PROFESSIONS,
VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 12
ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS
54-1215.License -- Seals -- Intern certificates. (1) The board shall issue
a license upon payment of the fee as provided for in this chapter
to any applicant who, in the opinion of the board, has satisfactorily
met all of the requirements of this chapter for licensure as a professional
engineer or professional land surveyor, and a certificate shall be
issued to those who qualify as an engineer intern or a land surveyor
intern. In the case of a professional engineer, the license shall
authorize the practice of "professional engineering," and
in the case of a professional land surveyor the license shall authorize
the practice of "professional land surveying." Licenses
shall show the full name of the licensee, shall give a license number,
and shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary of the board
under seal of the board.
(2) The
issuance of a license by the board shall be prima facie evidence that
the person named therein is entitled to all the rights, privileges
and responsibilities of a licensed professional engineer or of a licensed
professional land surveyor, provided that said license has not expired
or has not been suspended or revoked.
(3) Each
licensee hereunder shall, upon licensure, obtain a seal, the use and
design of which are described below. It shall be unlawful for any
person to affix or to permit his seal and signature to be affixed
to any documents after the license of the licensee named thereon has
expired or has been suspended or revoked, unless said license shall
have been renewed, reinstated, or reissued, or for the purpose of
aiding or abetting any other person to evade or attempt to evade any
portion of this chapter.
(a) The
seal may be a rubber stamp, crimp or electronically generated image.
Whenever the seal is applied, the licensee’s signature and date
shall also be included. If the signature is handwritten, it shall
be adjacent to or across the seal. No further words or wording is
required. A facsimile signature generated by any method will not be
acceptable unless accompanied by a digital signature.
(b) The
seal, signature and date shall be placed on all final specifications,
land surveys, reports, plats, drawings, plans, design information
and calculations, whenever presented to a client or any public or
governmental agency. Any such document presented to a client or public
or governmental agency that is not final and does not contain a seal,
signature and date shall be clearly marked as "draft," "not
for construction" or with similar words to distinguish the document
from a final document. In the event the final work product is preliminary
in nature or contains the word "preliminary," such as a "preliminary
engineering report," the final work product shall be sealed,
signed and dated as a final document if the document is intended to
be relied upon to make policy decisions important to the life, health,
property, or fiscal interest of the public.
(c) The
seal and signature of the licensee and date shall be placed on all
original documents in such a manner that such seal, signature and
date are reproduced when the original document is copied. The application
of the licensee’s seal and signature and the date shall constitute
certification that the work thereon was done by him or under his responsible
charge. Each plan or drawing sheet shall be sealed and signed and
dated by the licensee or licensees responsible for each sheet. In
the case of a business entity, each plan or drawing sheet shall be
sealed and signed and dated by the licensee or licensees involved.
Copies of electronically produced documents, listed in paragraph (b)
of this subsection, distributed for informational uses such as for
bidding purposes or working copies, may be issued with the licensee’s
seal and a notice that the original document is on file with the licensee’s
signature and the date. The words "Original Signed By:"
and "Date Original Signed:" shall be placed adjacent to
or across the seal on the electronic original. The storage location
of the original document shall also be provided. Only the title page
of reports, specifications and like documents need bear the seal and
signature of the licensee and the date.
(d) The
seal and signature shall be used by licensees only when the work being
stamped was under the licensee’s responsible charge.
(e) The
design of the seal shall be as determined by the board.
(4) The
board shall issue to any applicant who, in the opinion of the board,
has met the requirements of this chapter, a certificate as an engineer
intern or land surveyor intern. The engineer intern or land surveyor
intern certificate does not authorize the certificate holder to practice
as a professional engineer or a professional land surveyor.
Idaho Statutes