Or. Admin. Code § 804-030-0003 - Signature

(1) After a Registered Landscape Architect has stamped a final draft document, the Registered Landscape Architect shall sign in the designated space provided across the stamp.

(2) Sign or signature as used in ORS 671.379 means the following:

(a) An original, hand-written identification of a Registered Landscape Architect;

(b) An electronic scanned image of an original, hand-written identification of a Registered Landscape Architect; or

(c) Acomputer-generated (digital) representation of the Registered Landscape Architect's hand-written signature that represents the act of putting the name on a document to attest to the document's validity.For computer-generated (digital) documents stamped with a digital stamp, a digital signature is acceptable as allowed by ORS 84.001 to ORS 84.061.

(3) Signature must be:

(a) Permanently affixed to the document being certified;

(b) Placed across the stamp in the designated location;

(c) Unique to the registrant;

(d) Under the direct control of the registrant; and

(e) Verifiable.

(4) A registrant is responsible for the custody and proper use of a digital signature. Improper use, whether authorized or not by the Registered Landscape Architect, of a digital signature shall be grounds for disciplinary action or civil penalty by the Board.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 804-030-0003

LAB 1-2010, f. & cert. ef. 2-17-10; LAB 1-2019, amend filed 05/14/2019, effective 5/15/2019

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 671.415, ORS 671.379, 670.310(1)

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 671.379, 671.316(2), 671.404(3),(4), 671.408, 671.995