Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) A professional engineer shall sign, date
and seal:
(a) All final plans, prints,
specifications, reports, or other documents prepared or issued by the licensee
and being filed for public record;
(b) All final documents provided to the owner
or the owner's representative.
(2) Additional Final and Non-Final Documents.
(a) A professional engineer may sign, date
and seal documents required by any public entity or any provision of contract
which requires the signing, dating and sealing of additional original
documents.
(b) A professional
engineer shall not sign, date and seal any documents which are not final
documents unless the professional engineer states any limitations on the use of
those documents on the face of those documents by using terms such as
"Preliminary, " "For Review Only, " "Not for Construction, " or any other
suitable statement which denotes that the documents are for limited use, are
not final and are not intended for permit, construction, or bidding
purposes.
(3) A
professional engineer may only sign, date and seal engineering plans, prints,
specifications, reports or other documents if that professional engineer was in
responsible charge, as that term is defined in subsection
61G15-18.011(1),
F.A.C., of the preparation and production of the engineering document and the
professional engineer has the expertise in the engineering discipline used in
producing the engineering document(s) in question. Professional engineers
working for local, State or Federal Government agencies shall legibly indicate
their name and license number, and shall indicate the name and address of the
agency on all documents that are required to be signed, dated and
sealed.
(4) Additional Requirements
for Plans or Prints, Engineering Specifications and Calculations, and
Engineering Reports or Other Documents. When an engineer signs, dates and seals
any of the following types of documents plans or prints under the provisions of
Section 471.025, F.S., and subsection
(1) of this rule, the following additional information must be included:
(a) Plans and Prints. Every sheet within the
plans and prints must be signed, dated and sealed by the professional engineer
in responsible charge.
1. A title block shall
be used on each sheet of plans or prints and shall contain the printed name,
address, and license number of the engineer who has signed, dated and sealed
the plans or prints.
2. If the
engineer signing, dating and sealing engineering plans or prints is practicing
through a duly authorized qualified engineering business organization; the
title block shall contain the printed name and address of the qualified
engineering business organization.
(b) Engineering Specifications and
Calculations. An index sheet shall be used and shall be signed, dated and
sealed by each professional engineer who is in responsible charge of any
portion of the engineering specifications or calculations.
1. The index sheet must be signed, dated and
sealed by those professional engineers in responsible charge of the production
and preparation of each section of the engineering specifications or
calculations, with sufficient information on the index sheet so that the user
will be aware of each portion of the specifications or calculations for which
each professional engineer is responsible.
2. The index sheet shall include at a
minimum:
a. The printed name, address and
license number of each engineer in responsible charge of the production of any
portion of the calculations or specifications.
b. If the engineer signing, dating and
sealing calculations or specifications is practicing through a duly qualified
engineering business organization; the printed name and address of the
qualified engineering business organization.
c. Identification of the project, by address
or by lot number, block number, section or subdivision and city or
county.
d. Identification of any
computer program used for engineering the specifications or
calculations.
(c) Engineering Reports or Other Documents.
1. A signature page or cover letter shall be
used and shall be signed, dated and sealed by each professional engineer who is
in responsible charge of any portion of the report with sufficient information
provided so that the user will be aware of each portion for which each
professional engineer is responsible.
2. If the engineer signing, dating and
sealing an engineering report or other document is practicing through a duly
qualified engineering business organization, the printed name and address of
the qualified engineering business organization.
(d) The date that the signature and seal is
affixed as provided herein shall be entered on said plans, prints,
specification, reports or other documents immediately adjacent to the signature
of the professional engineer.
(5) Additional Requirements for
Multi-Dimensional Models. The Florida Board of Professional Engineers
recognizes that the practice of engineering is evolving into increasingly
frequent contractual requirements for licensees to submit final work product as
an electronic multidimensional model. Accordingly, when a licensee's contract
requires the submission of an electronic multidimensional model as final work
product; which by contract, law, or rule must be signed, dated, and sealed, the
licensee shall utilize the process specified in paragraph (4)(b), above,
regarding engineering specifications or calculations.
(6) As detailed in paragraph
61G15-30.003(1)(b),
F.A.C., signed and sealed documents are presumed to comply with all applicable
codes and standards in effect at the time of sealing. Unless the documents are
amendments to documents previously signed and sealed by the engineer, and that
fact is clearly noted at the time of submission, the licensee must
affirmatively indicate on the documents any other edition of a code or
standard, other than those currently in effect, with which the licensee intends
the documents to comply.
Rulemaking Authority
471.008,
471.025 FS. Law Implemented
471.025,
471.033(1)(a), (e),
(j)
FS.
New 1-8-80, Amended 6-23-80, Formerly 21H-23.01,
21H-23.001, Amended 4-1-97, 2-5-04, 8-8-05, 11-16-09, 2-2-12, 11-3-15,
10-26-16, 12-29-19, 6-29-21, 11-15-21.
