§ 7209. Special provisions. 1. Every professional engineer, land\nsurveyor and professional geologist shall have a seal, approved by the\nboard, which shall contain the name of the professional engineer and the\nwords "Licensed Professional Engineer", the name of the land surveyor\nand the words "Licensed Land Surveyor" or the name of the professional\ngeologist and the words "Licensed Professional Geologist", and such\nother words or figures as the board may deem necessary. All plans,\nspecifications, plats and reports relating to the construction or\nalteration of buildings or structures, or geologic drawings and reports\nprepared by such professional engineer, all plans, specifications, plats\nand reports prepared by such land surveyor and all geologic drawings and\nreports prepared by such professional geologist or by a full-time or\npart-time subordinate under his or her supervision, shall be stamped\nwith such seal and shall also be signed, on the original with the\npersonal signature of such professional engineer, land surveyor or\nprofessional geologist when filed with public officials. No official of\nthis state, or of any city, county, town or village therein, charged\nwith the enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations shall accept or\napprove any plans, specifications, or geologic drawings or reports that\nare not stamped:\n a. With the seal of an architect or professional engineer or land\nsurveyor or professional geologist licensed in this state and bearing\nthe authorized facsimile of the signature of such architect or\nprofessional engineer or land surveyor or professional geologist, or\n b. With the official seal and authorized facsimile of the signature of\na professional engineer or land surveyor or professional geologist not a\nresident of this state and having no established business in this state,\nbut who is legally qualified to practice as such in his or her own state\nor country, provided that such person may lawfully practice as such in\nthis state, and provided further that the plans, specifications, or\ngeologic drawings or reports are accompanied by and have attached\nthereto written authorization issued by the department certifying to\nsuch right to practice at such time.\n 2. a. To all plans, specifications, plats and reports to which the\nseal of a professional engineer or land surveyor has been applied, there\nshall also be applied a stamp with appropriate wording warning that it\nis a violation of this article for any person, unless he or she is\nacting under the direction of a licensed professional engineer or land\nsurveyor, to alter an item in any way. If an item bearing the seal of an\nengineer or land surveyor is altered, the altering engineer or land\nsurveyor shall affix to the item his or her seal and the notation\n"altered by" followed by his or her signature and the date of such\nalteration, and a specific description of the alteration.\n b. To all geologic drawings and reports to which the seal of a\nprofessional geologist or professional engineer has been applied, there\nshall also be applied a stamp with appropriate wording warning that it\nis a violation of this article for any person, unless he or she is\nacting under the direction of a professional geologist or professional\nengineer, to alter a drawing or report in any way. If an item bearing\nthe seal of a licensed professional geologist or professional engineer\nis altered, the altering party shall affix to the item his or her seal\nand the notation "altered by" followed by his or her signature and the\ndate of such alteration, and a specific description of the alteration.\nNothing contained in this article shall be deemed to authorize a\nprofessional geologist to practice professional engineering unless he or\nshe is licensed as a professional engineer pursuant to this article.\n 3. No county, city, town or village or other political subdivision of\nthis state shall engage in the construction or maintenance of any
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