Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 15 - STATE BOARD OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
ADMINISTRATION
Section 15.32a - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this section and §§ 15.33 and 15.33a (relating to seals; and digital signature and seal), have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Digital seal-An electronic image attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a licensee with the intent to seal the document.

Digital signature-An electronic sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated with a document and executed or adopted by a licensee with the intent to sign the document.

Electronic-Relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities.

Handwritten signature-The scripted name or legal mark of an individual, written by that individual and executed or adopted with the present intention to authenticate a writing in a permanent form.

Sole control-A situation in which only the registrant decides when and where the signature and seal are applied.

Verification-Confirmation that a signature and seal are actually from the registrant whose name and license number appears on the document.

Work product-Drawings, specifications, plans, models and other deliverable documents representing the professional practice of landscape architecture.

The provisions of this §15.32a added under sections 4(9) and 9 of the Landscape Architects' Registration Law (63 P.S. §§ 904(9) and 909).