Wisconsin Administrative Code
Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Registered Interior Designers
Chapter A-E 2 - General Requirements And Procedures
Section A-E 2.02 - Registration seals
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) Each architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, designer and professional land surveyor shall obtain a seal that complies with board specifications for registration seals. The overall diameter may not be less than 15D 8 inches nor more than 2 inches. Each seal shall include the registrant's name, registration or permit number and city.
(2) The following designs for registration seals have been approved:
(3) A rubber stamp, identical in size, design and content to a board-approved seal, may be used as a substitute for a registration seal.
(4) Each sheet of plans, drawings, documents, specifications and reports for architectural, landscape architectural, professional engineering, design or professional land surveying practice shall be signed, sealed and dated by the registrant or permit holder who prepared, or directed and controlled preparation of, the written material, except as specified in sub. (5).
(5) If more than one sheet is bound together in a volume, the registrant or permit holder who prepared or directed and controlled the preparation of the volume, may sign, seal and date only the title or index sheet if the signed sheet identifies clearly all other sheets comprising the bound volume and if any other sheets which are prepared by or under the direction and control of another registrant or permit holder are signed, sealed and dated by the other registrant or permit holder.
(6) Any addition, deletion or other revision to each sheet of plans, drawings, documents, specifications and reports for architectural, landscape architectural, professional engineering, design or professional land surveying practice which affects public health and safety or any state or local code requirements may not be made unless signed, sealed and dated by the registrant or permit holder who made or directed and controlled the making of the revision.
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Note: Section 137.11(13), Stats., of the statutes reads as follows: "Security procedure" means a procedure employed for the purpose of verifying that an electronic signature, record or performance is that of a specific person or for detecting changes or errors in the information in an electronic record. The term includes a procedure that requires the use of algorithms or other codes identifying words or numbers, encryption, callback, or other acknowledging procedures.
(8) Plans, specifications and calculations for buildings and structures not exempt under s. 443.15, Stats., which have been prepared by an architect or professional engineer other than the Wisconsin registered architect or engineer who is submitting the plans, specifications and calculations for filing as public documents, may be submitted if all of the following conditions are satisfied: