12 AAC 36.185. Use of seals

(a) A registrant may

(1) not sign or seal a drawing or document dealing with professional services in which the registrant is not qualified to sign or seal by virtue of education, experience, and registration;

(2) approve and seal only design documents and surveys that are safe for public health, property, and welfare in conformity with accepted architecture, engineering, land surveying, and landscape architecture standards in Alaska;

(3) seal only final drawings, surveys, reports, and required construction documents for which the registrant is qualified to seal and for which the registrant claims responsibility;

(4) not knowingly allow the use of his or her seal by another person on a document that the registrant has neither prepared nor reviewed personally;

(5) not use the seal or a reproduction of the seal of another registrant on a document, regardless of the intended use of the document;

(6) not sign a name other than his or her own name over a seal, and may not forge the signature of the individual to whom the seal was issued by the board; and

(7) not sign or seal drawings, documents, or other professional work for which the registrant does not have direct professional knowledge and direct supervisory control.

(b) If portions of drawings, documents, or other professional work are prepared by other registered professionals, a registrant may seal only that portion of the work for which the registrant has direct professional knowledge and direct supervisory control.

(c) Each office maintained for the preparation of drawings, specifications, reports, or other professional work that will require a professional seal must have a registrant assigned to and regularly employed in that office who has direct knowledge and supervisory control of that work.

(d) The registrant shall include the date each time the registrant signs and seals a document by inserting the date within the seal or in a close proximity to the seal.

(e) The registrant, by sealing final drawings, takes responsibility for related discipline specifications included in the final drawings, unless under AS 08.48.221 the registrant certifies on the face of the document the extent of the registrant's responsibility.

History: Eff. 5/30/82, Register 82; am 8/29/87, Register 103; am 11/13/99, Register 152; am 6/13/2003, Register 166; am 6/11/2005, Register 174

Authority: AS 08.48.101

AS 08.48.111

AS 08.48.221

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