Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification › 300 - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Section 20-300-10 - License seals and stamps

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Each licensee,
			 upon notification of licensure, will be authorized to obtain an official seal
			 of a size and design prescribed by the Board. The seal shall be applied to all
			 plans, maps, surveys, sketches, drawings, specifications, and documents
			 pertaining to any project submitted by the licensee to his or her client. Where
			 drawings or documents are bound together, the application of the seal on one
			 sheet or page shall be considered sufficient, except in filing plans for
			 building permits and appurtenant structures where each sheet shall be
			 sealed.
(b) A rubber stamp of
			 identical size and design to the specified seal shall suffice. Where a licensee
			 is classified as a professional engineer and as a land surveyor, two seals are
			 necessary. The licensee shall not affix his or her seal to any plan, map,
			 survey, sketch, drawing, specification, or other document not prepared
			 personally or under his or her supervisory control. A licensee may seal, or
			 sign and seal, documents not prepared by the licensee or by an employee under
			 the licensee's supervisory control, provided the licensee shall prepare, and
			 retain for a period of not less than six years, a thorough written evaluation
			 of the professional services represented by the documents, including but not
			 limited to, drawings, specifications, reports, design calculations and
			 references to applicable codes and standards. Such written evaluation shall
			 clearly identify the project and the documents to which it relates, the sources
			 of the documents, the name of the person or organization for which the written
			 evaluation was conducted and the date of the evaluation. The seal and signature
			 of the licensee shall also be affixed thereto.
(c) In lieu of a handwritten signature and
			 live seal on paper documents, a licensee shall be permitted to place a digital
			 signature on electronic documents if all of the following criteria are met:
(1) The digital signing process satisfies the
			 requirements of the Digital Signature Standard ("DSS") established by the
			 National Institute of Standards and Technology. This standard may be obtained
			 at the following website: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/;
(2) The digital signature keys are unique to
			 the licensee;
(3) The digital
			 signature keys can be verified by a trusted third party or some other approved
			 process as belonging to the licensee;
(4) The private key used for signing
			 electronic documents is under the licensee's direct and exclusive control;
			 and
(5) An electronic document that
			 is altered in any way after being digitally signed fails the verification
			 process.
(6) A licensee may
			 transmit an electronic document without a digital signature provided that any
			 graphical facsimile of the licensee's handwritten signature or stamp does not
			 appear on the document. For cases where the facsimile signature or stamp cannot
			 be erased or removed, a note shall be placed on the document in a prominent
			 location stating that "This shall not be considered a sealed
			 document."