted to others in their native file format (e.g.,
AutoCAD, Revit, Word, or Excel), a digital signature with an electronic
authentication process attached to or logically associated with the document.
The digital signature must be unique to, and under the sole control of the
person using it; it must also be capable of verification and be linked to a
document in such manner that the digital signature is invalidated if any data
on the document is altered.
(C) For
electronic or digital documents transmitted to others in a "pdf" or similar
format that has modified the native file so that it is not easily altered, a
scanned signature is acceptable if it is an accurate depiction of the
licensee's actual signature.
(4) When revisions are made the licensee who
made the revisions, or under whose immediate personal supervision the revisions
were made, shall sign, seal, and date each sheet and provide an explanation of
the revisions. Revisions to technical submissions which are not made or
approved by the licensee are prohibited.
(5) In lieu of signing, sealing, and dating
each page, the licensee(s) may sign, seal, and date the title page, an index
page, or a seals page on bound multiple page documents not considered to be
drawings, providing that the signed page clearly identifies all of the other
pages comprising the bound volume. Provided further that any of the other pages
which were prepared by, or under the immediate personal supervision of another
licensee be signed, sealed, and dated as provided for, by the other licensee.
Any additions, deletions, or other revisions are prohibited unless signed,
sealed, and dated by the licensee who made the revisions or under whose
immediate personal supervision the revisions were made.
(6) An original document which is sealed,
signed, and dated (by hand or electronically) by the licensee may be reproduced
by photocopy, traditional blue printing, faxing, scanning in "pdf," publishing
or printing to "pdf," or similar format.
(7) Technical submissions shall be signed,
sealed, and dated unless clearly designated preliminary or incomplete, not to
be used for construction, or is a record drawing of as-built construction
information provided by others. If the document is preliminary or incomplete,
not to be used for construction, or is a record drawing of as-built
construction information provided by others, the phrase, "The information on
this document is preliminary or incomplete, not for construction, recording
purposes, or implementation" or similar disclaimer and notice to others shall
be placed in an obvious location so that it is readily found, easily read, and
not obscured by other markings.
(8)
In the instance of one (1) licensee performing design for other licensees to
incorporate into his/her documents, each licensee shall seal, date, and sign
those documents, using the appropriate disclaimer for clarification of each
licensee's responsibility.
(9) The
signing and sealing of technical submissions not prepared by the licensee or
under his/her immediate personal supervision is prohibited.
(10) This rule supersedes any conflicting
rules.
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