KRS 322.340: Licensee to obtain seal or stamp -- Use of seal or stamp.

(1) Each professional engineer or professional land surveyor shall, upon licensure,

obtain a seal or stamp of the design authorized by the board, bearing his or her

name, license number, and the words "Licensed Professional Engineer" or

"Licensed Professional Land Surveyor."

(2) Use of the stamp, seal, or signature in an electronic transaction shall be conducted

in accordance with administrative regulations promulgated by the board under KRS

322.290(13).

(3) The seal or stamp, signature, and the date shall be u sed to provide certification for

all reports, specifications, drawings, and plans, if presented to a client or any public

or governmental agency. Reproduction of original signatures shall be adequate to

meet the requirements of this subsection.

(4) The seal or stamp and signature shall be used by licensees only if the work being

stamped was under the licensee's complete direction and control.

(5) Every survey plat and physical description prepared by a professional land surveyor

and submitted to a client or any public or governmental agency shall display the

certification by the professional land surveyor under whose supervision the plat or

description was prepared.

(6) It shall be unlawful for a licensee to affix, or permit to be affixed, his or her seal,

stamp, or signature to any document described in subsection (3) or (5) of this

section:

(a) After the expiration of a license; or

(b) For the purpose of aiding or abetting any other person to evade or attempt to

evade any provisions of this chapter.

(7) A professional engineer shall check and have complete dominion and control of the

design and engineering work of any engineer not licensed to practice in this state.

Complete dominion and control shall include possession of the sealed and signed

reproducible construction documents with all supporting design calculations,

indicating all changes in the design.